June 16, 2002

Is peace by suicide bombings the true Saudi peace plan? 12:22:26 PM

Apparently the purpose of the initial border/internal security fence near Jenin is to stop cars, it cannot as yet stop people.   12:15:13 PM

Ironically one of the structures heavily affected by the rising temperate in Alaska, e.g. the greenhouse effect, is the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. From the New York Times article (reg. required): The people who manage the state's largest piece of infrastructure — the 800-mile-long Trans-Alaska Pipeline — have also had to adjust to rising temperatures. Engineers responsible for the pipeline, which carries about a million barrels of oil a day and generates 17 percent of the nation's oil production, have grown increasingly concerned that melting permafrost could make unstable the 400 or so miles of pipeline above ground. As a result, new supports have been put in, some moored more than 70-feet underground. 12:11:30 PM