Robert Preston, a portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch, has started an energy investment fund based on the macro trend of de-carbonization, as explained in the 2nd paragraph of the fund description. PHE does not endorse or invest in the fund and reminds visitors that many factors beside good technology determine profits of firms and lucrative investments. Recall “Rat Race Dynamics and Crazy Companies”.

Journalist Fred Pearce interviewed Jesse for New Scientist magazine. The version published in the 28 January 2006 issue of the magazine omits about 500 words of the version we post here. Fred is a good interviewer!

Our work on Industrial Ecology of Wood Products and Restoring Forests convinced us years ago that wood demand would continue weak for many decades. On 27 December 2005 the Wall Street Journal reported that demand for paper in offices and businesses in North America fell from 14.3 million metrics tons in 1999 to 13 million tons in 2004, more than 1.7% per year, and dropped 4% through the first 10 months of 2005. To experience what might weaken paper demand for a broad range of consumers, visit the Open Library previewing e-books developed by the wonderfully creative Brewster Kahle.