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...Like the long line of chauffeured Mercedes waiting outside a conference whose purported theme is "sustainability," that isn't the only contradiction at the World Petroleum Congress. Although some industry experts have suggested that peak oil is near or at hand, many at the conference insisted that future supplies were adequate. "The question is not whether we are to going to achieve the next trillion barrels," said SaudiAramco's Muhammed Saggaf at a panel dedicated to the subject. "The question is where it's going to come from...
...know how many pregnancies are terminated. Birthrates are not the same as pregnancy rates, and the national trends in both tell an interesting story. While 750,000 teens become pregnant every year, that is the lowest level in 30 years, according to the Guttmacher Institute, down 36% from a peak in 1990. Abortion rates have fallen even faster; since the late 1980s, the abortion rate for girls ages 15 to 17 has fallen 55%, and this year the overall U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest level since...
...Catholic town like Gloucester. Birthrates are not the same as pregnancy rates, and the national trends for both tell an interesting story. While 750,000 teens become pregnant every year, that number is at its lowest level in 30 years, according to the Guttmacher Institute, down 36% from a peak in 1990. This does not suggest that we are witnessing a mass moral collapse, especially since abortion rates have fallen even faster. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since the late 1980s the abortion rate for girls ages 15 to 17 fell 55%, and this year...
...that's still pretty egregious. We used an estimated 4 quadrillion British thermal units on air-conditioning in 2006, which is more than the total energy usage of all but 21 countries. And a fair amount of that is peak usage - the sort that sends the electric grid crackling toward brownouts and meltdowns and increases the demand for the construction of more electric power plants (and the pollution they spew - unless they use renewable sources like hydropower or, as John McCain correctly insists, nuclear power, which should be carefully reconsidered). "A lot of utilities supplement their main power sources with...
...might say the fate of St. Louis was sealed when railroads replaced steamboats, but enterprise and good order kept the city chugging along through World War II. In 1950, it had a peak population of about 850,000 people and was home to such corporations as Ralston-Purina, May Department Stores and McDonnell Douglas...