Category Archives: environment

Need Anyone Starve?

Posted on October 23, 2024 by odeboyz

Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations … Continue reading →

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Roman Roads: Built to last

Posted on March 30, 2024 by odeboyz
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COP28: And Greta said what?

Posted on December 6, 2023 by odeboyz
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Aroma!

Posted on June 19, 2023 by odeboyz
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Eh Up Lad

Posted on February 20, 2023 by odeboyz
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Book Review: Mike Davis ~ Planet of Slums (2006)

Posted on September 19, 2022 by odeboyz

For a smug Westerner like me this book is a punch in the face. Britain is currently, September 2022, obsessed by massive increases in energy bills. I too whine and demand support from the government to maintain my entitlements. Clearly, … Continue reading →

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Germany’s nuclear dilemma

Posted on April 25, 2022 by odeboyz

….turning all the German nuclear reactors back on could approximately stop gas imports from Russia. Shutting the remaining ones down could increase the dependency on Russian gas by about 30%. Germany facts of the day – Marginal REVOLUTION

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World’s longest lasting tyre fire

Posted on January 24, 2022 by odeboyz

Approximately 7 million tires resting in situ at a storage facility in Rhinehart, northern Virginia, caught fire in October of 1983. At the fire’s maximum extent, a black plume of smoke rose 3,000 feet into the air and spread downwind … Continue reading →

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Climate Emergency: A Temporary Quick Fix

Posted on January 13, 2022 by odeboyz

During the 1970s the Saudis led the OPEC group of nations as they massively increased oil prices in retaliation for European and American support for the Israelis. The USA responded by introducing a speed limit of 55 mph to reduce … Continue reading →

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