Fundamentalist Christianity

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2006/8/13

Power cut off in wide areas of Tokyo

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@ 04:30 PM (23 months, 19 days ago)
I've always thought that Japan would probably be the number two country in trouble due to its energy profile, even in spite of their extensive energy conservation measures and leadership. Remember, this is the country where most of the highly-unrealistic (energy-wise) human-controller mechanized fighter robots have originated.
Is this evidence of an imminent decline?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060814/ap_on_re_as/japan_power_outage
Power cut off in wide areas of Tokyo

TOKYO - A power outage hit wide swaths of Tokyo and nearby Chiba early Monday, halting train service in some areas, news reports said. It was not immediately clear what caused the power to be cut off.

At least two elevators stopped in central Tokyo with an unspecified number of people inside in the blackout, according to Tokyo fire official Keisuke Hayashi. He could not provide other details, saying officials were investigating the extent of the damage.

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2006/8/10

Emergency Flood Request; GFA Missionaries Respond to Massive Indian Floods

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@ 08:02 PM (23 months, 22 days ago)
A reminder of what some of the things that will be happening, who they will be happening to, and what their reaction will probably be - utter despair - in the coming years. A look at the overall post-Katrina, post-2004 Tsunami, and post-Pakistan earthquake situations paints a telling story about who the true humanitarians are and aren't, doesn't it? About who stands for their fellow man and who doesn't. About who is truly concerned about following Jesus in good orthodoxy and its respective orthopraxis and who doesn't. What's the saying? "Good intentions pave the road to hell."

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2006/8/7

China's economy is out of control

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@ 08:10 PM (23 months, 25 days ago)
I love how everyone says "China is gonna be the next superpower" without actually sitting down, sipping a martini, and crunching some numbers. Yes, they do have a million-man standing army. Yes, they do hold a massive amount of the US' import debt. Yes, they do have nukes. But is that enough to ensure a 21st-century USA-style global domination? Maybe. Then again, probably not.

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2006/7/8

The peak oil crisis: energy & building

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@ 09:52 AM (24 months, 26 days ago)
The latest from Tom Whipple, via Energybulletin via Falls Church News Press.

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2006/4/17

Osama's Secret Weapon

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@ 07:51 PM (27 months, 17 days ago)

EnergyBulletin.net

By Neal Brandvik

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