‘Power failures reveal a deep truth: the earth's resources are irrevocably finite’.
In late 2003, the unprecedented power failures in London, England, as well as New York City and much of the eastern coast of North America, reveal that although human ambition may be limitless, the planet's resources are irrevocably finite and cannot sustain our present way of life. Today's way of...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 132; pp. 27 - 30 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
September 8 2003
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