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No incentive to innovate?

Industry glibly says: “The low carbon price means there is no incentive to innovate.” Hell no, there really isn’t an incentive to innovate.  How about solving a really big problem called “how does man live comfortably without smashing up the … Continue reading

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Kleider machen Leute and the corporate cocoon

There is a scene in Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Life of Galileo, where the Pope is getting dressed.  While he is still in his underwear he is sympathetically disposed to Galileo; by the time he has his papal robes on, … Continue reading

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