"or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day."

I don't have a problem with this. Let's get building.

Eventually we'll turn towards the sun, and nuclear will only be our failsafe, but I have no problem with it filling in the gaps.

How Not To Fail At Life:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6827/howtonotfailatlifepn3he9.png

(The best advice you will ever get from 4Chan)

With 400 million US "invested" beforehand in support for the "Iranian opposition"

The $400 million went to supporting groups like the Jundallah, not for reformist politicians like Mousavi and Tehrani students who like rock music and hate the moral police.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jundallah

No amount of money can buy a popular uprising. Sorry.

"since some of the very lawyers who have been representing them have been appointed to the highest echelons of the Obama DoJ."

Sometimes people just need a reminder that there is no grouping of people with less principles than Lawyers. We made the assumption that, since RIAA lawyers were hired to the DOJ, that they would find in favor of the RIAA. But it seems that lawyers are almost always megaphones for who is signing their paycheck.

And in this situation, it worked out in our favor.

One vertical farm is speculated to feed 50,000 people. So there would be 40 of these per borough, at least.

And no, they don't use soil.

farmland can use plentiful rain water

Cites don't get rained on? News to me...