A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans
Preface. What follows is the testimony of Dr. Pry at a 2015 U.S. House of Representatives session. I have cut, shortened, and rearranged the order of the 30 page original document. The electric grid...
View ArticleLet’s get rid of invasive species ASAP
[ Invasive species are very expensive to control, costing $1.4 trillion world-wide. The annual cost of impact and control are equal to 5 percent of the world economy. Invasive species...
View ArticleSex, crime, and death on the high seas. A U.S. Senate investigation of the...
Senate 113–642. July 24, 2013. Cruise Industry Oversight: recent incidents show need for stronger focus on consumer protection. U.S. Senate hearing. 169 pages. Since 2011, cruise lines voluntarily...
View ArticleEmerging threats of resource wars. U.S. House hearing
Goh Chun Teck, Lim Xian You, Sum Qing Wei, Tong Huu Khiem. 2011. Resource Wars. Players compete with each other for territories that generate resources such as coal, water, gold and gas. A Player can...
View ArticleNational security implications of international energy and climate change...
[This is an excerpt of a very interesting senate hearing that looks at how war can be caused by climate change (i.e. drought, hunger, rising sea levels) and how climate change will affect...
View ArticleWater as a geopolitical threat. U.S. House of Representatives
Preface. Water scarcity is causing unrest and could led to war in Asia and the Middle East. There’s a website that keeps track of conflicts over water going back for 3,000 years here — 655 of them....
View ArticleThe effect of high energy prices on small business. U.S. House of...
[ This hearing is about how the unaffordable prices of energy are affecting ordinary people. Chairman Tipton at one point says that “I do not think that Americans truly realize the significant amount...
View ArticleNot only are telecom companies screwing us on net neutrality, they refuse to...
Preface. It’s four years after the 2013 Senate hearing below and the telecomm industry has still refused and congress and/or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have not demanded robocalls be blocked...
View ArticleCan the lights be kept on with distributed generation? 2015 U.S. House...
[ Corporate speakers testify – could they have any self-interest, hope for government grants? Since Congress often asks the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to write unbiased papers on topics, why...
View ArticleAmerica’s energy security, jobs & climate challenges
Preface. In this 2010 House of Representatives hearing, General Wesley Clark foresaw in 1973 “that US military forces might have to become engaged to defend or protect oil-producer governments”. Today...
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