Unsustainable [PDF]
Jeffrey Dukes of the University of Massachusetts did some math, some estimation, and came up with some numbers. He was looking into fossil fuel consumption, and the amount of plant matter that was needed to generate the fossil fuel. The numbers are staggering. It takes about 23 tons of prehistoric plants to create 1 litre of gasoline. Today, that corresponds to farming 4.3 hectares of wheat to get a litre of gas. Everyday, we consume about 1 year's worth of prehistoric plant matter. All the fossil fuels we've been consuming since the beginning of the industrial revolution took about 13,300 years of plant growth. Now if that doesn't set off alarm bells, I'm not sure what the hell will. His report is published in the journal Climate Change.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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