Given his calm and reasoned academic demeanor, it is easy to miss just how provocative Erik Brynjolfsson’s contention really is. Brynjolfsson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and his collaborator and coauthor Andrew McAfee have been arguing for the …Continue reading
A tale of two Energy Policies
Can renewable energy bridge Pakistan’s energy shortfall? By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid THE aims of the National Power Policy (NPP) of 2013 can be reduced to two major goals: reducing Pakistan’s power shortfall from 4,500 to 5,500 MW to zero by 2017 and …Continue reading
Demystifying Pakistan’s Energy Crisis
A brief analysis of the real issues plaguing Pakistan’s energy sector. By Jawwad Rizvi PAKISTAN has been suffering from power outages. The Ministry of Water and Power has developed a power policy to support the current and future energy needs of the …Continue reading
Can Japan Recapture Its Solar Power
It’s 38 °C on the Atsumi Peninsula southwest of Tokyo: a deadly heat wave has been gripping much of Japan late this summer. Inside the offices of a newly built power plant operated by the plastics company Mitsui Chemicals, the AC is …Continue reading
Paralyzed Again
اسے اردو میں پڑھیں One night in 1982, John Mumford was working on an avalanche patrol on an icy Colorado mountain pass when the van carrying him and two other men slid off the road and plunged over a cliff. The other …Continue reading
Lake Kivu’s Great Gas Gamble
It’s a Friday afternoon on the Rwandan side of Lake Kivu, and in what was once a quiet cove, a daring venture is taking shape. Floating just offshore, like a giant mechanical swan, is a nearly completed gas extraction platform: 3,000 tons …Continue reading
Pakistan taking the lead in the neighborhood
M-Governance relies on good back office ICT infrastructure and work processes, which PITB has successfully launched across the province of Punjab. This has made Pakistan a leading country in m-governance in the subcontinent. Here’s looking at Pakistan’s best practices to analyze what’s …Continue reading