Category: Global Issues Affecting all of Us
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An Inconvenient Truth – 17 Years On
What can we see from a generation of climate change data is very revealing. I was recently re-reading my 2009 article — “An Inconvenient Truth – 3 and a bit Years On” — and I was reminded of something I’ve seen too often: the truth is not buried under lies, but under caveats. Looking back,…
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Part I – The Prophecies Align: Nostradamus, Baba Vanga, and the Inevitable Unravelling of Israel
Baba Vanga, Geopolitics, Global Issues Affecting all of Us, Iran, Israel, Nostradamus, The Middle EastWorlds apart, separate by time, today we converge on their truths In speculative circles—a realm straddling mysticism, astronomy, and apocalyptic historiography—there are few juxtapositions as electrifying as the prophecies of Nostradamus and Baba Vanga. Each, in their own century and idiom, foresaw the Middle East not as a stage of endless political tension, but as…
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Exponential Curves, Compounding Interest and Finite Resources
Why our earth needs nurturing and management, not raping and pillaging and how cars and bacteria can teach valuable lessons. “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” Albert Einstein Has anyone wondered why the roads have become so congested so…
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The End of Oil? Oil Pricing for 2015 and the Rise of Solar Energy
Best Business Practices, Energy, Global Issues Affecting all of Us, Money, Solar Power, Technology, The Middle EastAn Arabic prophesy half way in the making? of a monetary glitch in the status quo? I wrote the article for the Al Jarida newspaper of Kuwait and it was published on Saturday 24 January 2015. It’s a further development of my previous blog on how technology is changing the way the energy market operates…
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2015: The Year For the Downside of Solar Energy and the Upside of Banking
How financial success for some doesn’t equate to project success for others. Photographer: Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images Downside of Solar? Yes, downside. The side where you slide down and things get easier and more efficient, and lower priced, and better, and people want more of it. That’s what is happening with solar power. Look at this…
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Starting out 2015 with an Ode to Unity
The ideal World – humanity working as one. Today, tomorrow or the next, we will collectively look with our hearts, our minds will be idle. Connecting our third eye through to infinite intelligence, tethering our mind to the guidance of the earth bound resonance we all share from our bodies made from mud, made of…
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Seasons Greetings and Financial Events for 2014
Setting the scene for 2015 based on what has happened in 2014 As we close the chapter on 2014 and turn our attention to what lies ahead for 2015, I think I can safely say that 2014 has been like no other. I’ve been studying the financial markets for several years and the signs are…
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The Speech that Signals the Change of the World and Setting the Scene for the 21st Century.
Address by President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, about how Crimea has joined the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma deputies, Federation Council members, heads of Russian regions and civil society representatives in the Kremlin. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, good afternoon. Representatives of the Republic of…
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Is the US Oil Sector in Denial?
The ponzi of fracking and how it keeps the petrodollar alive. I came across an interesting article in my email the other morning about how higher energy taxes threaten US shale boom, and I was intrigued not really by the message, but by how the message was being delivered. Being close to the oil sector myself…
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We are the Russians – Here We Come!
How studying secular-rational values helps you understand a culture. Ever wonder about the psychology of the Russian people? Let’s look at where they come from. What are some headlines about Russia as a country? (Just a few, because there are many): So lots of space for people, lots of space for food for the people…
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Discussion with Kuwaiti Member of Parliament
An insiders view of the workings of the only democracy of the Arab world. A few nights ago I met up with recently elected member of Kuwait parliament the Right Honourable Nawaf Al Fuzaia. We discussed many things, one of which was about the prospect of doubling of the budget for the Government of Kuwait over the next 10…
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The End of Humanity? It’s all in the numbers
Fundamentally women must give birth. There is no other way. For the human population to remain steady, each woman needs to have at least two children – one to replace herself and one to replace her mate. The actual number works out to be about 2.1 – to allow for accidents and the like. In…
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Wireless Power
Direct distributed electrical power was discovered a long long time ago. Recent studies into the prehistoric structures in Egypt and Central and Southern Americas reveal vast spread of knowledge far beyond our own: ancient power stations and wireless power. Tesla in the 1890’s may have rediscovered what was known – and in common use –…
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Piracy? Or Different Rules of the Game
How sharing ideas expands society and how keeping them secret shrinks it. This was a good read about so-called “piracy” in China (link here). What people do not understand is that this is not pirating. This has been labelled such by business lobbyists, out to protect their future revenue streams. Being a “Pirate” is taking something from…
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No need to be afraid of a tax on carbon
Mixing politics with real science can give real solutions I read this article about how Australia can become a leading nation on our planet. https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/no-need-to-be-afraid-of-a-tax-on-carbon-20100903-14tqh.html Love it! Before the Australian election climate change was relegated to a distant nowhere in the election work up of each major party. Now it’s topic to swing a government…
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The Dark Side of Green
When the green movement has dark secrets I posted a comment here about the real costs of burning hydrocarbons. It was in response to discussion on subsidies on green energy technologies, global warming and everything in between. https://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=62696&type=member&item=25411493&commentID=20660457&goback=.nmp_*1_*1_*1&report.success=8ULbKyXO6NDvmoK7o030UNOYGZKrvdhBhypZ_w8EpQrrQI-BBjkmxwkEOwBjLE28YyDIxcyEO7_TA_giuRN#commentID_20660457 @Brian and @Brennan love the way you think. Clear, clean, concise. Brennan you’d never hit below the…
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The Mediocrity of Australian Politics
Do you think anything will change? Think again. Recent public movements in Australian politics reveal the truth behind the talking: National interest, getting things done, change for the good of everyone? These are not on the agenda. Personal interest, personal gain and tepid caution: these are what drives the upcoming Australian election. As pointed out…
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Food, Inc. A review of the documentary – recommended
A revelation into something we take for granted with every mouthfull. What a great documentary. Not just because of the story (eat food in the USA? Yuck), but also because of the great positive, do something message at the end. Let’s start with that message: “You can vote to change the system… three times a…
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EU and IMF will spend $40 billion to bail out Greece. What is your opinion on this issue?
From a Linkedin Discussion: All The Global Leaders in the European Developed Markets My comment: They are just extending the credit on their “credit card”, and using future tax income (from salaries) to pay for it. This drives the wrong habits – fixing inhuman balance sheets and ignoring the human element. It drives the ‘need’…
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