see also > Plastics -infinite-plastic-meets-systemic-inelasticity product destruction independent.co.uk/ 24/6/2021 Greta Thunberg blasts Amazon for destroying thousands of unsold items in a week: ‘Something is fundamentally wrong’ - ‘If you have a system where this possible — and even profitable — that’s a clear sign that something is fundamentally wrong’ Celine Wadhera itv.com/ 21/6/2021-06-21/amazon-destroying-millions-of-items-of-unsold-stock-in-one-of-its-uk-warehouses-every-year-itv-news-investigation-finds Richard Pallot … Continue reading WASTE – product destruction, recycling
A year ago, when The Virus was still a fuzzy rumour, one was already plagued by the puzzle of the three zeros : the skeletal numbers of no interest and near nil inflation lined up for a danse macabre around the grave of zombie growth. Never seen this before. This is different. This can't be … Continue reading Greta, Mnuchin and PlanB
Aral Sea in Kazakhstan in 1984 and 2020 updates 11-2023 below itv.com/ 4/2021 A time-lapse video feature launched by Google Earth has drawn on nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how the impact of humans and climate change have affected the planet. see also > earth+land – eco crisis – climate - food+farming – oceans - … Continue reading ECO CRISIS – Climate
Little Bill has lent his big billionaire voice to de-coupling, the idea that traditional capitalist growth can be cleansed of its polluting effects. Better than denial or obstruction? Absolutely. Every little helps. But de-coupling inside a political vaccuum is kids' softplay. What matters in the adult world is the gravity of power. Just follow the money... … Continue reading Little Big Bill’s Techno Fix
Greta has docked in Lisbon and is on her way to Madrid. Presumably by train. Most will cheer her on. Many will not. Some rather see her drowned like an inconvenient truth. Or hung like a false prophet. Some are annoyed. Some have reservations. And some are changing their minds. I was about Greta Thunberg's … Continue reading The Limits To Greta
