Author Archives: James Atkins
Who ate all the pies? The fate of American birdlife
Peritonitis Girth, the chief mathematician to the government of Onan Hash, recently delivered his report on the tragic decline in American birdlife.[1] Since the 1970s, bird numbers in North America have fallen by one third. 3 billion birds have disappeared. … Continue reading
Notes on Sweden, Saudi and behaviour change
When I read that someone had bombed Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities and their production was down 50%, I assumed that Sweden had finally realised that climate diplomacy was doomed to failure and decided to take proper action. Disabling Saudi’s oil … Continue reading
Say the obvious: To save the Amazon, stop eating meat.
If you ask an expert about the causes of destruction of the forests in the Amazon, they will say: meat. It is virtually all about meat eating. Ranchers raising cattle. Farmers growing soya for export to the meat industry. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldi, Amazon, Asda, Burger King, deforestation, Harvard, Macdonalds, Marks and Spencer, Nestle, Safeway, Subway, Target, Walmart, war on drugs, Yum
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People who really care about Great Britain
You can’t be an environmentalist without being a hypocrite. It’s obvious why: we aspire to something which we can’t easily achieve. If it was easy, you wouldn’t need environmentalists. If you didn’t aspire to it, you wouldn’t be true. Today … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, society, politics and economics
Tagged Brexit, climate change, freedom, hypocrisy, Nigel Farage, Scruton
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Roger Hallam’s guide to the quickest route to hell
I was resting from scything practice in the garden, appropriately enough, and saw that a friend was meeting Roger Hallam who founded Extinction Rebellion. He urged me to watch a video of one of Roger’s speeches. I sat and watched … Continue reading