As a beneficial owner of land on the third runway site administered by the Airplot campaign I stand fervently in opposition to the building plans.
Quite apart from the socially irresponsible environmental implications, the idea that this runway will boost the UK economy in the short or long term is preposterous. First of all, despite the [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Letter to Gordon Brown concerning the 3rd runway at Heathrow
Posted in British government, Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Peak Oil, Politics, UK, tagged airplot, emissions, Energy Crisis, Gordon Brown, heathrow, Parliament, Politics, runway, UK on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quote of the day
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Globalization, Industrial Agriculture, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, Quotes, Values, tagged Climate Change, Consumer, Corporate Accountability, Dorian Gray, Industrial Agriculture, Oscar Wilde, Peak Oil, Politics, quote, Values, Victorian on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Chapter III (by Oscar Wilde)
Oscar Wilde’s observation of the decline of moral values in late nineteenth century Victorian English society resonates with even more force today. This aphorism is behind more of the world’s ills than one might [...]
Dear Israeli military: please stop killing children in Gaza
Posted in Israel, Palestine, Politics, tagged Gaza, Israel, Middle East, oil, Palestine, Politics on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The actions of the Israeli military and the war ministers who have ordered these attacks are deplorable and I hope you will all join me in condemning them publicly in whatever way you possibly can. The actions of those sparking the conflict from within Gaza (we don’t know for sure who these people are or [...]
Ed Miliband: please cap energy industry profits or face potentially steep increases in UK winter deaths
Posted in Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Peak Oil, Politics, UK, tagged Energy Crisis, Corporate Accountability, Peak Oil, Politics, energy, UK, Energy Companies, Energy Industry, Parliament, Ed Miliband on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Russia has flexed her muscles by shutting off gas supplies to the Ukraine over a payment dispute. The Ukraine allegedly hasn’t paid off its gas import debts and the contract between the two nations expired on new year’s day. This will very likely mean a supply shortage and price hikes here in the UK. Given [...]
