Why do so many lawyers become writers?
Peter Lattman from the WSJ Law Blog asks the question whether lawyers are really frustrated writers? And if so, is that why they are unhappy? But does unhappiness make for good writing? Here.
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Australian blogs
AustralianBlogs.com.au is growing quickly.
It is a listing of blogs about an Australian subject or topic; OR by an Australian; OR have a .au domain name.
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Information aesthetics gives visual representations of data ranging from social networks to google searches, and it is Australian! (via loobylu).
What are we really doing about our oil consumption?
Since Brisbane's looming water crisis was announced, water consumption has reduced by 15%.
But the rapid jump in petrol prices seems to have only lead to complaints about the big oil companies and a reduction in the sales of big four wheel drives.
Jonathon Jutsen points out that Australia's "oil self- sufficiency has already fallen to less than 60%, and like America, we stand to be at best 40% self-sufficient by 2010!".
He argues that we should introduce:
- Fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles,
- Taxes or incentives to accelerate the retirement of large engine vehicles,
- Encourage the increased use of alternative vehicle fuels, particularly ethanol in the short term.
- Once these measures are implemented we could consider incentives for use of hybrid and high efficiency diesel vehicles.
Fortune has a story on The birth of the Toyota Prius which points out that the hybrid model is currently Toyota;s best selling car in the USA.
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