In Bound to Burn, an article copied here, Peter Huber lays out a realistic perspective of the challenge of redirecting our energy consumption patterns. It is very sobering. He outlines the seemingly intractable and growing demand for carbon based fuels, comparing them with an insignificant impact of alternative fuels, concluding that carbon sequestration is the …
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Nationalisation, deglobalisation … Communism?
Not yet. But the hasty reaction to economic problems may become more self-destructive than necessary. Certainly moves to nationalise banks have been necessary to hold the global financial system “together”. And there has been a fall in trade as consumption has faltered. But the increasing popular call for government involvement and deglobalisation is dangerous and …
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Optimistic? Pestimistic? No. Realistic
You’re right to try to be optimistic. Or at least positive. A positive outlook helps keep spirits up, helps avoid despondency. despondency can be the worst because then you just stop doing anything and sink in to a mire of desperation. But optimism about the outlook could be even more dangerous. It could result in …
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Financial Crisis 2008 – what you can do
Here is a slide show to aid your analysis and reaction to the financial crisis. Financial Crisis 2008 – what you can do (pdf 336 kb). It outlines the situation and possible scenarios, then summarises action for consumer, investor and business manager.
Financial crisis 2008 – update
The slide show summarising thoughts on the Financial Crisis (pdf 129 kb)has been updated – a bit more detail but the news is still discomforting. Contents: Historical Precedent Background Situation Outlook Action
Financial crisis 2008 – some notes
Here are some thoughts on the current financial crisis (pdf 93kb) which offer a framework for analysis, discussion and action. The subjects covered are Historical Precedent Background Situation Outlook Action
Evolution is over and we’re living in Utopia.
An interesting perspective on how evolution of humans has ended: genetic mutations have declined, natural selection has been extinguished (by medicine and philanthropy) and may be being reversed, and biological differentiation has diminidhed by the density of humanity on the planet. Read Evolution is complete: so where do we go from here? from yesterday’s Telegraph.
The Elephant in the Room is Humanity
The elephant in the room is humanity. The species is taking up all the space and its becoming difficult to breathe. It’s a nice elephant, but when it breaks wind, all else suffers (and trembles) – even the elephant starts to notice a strange whiff in the air, but pretends it isn’t there. Funny thing …
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A Big Problem In The System
If the world expected everyone to be good, then it wouldn’t be bad. You’re naughty because everyone else is. You play by unethical rules because everyone else does. And gets away with it. (The ongoing farce of bailing out the rich in the world of money is a current illustration.) But if everyone expected to …
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Living in an upside-down world.
An excerpt from The Flip by David Rippe and Jared Rosen. The Bridge of Choice Imagine yourself standing on a bridge between two worlds. On one side of the bridge is an upside-down world. Why is it upside-down? It is upside-down because people have lost their intimate connection to the whole, and feel isolated and …
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