'Power failures reveal a deep truth: the earth's resources are irrevocably finite'

Examines power failures and how they reveal that the western way of life cannot be replicated across the world until changes are made. Outrage over the blackout in New York City and much of the East coast; Why we have learned to think that our energy-intensive societies are normal; Belief that our w...

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Published in:New Statesman Vol. 132; no. 4654; pp. 27 - 30
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Published: New Statesman Ltd. 9/8/2003
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