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Dateline: 23 February 2013
AxSA:
Factoid of the Week
Our current
energy renaissance could be bolstered by the liquefaction capabilities of
natural-gas producers, a process that enables them to store and transport the
commodity easily, even across oceans, but the opportunity for securing a place
in the global market is fleeting. If allowed by the federal government,
liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States to other parts of
the world would not just radically impact our trade deficit; the exports would
generate billions in tax revenue and create thousands of well-paying, domestic
jobs. Unfortunately, the planned number of LNG facilities, worldwide, would
create far more capacity than is needed to meet real demand. In fact, in the
U.S., plans awaiting approval to build new LNG facilities promise to bring 28.7
trillion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas to market, while new foreign
capacity may yield another 50 trillion cubic feet of LNG. At present, though,
global capacity stands at 37 trillion cubic feet, and according to Credit
Suisse, by 2025, global demand for LNG will only rise to roughly 64 trillion
cubic feet.
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The Fiscal
Crisis
The
Manufactured Crisis of the Sequester
Washington
Post
The White
House is predicting market-rousing difficulties if the sequestration is not
prevented on March 1, 2013, but George Will argues that the effects of these
spending cuts may not be so dire, after all. More
A
Dangerous Game of Chicken
Barron’s
Looking
beyond sequestration, a new issue arises in late March: can our divided leaders
reach a compromise to either pass a budget or another continuing resolution, in
order to prevent a federal government shutdown? More
Science
The Bank
Where Doctors Can Stash Your Genome
Technology
Review
A new type
of company is cropping up that will allow medical professionals to store and
study your genome sequence, in order to provide you with more individualized treatment.
More
A Genetic
Code for Genius?
Wall
Street Journal
Researchers
in Hong Kong theorize that, if certain genes are synonymous with lower IQs,
then other genes must have a significant collation to higher degrees of
intelligence. If they are right, we will eventually be able to predict and test
for inherited cognitive abilities. More
The
Criminal Element
Death in
Singapore
Financial
Times
Police in
this city-state say that Shane Todd, an engineer from the United States,
committed suicide in his Chinatown apartment, but members of his family and
other associates believe he was likely killed for his work on GaN technology. More
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