Both the stock market and oil prices have been plunging. Is this “just another cycle,” or is it something much worse? I think it is something much worse. Back in January, I wrote a post called Oil and the Economy: Where are We Headed in 2015-16? In it, I said that persistent very low prices
The characteristic feeling of the post-2008 world has been one of anxiety. Occasionally, that anxiety breaks out into fear as it did in the last two weeks when stock markets around the world swooned and middle class and wealthy investors had a sudden visitation from Pan, the god from whose name we get the word
The business world is finally waking up If you hear a lot of noise about climate policies and climate action over the next few months in the lead up to the Paris climate conference, it is because there is a lot at stake. According to Citigroup analysts: $US100 trillion of potential stranded assets in the
A thought-provoking view (from 2012) I spend much of my life making the case for changing one’s life (and not just one’s life – for supporting political and social change that is associated with it) in fairly radical ways, very quickly. I spend a lot of my time writing about this, and periodically I get
Let’s hope one day schemes like this get to the UK Energy provider Ergon Retail is running a trial, with support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), in 33 Queensland homes in Toowoomba in the south of the state and Townsville and Cannonvale in the north. In recent months, about 30 country householders have
I don’t think I’m yet convinced that in the UK we need to worry too much about being prepared for disasters. However, I found these articles interesting and worthy of ‘bookmarking’ to consider later. 100 Items to Disappear First “From a Sarajevo War Survivor” 1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy…target of
An impressive achievement with their water supply system (from 2009)
