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The darkest of days
I know I won’t be the only person feeling physically sick this morning. How many of us will have a day today where we feel we are going through the motions, rearranging the deckchairs? As I’ve got older I’ve come to realise how complicated the world is. My privileged upbringing protected me from the dark… Read more
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Digital Genocide
I have been an academic throughout my career. I am shaken to the core by what I have just read. A researcher in the US federal system has just had an opinion piece published in the BMJ (one of the world’s oldest general medical journals – formerly called the British Medical Journal). It has been… Read more
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Avatar – an allegory for colonialism
I’ve just watched Avatar. It hit me hard between the eyes compared to the last time I’d watched it. Having just read a book on colonialism I now appreciate its purpose as an allegory (a story with hidden meaning). Greedy humans – corporate and military together – have found a beautiful planet years in stasis… Read more
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What A-Level subjects did you take?
What A-level subjects did you take (if you did)? I did Maths, Physics and … French. I recall being asked to go and see the Head of Chemistry at my school, Mr Fox, who sternly advised me that this was a perilous choice for my career ahead. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths being pushed hard… Read more
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I know a thing or two about extinction – but what about optimism?
Here’s my Tuesday morning challenge to you – please point me to a video on YouTube that is under four minutes long that offers a compelling sense of optimism about climate change. Mainstream media has been so very good at balancing (finding a person on either side of an issue to offer contrary views to… Read more
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Transport decarbonisation by 2050 – are you confident?
In this short article I reflect briefly upon views in the transport sector regarding the prospects for decarbonisation by 2050. Polling As members of CIHT will know, each month the CIHT 100 panel is asked a topical question. In this month’s members’ magazine the question was: “Will the transport sector be able to meet the Government’s target… Read more
What the hell is going on? 