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The revenge of Greg Gloom, Part 2: In the rough
[This is Part II of the short story which began here: http://thebustard.blogspot.com/2011/09/ejecting-greg-gloom.html. There we saw the flamboyant Lord Pi begin a secret meeting with Seth Ghast of the De-urbs and Waldemar Kunt (hereinafter to be called Waldemar Lunt for reasons … Continue reading
The revenge of Greg Gloom, Part 1: Ejecting Greg Gloom
[This is the first section of a short story which will be serialised exclusively in the Bustard – unless Rupert Murdoch rings with a much better offer. It takes place in England in 2030 or 2040 under the celebrated rule … Continue reading
CASPER, part III and the bad timing of Sir Godfrey
[for CASPER, parts I and II see http://thebustard.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html] Onan Hash, the prime minister of England, tapped his pipe impatiently. Eight o’clock had sounded on his orang-utan cuckoo clock, sixteenth in a series of extinct animal clocks. He sipped his coffee. … Continue reading
Geo-engineering: Think global – act local.
Former postman, Rod Flange, 53, was arrested yesterday in Telford after a five hour stand-off with armed police. “I was just doing my duty as a citizen,” he shouted to the assembled press as he was dragged away by two … Continue reading
CDM and LDCs
The EU and the World Bank are worrying about Least Developed Countries in the context of CDM and carbon markets. Least developed countries (LDCs) have an interesting distribution of emissions and population, based on 2005 data from Wikipedia. I have … Continue reading