Tag Archives: veganism
The P.G. Wodehouse road-map to low carbon nirvana
I think we need to go through three stages to reach carbon nirvana. Each requires very different policies. Stage one: enthuse Stage two: build Stage three: chill Let us use P.G. Wodehouse, the greatest author ever, as our guide. Unlike … Continue reading
Practical policy to prepare for a difficult future
People say: “You have to have practical policies, it’s no use dreaming.” Here goes. First, forget about a functioning “modern” society where everything is on tap 24 x 7. You saw how New York functioned during Sandy. Life will become … Continue reading
Sandy’s silver lining – a chance for a new narrative on climate change
The cloud that was Sandy was so vast, that it was statistically likely to have a silver lining. That silver lining is the fact that Americans can now talk about climate change without embarrassment. They might even start talking about … Continue reading
Gina Rinehart v Daryl Hannah. No contest.
People say: “You need economic growth if you want to save the planet. You need wealth to be able to invest into green energy and new farming technologies and electric cars and insulation and so forth.” This doesn’t stack up: … Continue reading
An unlikely encounter – Günther and Gross
Some people don’t like it when the dimension of time is distorted. Yet, it happened at least once in Telford. A most unlikely encounter occurred when Günther, an EU bureaucrat in 2012, bumped into Derek Gross, travel porn mogul in … Continue reading
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