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More demagogy against biofuels

24 April 2008 by Pedro

With an international food crisis knocking at the backdoor of developed countries, comments started to fly around about biofuels being the main culprit for the rise in food prices.

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Knight jumps queen…

23 April 2008 by Pedro

According to repeated statements by the Russian government nothing of what you are about to see ever happened.


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Gartner says: Windows is collapsing (really?)

18 April 2008 by Pedro

If you are into IT, you probably heard the news that Gartner, the big USA research and advisory company recently warned the industry in a conference that Windows is in danger of collapsing. A bold statement, and once you read Gartner’s argument, it can give the impression to neophyte readers that it is a smart and throughfully researched argument. Well, not really.
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Brazilian Ethanol: Facts, myths… (protectionist propaganda?)

1 April 2008 by Pedro

Today I read an article at the Time Magazine by Michael Grunwald which talks about the serious problem that is the deflorestation of the Amazon Rainforest. However some of the facts and statements in this article sound extremely dubious and media biased; particularly because there are no cited references or quotes to them, and by the way some of them have been worded.
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