There is a desperate dearth of jobs in developed economies. The economies have cratered because of profligacy by banks and consumers. Credit has collapsed. And with this businesses have folded. As the tide of money has gne out it has revealed a long term employment probkem that has been created over decades. As technology has …
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The Human Picture
Can you guess when we started extracting fossil fuels? And oil? Do you think it can go on?
Not much chance for change.
Have a look at the thousands of comments on Copenhagen COP 15 and climate change on this moderated BBC discussion forum. Especially if you’re a green thinker. It’s pretty depressing, though no surprise. The reds are loud and cynical, the greens are modest. And it seems that there are far more reds. Which means rich …
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Microsoft to allow European users a choice of web browsers
Microsoft has agreed to allow European users a choice of web browsers. The accord with EU anti-trust regulators ends 10 years of dispute. Over that time, the EU imposed fines totalling 1.68bn euros – small change for Microsoft. Maybe MS has realised that users just prefer Firefox and its easier and cheaper to let users …
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The Nobel War Prize?
While I munched a lunchtime sandwich I happened to switch on the news for the few minutes during which a live feed of the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech showed Barack Obama justifying war. I was shocked. In the same breath that Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr were praised it was suggested that sometimes …
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Over $ 1 trillion invested in green since 2007
A step in the right direction. But a long way to go. That’s about as much as Exxon’s revenues over 2 years. Washington, DC – December 4, 2009 – Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and The Climate Prosperity Alliance today launched their Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard® which tracks private investment in companies growing the …
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Climategate – what’s the point
Climategate Proves Sunlight Best Reply to Skeptics: Eric Pooley comment via Bloomberg … Climate skeptics pretend the e-mails are proof that man- made global warming is a hoax, the scientific consensus rigged. That’s preposterous. The hacked scientists and their defenders argue that the e- mails amount to a tempest in a teacup, just another trumped-up …
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BT Notes – good times …
Since our last newsletter we have had some good times. There was the visit of Ed and Mary-Lou from Canada which we enjoyed so much. It was wonderful to share a few weeks with them and we are so grateful for their time here. They pitched in with everything, as usual, and gave us a …
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Is this what we really want?
Is this what we really want? That’s the thought that keeps popping in to my head as the wind tears at the roof and the water digs a gully as it runs down the drive. I have found media reported events over the past months (year?) to be particularly concerning. There seems to be no …
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