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August 1, 2016 by

Electricity Can Help Africa’s Growing Population Crisis

A population catastrophe is in the making in Africa that could engulf the world, Europe first. The United Nations predicts that between now and 2050 the populations of 26 African countries are expected to at least double their current size. Nigeria will overtake the United States to become the world’s third most populous country in […]

Washington’s New Dance Craze — the Perplexity Quickstep

After more than six months of vilifying, ridiculing and laughing out loud at President Trump, Washington is getting down to realizing that he is the president — and he will not be gone, by some miracle, in the morning. Ergo it is time for companies, lobbyists and Congress to find a mechanism to work with […]

Existential Fear of Climate Change Reshaping Policy

Almost every word that can be used to describe a disaster has been used to describe the one that has befallen Houston. But there is one that hasn’t been used yet: seminal. It means a work, event, moment or figure strongly influencing later developments. The flooding and near destruction of Houston and the Gulf Coast […]

Elon Musk and the Power of Celebrity

Agents of change are not always welcome. Seldom, in fact. Take Elon Musk, unquestionably an agent of change and not universally celebrated by his peers. The public loves Musk who has promised them pollution-free solar power, electric cars, space travel and an underground, intercity transport system called “Hyperloop,” in which they will be whisked in […]