"Never before has humanity faced such a challenging outlook for energy and the planet. This can be summed up in five words: more energy, less carbon dioxide"
hooch
"To help think about the future of energy, we have developed two scenarios that describe alternative ways it may develop. In the first scenario - called Scramble - policymakers pay little attention to more efficient energy use until supplies are tight. Likewise, greenhouse gas emissions are not seriously addressed until there are major climate shocks.
hooch
"In the second scenario - Blueprints - growing local actions begin to address the challenges of economic development, energy security and environmental pollution. A price is applied to a critical mass of emissions giving a huge stimulus to the development of clean energy technologies, such as carbon dioxide capture and storage, and energy efficiency measures"
"In some ways, wealth is more important to people in poorer countries than in richer countries" - it allows people to drag themselves out of poverty
hooch
"The good news is that redistribution would only have to be relatively small. Such are the vast assets of the rich that giving up a small part of their wealth could transform the lives of millions"
iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with frequent user errors due to accidental gestures. An overly strong print metaphor and weird interaction styles cause further usability problems.
"Those of us in the web design and development fields have a total crush on ourselves. As I was called the other day, we are divas. Our design senses are keen and superior. Our development skills witty and crafty. But there's one huge problem to this love affair."
