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...sooner this partnership is ended, the better, for the two groups are unlikely to agree over the next step. The current boom in clean energy investment will only be sustained if the price of oil remains high. Cellulosic ethanol, produced from trees and shrubs, promises energy yield ratios of 16, but requires extensive research into cheaper enzymes. A full-scale carbon tax would help, but hawks reject such action as quite rash. At most, they might support a gasoline tax as a way of weaning America off Saudi crude...
...From such a perspective, the Faculty’s hostility toward history should not surprise us. History, like true liberal education, is not instrumental. The study of history demonstrates its value not, as certain academic schools once assumed, through scientific analyses of past events in order to yield guides for the future...
...efficiently and help others to as well. The IPCC estimates that if we don’t address climate change, we’ll see worldwide losses of one percent to five percent GDP by the end of the century. Even modest economic investment now in cleaner technologies will yield enormous benefits for our children’s and grandchildren’s generations...
...with enthusiasm.In an ideal world, the University would be able to act upon that commitment, providing a personal phone call to each and every student, regardless of his or her ethnic background. But recognizing the finite nature of its resources, the University is appropriately focusing its effort on low-yield demographic groups for whom outreach efforts may assuage specific cultural concerns about their future Harvard experiences. Ultimately, the Harvard experience is profoundly shaped by the diversity and personality of our classmates; as such, we applaud the UMRP for making a concerted effort to retain talented and diverse admits...
...report that they wish they were at home, he says, but when they're home they often feel passive, depressed or bored. "They have in mind that free time at home will make them feel better, but often it doesn't,"he says. Group activities and socializing tend to yield more joy. One thing Csikszentmihalyi won't test his new students on is the spelling or pronunciation of his name. "They can just call me Mike," he says. "I keep forgetting how to pronounce it well myself...