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Part I: Who are we saving the planet for?

Schemes are get increasingly more bizarre to ’save the planet’ from global warming. Popular scientists (ie those who know how to pander to the media) are increasingly prone to throwing out words like “irreversible,’ ‘catastrophic,’ ‘dire’ and ‘terrible’ when talking about global warming. The only ‘real’ threat that the whole global warming scare should be [...]

The paradox of oil prices and catastrophic predictions

As I write this, the business world is reeling from the double wammy of oil prices rising faster and higher than anyone predicted (bubble anyone?) . Simultaneously, reports from various oil producers that there is or will soon be bit of shortage are also increasing (although for some odd, self-defeating reason, Environmentalists and Oil-lovers alike [...]

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