We have become accustomed to the claims and counter-claims about the damage hydraulic fracturing (fracking) may or may not do to the environment. Earthquakes, polluted water and methane gas emissions are the most obvious. However, concerns have also been raised about birth defects, cancers and declining bird species in areas …
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Figures released under a Freedom of Information request indicate that climate change has been a victim of the UK government’s austerity cuts. The request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) – which plays a lead role in assisting people in some of the most at-risk countries on earth on …
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The UK is the latest in a growing list of countries to announce bans on petroleum vehicles. This has led to understandable concerns about the ability of national electricity grids to cope with the massive demand for additional electricity that such a ban implies. The thinking appears to be that …
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The name of this website may seem a little odd to anyone who was not around two years ago when it was launched. The Consciousness of Sheep was the title of the book about the current economic, ecological and energetic collapse that humanity is hurtling toward. Drawing on psychology, sociology, …
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These days it is almost a given that economics is not grounded in reality. As the old joke has it: Q: What do you call an economist who makes a prediction? A: Wrong. The failure of thousands of extremely well-paid economists to see the 2008 crash coming did irrevocable harm …
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More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness; the other to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly – Woody Allen An excerpt from Tim Watkins’ book: The Consciousness of Sheep Here’s a predicament …
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Consciousness of Sheep