Monthly Archives: April 2025

Phase out fossil fuels: no choice

I’m reproducing The Conversation newsletter which was emailed to me. It is a response to Tony Blair’s recent advice to not phase out fossil fuels with the Net Zero objective:

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Al Gore, his speech at Climate Week

April 2025, Climate Week, 77 year old Al Gore gave this speech which you can also see and hear on YouTube. Thanks to Robert Reich for reproducing this speech on Substack. It is abundantly clear, after only three months and … Continue reading

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Survivors who lived in a large land mass

Since the US is now running a tarrif trade war, mostly targeting China, it has been said that Xi told his people “eat bitterness” and that was interpreted as “absorb the pain”. It is well known, throughout the 5000 year … Continue reading

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Tearing apart or holding together?

Yesterday, whilst Pope Francis lay in state and his mourners continued their grieving, the media showed clips of his past expressions of love of humanity. This man, who promoted that we each care for one another, died on Easter Monday, … Continue reading

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The killing of Rabin

Extract from “Rise and Kill First”, by Ronen Bergman: 1995 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, a senior member of the VIP protection unit of the Shin Bet, responsible for the safety of the prime minister, made an encrypted phone call to a … Continue reading

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If it’s digital, it’s hackable

President Bukele had high hopes for Bitcoin in 2022. El Salvador became the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.[1] It has been promoted by Nayib Bukele, the president of … Continue reading

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The dark side of the plate

Chronic illness is caused by over consumption of: Alcohol Tobacco Salt Sugar Ultra processed foods And the health system is overwhelmed by the consequences. Yet there are huge industries involved who have powerful lobbyists.  Government must not be contaminated by … Continue reading

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Globalisation and Gangsterism

The post-Second World War order began to crumble in the first half of the 1980s. Its dissolution followed no obvious pattern, occurring instead as a series of seemingly disparate events: the spectacular rise of the Japanese car industry; communist Hungary’s … Continue reading

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