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  1. On Point: Mining Asteroids

    http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/04/27/mining-asteroids

    In the old days, we sang about fear and fortune way down in the mines. This week, the mining talk was way up in space. Mining asteroids. A bunch of rich guys with big track records and big dreams have formed a new company – Planetary Resources – to chase down asteroids and suck out their riches. Platinum. Iridium. Water in space.

    If it sounds like the movie Avatar, well, director James Cameron is in the venture. So are Google guys. And Microsoft money. Is this for real?

    This hour, On Point: Planetary Resources founder Eric Anderson and more. We’re thinking about mining asteroids.

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  2. KQED: Population

    There’s a consensus that Earth doesn’t have enough resources to support the world’s growing population — but there’s disagreement about the root of the problem. Some think the problem lies with the growing third world, others that it is the consumption habits of the developed nations that cause the problem.

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  3. Slate: Fracking, Oil Sands, and Deep-Water Drilling

    Fracking, Oil Sands, and Deep-Water Drilling: The dangerous new era of "extreme energy," by Daniel Gross

    http://www.slate.com/id/2255906/

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