The Year of the Dragon, bad or good?
Chinese New Year 2024 is a Year of the Dragon, more specifically, Wood Dragon, starting from February 10th, 2024, and lasting until January 28th, 2025. Celebrations of Chinese New Year traditionally last for 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year’s Eve to the Lantern Festival. The most notable dates of the Lunar New Year 2024 are these three […]
The climate-conference, COP-28, negative results.
Cop-28 have unfortunately not presented solutions, again. I have been writing articles about COP meetings for several years now, unfortunately there is no big news from the last COP-28 meeting, despite the increased number of participants who consume energy in travel, to spend a week in Saudi Arabia. How long will it take to unite […]
The Myth of Plastic Waste and Recycling.
Are we fooled by Plastic waste and recycling? Data taken from the European Parliament. “The production of plastic has increased exponentially in just a few decades – from 1.5 million tons in 1950 to 359 million tons in 2018 (globally) – and with it the plastic waste. After a marked reduction in production in the […]
AI and cryptocurrency are contributing to energy problems.
AI, and cryptocurrency will create energy-problems! Is it really a good idea to force AI (Artificial Intelligence) in all industries, when it is already clear that AI and Cryptocurrency are energy guzzlers? The giant Google in one such example, noting has been said that AI was accounted for 10%-15% of the company’s total electricity consumption […]
Will BRICS create a new digital world currency?
The bloc of emerging market nations known as BRICS which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is expanding its membership for the first time since 2010. A key part of BRICS’ strategy is the Shanghai-based New Development Bank, which has $50 billion in subscribed capital and plans to add several new emerging […]
“Mr. Rupert Murdoch, And How I Got To Know Him.”
Mr. Rupert Murdoch, and how I got to know him. In the early 1970s I worked at the Willow Garden Restaurant, Wentworth Hotel***** in Sydney. The restaurant was high fashion at the time, with visiting customers of the Jet-Set category. The Maître d’hôtel, called me one day and told me that he had to seat […]
“Waterworld”, a new way of living?
So why don’t we build a waterworld? The project’s name “Conshelf”, was a series of undersea living and research stations undertaken by Jacques Cousteau’s team in the 1960s. The original design was for five of these stations to be submerged to a maximum depth of 300 metres (1,000 ft) over the decade; in reality, only three […]
At the age of 75, a new TIME ZONE starts in your life.
Recently, the 17th of august, I had my 75th birthday. my new TIME ZONE started. My first taught was that I am getting old, and life seemed to have passed so quickly. Starting to remember happy young days as a kid, growing up to a teenager, and later starting my first own business at 21. […]
Never underestimate the impact of solar storms!
The power of Solar storms are real! In 1921 a powerful solar storm occured, if the same would happen today, it could leave 130 million people without power. Other affects would be water suply and other infrastructures dammeged. An even stronger/larger solar storm/flare took place in 1859, when thousends of telegraf station was destroyed by […]
Are we fooled by the costs of plastic bags?
Are we fooled by the costs of plastic bags? The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that all plastic carrier bags should be taxed to help a cleaner planet. This is probably well thought out, but at the same time can be used as a cover to move large sums to accounts that we will never […]