Worldmapper: The world as you’ve never seen it before
20 Nov 2006 hiro 0 comments
Too sad. There are some 3.74 trillion barrels of oil left. Enough to fuel the world for another 122 years. So the market and dininishing supply won’t take care of our greenhouse problem, so political action in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are more urgent than ever before.
“Cambridge Energy Research Associates said in a report that the world has some 3.74 trillion barrels of oil left — enough to last 122 years at current consumption rates and triple the amount estimated by ‘peak oil’ theorists…
15 Nov 2006 hiro 0 comments
Are you a cutthroat or a pussycat? Find out, if you dare.The Machiavelli personality test has a range of 0-100
Your Machiavelli score is: 79
You are a high Mach, you endorse Machiavelli’s opinions.
I’m not sure if this is good or bad, but I guess, you have to be Machiavellian to some degree to get ahead. Don’t be a sissy!
technorati tags:Machiavelli, test, personality
10 Nov 2006 hiro 0 comments
Today there was a moving interview with Jean Ziegler in the Austrian newspaper “DerStandard”. Unfortunately you can’t read it online. I’ll summarize it. Most things shouldn’t be new. But it’s good to know some numbers.
So something must be wrong here. Neither me, as a European, nor most urban Americans want to see their tax money spent on supporting an outdated industry. The raw materials we need for our food industry could easily be produced on an industrial scale, as it already happens. There is no need for subsidies. In fact I would go as far as stating, that there is no need to have a big agricultural industry in the developed nations. Why not import from South America and Africa?
Gradually abolish farming subsidies now. The sooner the better.
02 Nov 2006 hiro 0 comments
