State of the Economy: Problems Around the World

What’s the state of our economy? Well, let’s just say things aren’t looking so hot. This video from GOOD magazine outlines the problems facing the U.S. and the world.

From YouTube:

If we’re addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. As the price of oil creeps higher, finding new energy sources is more important than ever. But the search for alternatives, combined with environmental disruptions, is putting new pressures on other essentials like food. There are some things that are going well in the world. Right now, the economy is not one of them.

Animation & Design by Chris Weller
Directed by Max Joseph
Music: “Genesis” by Justice

Breathe Deeply in the Polluted Air that is Moscow

Moscow looks like a lovely place to live. (Photo by Alexander Petrenko)

Russia’s Capital City is an expensive (34.4 more expensive than NYC) dirty place to live. World Front Page has it:

Over the past two years escalating numbers of vehicles on the roads put a stifling strain on the environment. Today Moscow has nearly 3,000,000 cars. Gray-brown noxious haze of smog covers the streets filled with jam-packed traffic, which blows out tons of unhealthy exhaust fumes of carbon monoxide and other harmful chemicals. Additionally there are 12 huge heat power stations, 53 district heating stations and 3,000 industrial enterprises still operating within the city borders. As a result concentrations of harmful substances often exceed maximum allowable by 10-20 times.

Link [World Front Page]