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...viewpoint "Oil is Here to Stay," Peter Huber argues that sufficient supplies of oil exist to quench our thirst indefinitely and that we merely need the political will to extract them. His assessment implies that we should continue our addiction to using fossil fuels without fear of consequence. In fact, we are probably paying for that addiction right now in the form of global climate change. Evidence abounds that the earth is warming?melting ice caps, rising sea levels and perhaps even more intense hurricanes devastating our coasts. Most climate scientists believe the warming is directly related to rising concentrations...
...compatriots, doesn't seem to give a damn about that, although he acknowledges that the U.S. government does. Washington should do more, since the U.S. is responsible for some 25% of the world's fossil-fuel consumption and the corresponding pollution. Karl M. Ortner Vienna In his viewpoint "Oil Is Here To Stay," Peter Huber argues that sufficient supplies of oil exist to quench our thirst indefinitely and that we merely need the political will to extract them. His assessment implies that we should continue our addiction to using fossil fuels without fear of consequence. In fact, we are probably...
...outside its doors at 2:15 am, in violation of its current permit. Furthermore, landlord John DiGiovanni is also unwilling, according to Felipe’s owners, to allow the restaurant to stay open later. What the CLC has neglected to consider, however, sheds light on a puzzlingly rigid viewpoint. Often, Felipe’s has more customers at 2 a.m. than at midnight; when it closes its doors, students sometimes actually bang on the restaurant’s windowpanes until an employee furtively smuggles out a few quesadillas. And who can blame them for trying to satisfy...
...After trying to call back the message at 12:06 p.m., Long apologizes: "Recognizing that all [constituents] have a different political agenda, viewpoint, and belief system, [legislators] have to be very careful in their response...
...learned and retold. Throughout, Rushdie uses a subtle, potent, but sometimes misleading foreshadowing to bridge the numerous perspectives of the novel which gradually reveal the secrets that are pressing to be let go from page one. The novel is told in five parts, each narrated from a different viewpoint and different time. The first segment, “India,” is a hazy glimpse into the life of India Ophuls, the daughter of Max Ophuls, the fictional former American ambassador to India. “Shalimar” opens with India’s birthday lunch with...