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Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition: interview with Michael J. Mauboussin, Financial Sense Newshour.

Is There No Alternative?: interview with Dmitry Orlov author of Reinventing Collapse, Diet Soap Podcast.

Solar: interview with Ian McEwan and his new novel, Dianne Rhem WAMU Radio.

John Rubino Is Back: Bond Market On A Precipice?: interview with John Rubino, author of Dollar Collapse, Frisby’s Bulls and Bears.

How To Make Your First Billion: multi-part reality-fiction series on the life and times of Silicon Valley, BBC Superpower  Series.

-Gregor

Photo: via Stanford Solar Center.

In Seven States of Energy Debt I added an energy-twist to the current comparisons between fiscally troubled European countries like Greece and Portugal, and their counterparts in the US such as California, Illinois, and Florida. In addition to high rates of unemployment, a number of US states are also significant energy importers or worse have virtually no energy production at all, from which to draw steady revenue. But what about the other side of that equation? What about US states whose energy production well exceeds their energy-using populations? Yesterday I had a good conversation about this issue with Rich Blake, a journalist from ABC News, and I found myself thinking about Colorado.

PHOTOS: Taking a shine to the Owens Valley’s sun:  Brian Vander Brug, The Los Angeles Times.

Paying Zero for Public Services (Zero Rupee Notes):Fumiko Nagano, blogs.worldbank.org.

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On Proliferation, Climate, and Oil: Solving for Pattern: Amory Lovins, Foreign Policy.

Free – Adventures on the Margins of a Wasteful Society: review of Katherine Hibbert’s new book, GreenFudge.org.

The Day the World Turned from Brown to Green: Chris Nelder, GetRealList.com.

-Gregor

Photo: Saguaro National Monument, by Ansel Adams courtesy The US National Archives on flickr