I happened across a post on Lifehacker today about the video offerings at PBS.org. I ended up turning on this episode of Frontline that first aired back in October, but it is, of course, still relevant right now (seriously, a total coincidence that I watched it on Earth Day).
I thought this was a great in-depth piece about about the issues facing our nation and world regarding energy consumption, global climate change, and their ramifications for the economy. It’s a investment of time if you choose to take a look (a little less than 2 hours), but I wanted to make it easy for you… enjoy.
I caught part of an episode of NOVA (almost completely by accident) this afternoon. It was called “The Big Energy Gamble” and it focused on the state of California’s initiatives to move away from fossil fuels and generate a third of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. I always like that PBS programming tends to be fairly even-handed, and what I saw of the show did a good job of balancing the positives and negatives of this plan.
And, since we live in the future, you and I can both watch the show in its entirety via the PBS website. Take a look if you have the chance and interest…
Just wanted to pass along this brief and somewhat interesting link that I got from the AP today. Looks like the GOP is looking for excuses on why Sarah Palin lost will lose the VP debate before it’s even happened:
Gwen Ifill’s impartiality questioned
Personally, I have a feeling that Biden will perform better, but Palin probably won’t come off as quite the Quaylian* dufus that a lot of lefties think she is…
* – adjective coined by DH Schrubbe, to the best of my knowledge
firing from the hip since 2002