April 1, 2005

Peak Oil Optimist On California Electricity

Lynne Kiesling Rob over at Peak Oil Optimist has a post with further ruminations on the prospects for electricity in California this summer in the context of the Pacific Northweste drought. Rob accurately points out something that I overlooked the other day, which is the vital role that transmission constraints will play in whether or …

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Peering Into The Black Box

Michael Giberson Business Week has posted a story on neuroeconomics. The theme: “By linking economic behavior to brain activity, however, neuroeconomics may finally supply the model that knocks mainstream economics off its throne.” Or maybe, as the article concludes, the neuro approach will just give economists more to argue about for years to come. Well …

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