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Religious environmentalism.

There is a real need to protect the environment, and advocacy for the environment is necessary. However, for some, elements from religion and spiritualism can,

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Why EV Battery size matters, and the problem with hybrids.

When you look deeper, battery capacity of an EV matters far more than you might think, as it effects not just range, but also battery life and vehicle power.

If a battery is quite small, as is usually the case with a hybrid (HEV), and even most plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), there will be limited total distance that can be driven “emissions free” before battery degradation, which is why use of fossil fuels is a necessity for most hybrids.

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COP27: Climate change action sabotage?

Reports from COP27 seems indicate the key initiative this year to make wealthy nations cover the cost of the damages poor nations will incur as a result of emissions that have main originated from those wealthy nations.

The proposal as it stands has a missing an essential piece, and trying to cover for that essential piece, appears most to likely to increase emissions, and move COP away from a focus on solving the climate crisis and instead toward just fighting over the cost.

This is a troubled look at the key flaw in what has been put forward and the real solution that should be in place.

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Can Peter Dutton repair the democracy ‘loyal opposition’.

Democracy is under threat, and a significant part of the problem stems for the distortion of the current model of ‘opposition’. While the politics of division and polarisation of the USA Trump republicans vs Biden democrats attracts most attention on the world stage right now, what happens in Australia following the recent election which saw democracy strike back (page coming soon), has the potential to provide the world with an alternate blueprint for the role of the opposition party, which could reinvigorate democracy and spread to the US and elsewhere.

Is there an alternative to the current Republicans vs Democrats style, where ‘opposition’ is about each party demonising the other?

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News In Brief.

It is now war until the end for Putin. If Putin is to win in Ukraine, he would simply have to start a new war elsewhere, as relations with Russia could never again return to ‘normal’ without charges of war crimes being held.

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Why don’t climate scientists tell the truth?

Why don’t climate scientists tell the truth?

Oliver Zipse, BMW CEO climate denial or failure to read the room?

Religious environmentalism.

Australian fuel efficiency standards: A stall tactic?

SpaceX: Should we colonise the solar system?

Why EV Battery size matters, and the problem with hybrids.

Why EV Battery size matters, and the problem with hybrids.

Why Car Makers are Lying about the storm.

COP27: Climate change action sabotage?

COP27: Climate change action sabotage?

Can Peter Dutton repair the democracy ‘loyal opposition’.

Can Peter Dutton repair the democracy ‘loyal opposition’.

The innocent child assumption: even Hitler?

The innocent child assumption: even Hitler?

News & Updates.

News & Updates.

News In Brief.

News In Brief.

Flatten the curve: Misleading?

Long Covid.

Population Growth Change Lag: The Population Pipeline

Population Growth Change Lag: The Population Pipeline

Coronavirus: Facts, Myths and Surprises (March 13th)

Might vs Right and Persuasion

The New Economics of Population Growth in a Finite world

Wuhan Coronavirus: The Real Threat Level

Left vs Right Perception Bias: Idealists vs The Economy?

Left vs Right Perception Bias: Idealists vs The Economy?

“driven too far by issues that he’s suffered”

Solution: A quota system with equity?

Remdesivir: how does it change things?

Covid-19: Vaccines and Cures

Coronavirus: Facts, Myths and Surprises (Q&A and toilet paper Update)

Covid-19 Cases

Covid-19: Tipping point 3?

Covid-19: Tipping point 3?

Andrew Yang: Dangerous? Or just honest?

Highlander Economics: Does it end with only one?

The alliance: Conservative politicians and ‘secondary terrorists’

Tribalism, Racism and Despair: The xenophobia cycle

The ‘perfect’ everyday bag: messenger bag, shoulder bag or backpack?

Population: just how did the ‘engine’ switch off

How the ‘basic income’ proposal could change society

Is our wealth distribution system really broken?

Inferno: How could we limit the population?

The Growth Age is Over

Population: Why more than the current change is required.