A worrying standoff is emerging in the Himalayas at a place called Pangong Lake on the border between India and China. The armies of both nations claim that the opposing side has crossed into the territory of the other side illegally and increased the deployment of their forces to the… Read more »
Renewed Interest in Spaceship Earth The renewed interest in space being partly led by Elon Musk’s Space X and the launch of the crew dragon capsule is also stimulating a renewed interest in global sustainability and the concept of spaceship earth. Viewing the earth from space gives us a sense… Read more »
Is it possible to see Australia as a Renewable Energy Superpower? The COVID19 crisis is revealing that Australia and her economy has been foundering for a long time. For the first time sine world war two, a large proportion of the population has become dependent on the state to sustain… Read more »
Coronavirus has caused all of us to reflect on the relevance of our work, whether it can be done online and how it generates value to other people. Now the fundamental structure of the economic system is being rethought and the idea of Universal Basic Income is beginning to gain… Read more »
We are potentially in one of the most consequential events in recent political history. The indictment of a sitting President is exceptional in US and world history. However, it is looking more and more likely by the day that the President or members of his 2016 campaign could be indicted… Read more »
Artificial intelligence has the greatest promise but also possibly the greatest potential peril of any technology in human history. In a sense, artificial intelligence has been incrementally being introduced over the last few decades but now is reaching a level where it is seriously challenging the abilities of human intelligence. Voice… Read more »
President Trump has persistently criticised the media and threatened defamation lawsuits against media outlets and other participants in political dialogue. Trump even claims credit for coining the phrase ‘fake news’. Trump’s usage of the term ‘fake news’ tends to connote anything that the speaker disagrees with, with or without regard to… Read more »
It is becoming clear to a world in an energy crisis that the age of fossil fuels is coming to an end. Economists can see that oil supplies are dwindling, coal and gas reserves are becoming harder to extract profitably and to anyone with a basic appreciation of science, it… Read more »
The fundamental energy driver of the global economy in the 20th century was oil, coal and gas. Coal fueled our power plants and oil fueled the world’s trucks, cars and buses. Coal-fired electricity provided cheap electrical energy to light our homes and cities and power our factories. The internal combustion engine allowed personal mobility… Read more »
In the United States last week, the political world erupted around the Brett Kavanaugh scandal. The hearings captured the attention of the world as Dr Ford gave her testimony where she detailed shocking allegations against the sitting Federal Court Judge. Dr Ford’s testimony was that she was subjected to a… Read more »
