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13-JUN-2006

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FUNNY CARTOONS
 
  image of Arab holding gas pump handle  

GAS PRICES AND OIL SUPPLY —
ALL OF US OVER A BARREL

A tankerful of cartoons about oil supply and gas prices.
FORMAT: GIF/Panels
Get 'em here, from CartoonStock.com.

 
 
FUNNY STUFF ABOUT ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & DEMOCRACY
 
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AL GORE: WOULD-BE PRESIDENT
A funny clip of Al Gore satirizing just about everything, including himself.
FORMAT: Video (RealMedia, WindowsMedia, or Flash)
  No longer available from host site.

 
  collage of computer screen, eye, and pizza  

PIZZA SURVEILLANCE CAMPAIGN
Want to see where we're heading with surveillance programs, data mining, and personal-information integration? Watch this clever, half-funny, half-scary video.
FORMAT: Embedded Video
Get it here from the ACLU.

 
  photo of Rob Newman doing standup  

PEAK-OIL COMIC
Peak Oil is no joke ... but comedian Rob Newman has still figured out how to get a few laughs out of it while delivering the message. Listen to an interview with Rob (clip 1) and hear some of his "Peak Oil standup routine" (clip 2) on Global Public Media ...
FORMAT: Audio (MP3 Download or RealMedia stream)
Get it at Global Public Media.

 
 

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PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT (PRT)
It's not quite a transportation system from the age of "The Jetsons," but Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is pretty cool and futurey! This animation shows how the system works.
FORMAT: Video (RealMedia, WindowsMedia, or Flash)
From bettercampus.org via YouTube.

 
  photo of a devastated mountain top, stripped bare to get to the coal  

LOST MOUNTAIN
Get the devastating story of a year in the life of a mountain, destroyed by mountaintop removal strip mining—a process that likely brings the coal to a power plant near you. From Living On Earth.
FORMAT: Audio (MP3 or RealMedia stream)
Right-click here to download an MP3 from Grinning Planet's site or visit LOE to read or download the story.

 
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THE MYTH OF THE OIL SANDS
Canada's oil sands—a.k.a. the "Canadian Tar Sands"—have been described as the "Saudi Arabia of heavy oil," with the implication that they will save us from future oil shortages. It's a false promise, as EnergyBulletin reported in "A Crash Program Scenario for the Canadian Oil Sands Industry."

 
 
GRINNING PLANET ALBUM REVIEWS
 
  album cover for Dyniss - The Green Anthem  

DYNISS – THE GREEN ANTHEM
Dyniss' music is sometimes political, often dreamy, occasionally weird, but always excellent. It's Modern Rock/Indie Pop that throws in the occasional quirk to make sure we're paying attention...
Get full GP review: Dyniss - The Green Anthem

 
  album cover for The Rolling - Stones Forty Licks  

THE ROLLING STONES – FORTY LICKS
With such a huge slew of great songs to choose from, it's a given that, within a 40-track limit, the song-pickers were never going to be able to cover ever single good song the Rolling Stones ever did. Still, you will not find a better overview of the Rolling Stones 40-year body of work than Forty Licks....
Get full GP review: The Rolling - Stones Forty Licks

 
  album cover for R.E.M. - Automatic For The People  

R.E.M. – AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
REM's 1992 album Automatic for the People was the perfect nexus of the band's ever-more-confident songwriting and increasing mastery of instrumentation, with an overall inventiveness that resulted in song after song of excellent music....
Get full GP review: R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

 

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