New Energy to Europe from Marocco?
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition has proposed prioritizing a Spain-Morocco interconnection project in its recently published planning proposal for 2021-2026. By 2026, the Spanish government plans to have a new circuit in the Morocco-Spain interconnection and a new interconnection between Spain and Andorra. It also seeks to construct a Spain-France interconnection through the Bay of Biscay and […]
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON?
#worlduppdates from space. The first time when a photo was captured at the far side of the moon, was in 1959! The Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 took 29 photos by a specially designed AFA camera and transmitted directly to the earth. In December 1968 NASA sent three people — Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill […]
My eBook about #TimeZones, by Curt Bergsten
Who invented the time, and do we really need it?
“Christiaan Huygens is usually credited as the inventor. He determined the mathematical formula that related pendulum length to time (about 99.4 cm or 39.1 inches for the one second movement) and had the first pendulumdriven clock made. The first model clock was built in 1657 in the Hague”. “The measurement of time began with the […]
Who will win at COP26?
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Wednesday, 10/11-2021, was another day of new announcements, statements and coalition-building, this time focused on the transport sector, which is responsible for approximately one quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to […]
A new #Timezone 1965, Australia
Arriving at Brisbane, Australia. When we finally sight the shore of the Australian coastline, it was a relief to know that our adventure in the southern Pacific Ocean had come to an end and that all of us on board were well. This was the first time for me to visit the Australian continent and […]
Voyage from Brazil to Australia.
The dangerous journey from Brazil to Australia. We had recently unloaded a cargo shipment from Japan, in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest port city when we were told to go to Sao Francisco do Sur for loading. It was a small port town then, in 1965, but now an important resort in the Catarina district located […]
The year 1963 was marked by devastation in the Caribbean due to a hurricane and a virus outbreak.
Sailing to Caribbean 1963. I had signed on at M/s Trubadur in the port of Gothenburg in September 1963. This was my first time that I left home, at the age of 15. It was going to be a big change in my life, from farm working to become a sailor in the merchant navy. […]
2020, Covid 19 a new Time Zone
The world will enter in a new “Time Zone”, after Covid 19. We will find that the so called economic “Globalization”, did not have its way as planned. Free world trade with products and currencies will never be the same again. The growing economy in the Asian countries, like China and India has been overvalued. […]
My Time Zone in Buenos Aires.
Arriving to Buenos Aries. We had been in Mendoza, Argentina, for a few days and now another long trip on train was ahead of us. We were going to the capital Buenos Aires, more than 1000km away. The train left early morning on a nice and sunny day and the train porter told us that […]