Energy: I wonder if this is making Oracle's CEO think.

Transportation: Okay, most "green" gains are building and fixed plant efficiency, but transport is the second biggest.

Security: Overstressed is how you describe an army that represents a people who believe they can both project force and enjoy a very high standard of living without engaging in looting. Illiberal is how you describe an economy in which the penalty for outright fraud is limited to less than half the damages you cause, if you have the right connections.

Grain Production: Better uses of grains? Honestly, I should not be looking at farm and ag. specific sources instead of mainstream sources for this.

Fruit Production: The growing season is over, but we can get a start on next year.

Dairy Production: English farmers mproving efficiency with IT. Interesting how we're replacing, or at least supplementing, tribal knowledge with the global hive-mind. Also, this is a cute story, which means it's probably more fluff than news.

Housing: Still too cheap for a portfolio, but not quite affordable.

Health: This is an almost elegant duck of fundamentally difficult questions.

Pie-In-The-Sky: The latest Mars rover weighs more than a pop-up camper.