Ben West

Will Cryptocurrency Fund the Energy Revolution?

This is an article I originally published in the Huffington Post back in 2015, long before the explosion in value of cryptocurrencies and the massive jump in energy consumption tied to Bitcoin "mining". I was hopeful that alternative economic structures outside of the powers that be might blossom

Open Letter to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson on Climate Change and National Security

Dear RCMP Commissioner Paulson, It may sound strange that I am writing to you to recommend an article in Rolling Stone, but the piece entitled "The Pentagon and Climate Change: How Deniers Put National Security at Risk" outlines issues that are very important to the safety and security