Tag Archives: China
Twitter: the risk of intellectual obesity and radicalisation
If you eat refined sugar in large amounts it can make you physically obese. The same goes for reading refined information in large amounts: there is a risk that using Twitter can make you intellectually obese. And the result of … Continue reading
Bomb the Chinese to save the elephant
Every day on Twitter I see gruesome facts and photographs about the murder of elephants. A headline in Huffington Post refers to an unread article that elephants, highly intelligent and sensitive and emotional animals, will be extinct by 2020. The … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, society, politics and economics
Tagged Africa, behavioural economics, China, elephants, horn, ivory, poaching, rhinos, wildlife
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The law of the land
Non-compliance with the EU ETS It is reported that several non-EU aviation companies have not complied with their obligations under the EU ETS. These companies have made flights within the EU which come under the scope of the EU ETS. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change policy
Tagged airlines, aviation, China, climate change policy, EU ETS, European Commission, India, non-compliance, Russia, USA
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