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The world’s economic myths are hitting limits
The world’s economic myths are hitting limits There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners have missed the point that […]
Simon Michaux: The Green Energy Myth
Simon Michaux: The Green Energy Myth Green energy, it turns out, is something of a myth. And, given all that’s at stake, a rather dangerous myth. Welcome to this Off The Cuff podcast with Professor Simon Michaux There is no topic more important than today’s. Everything hinges on “us” getting it right. And by us […]
Conditioned To Believe
Conditioned To Believe In a High-Tech Future We Trust Photo by John Fowler on Unsplash Many of us believe firmly in a Star Trek world to come, where technology and science would eventually have an answer to every problem we face today: from cancer to infinite growth on a finite planet. (Not that these are two different things […]
Two Big Myths About Why Energy Prices Are Rising
Two Big Myths About Why Energy Prices Are Rising Photo: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images The global economic recovery is running low on fuel. Chinese factories have been flickering on and off as Beijing rations electricity. Britons have been parking in petrol lines as their nation’s pumps run dry. Americans have turned on their president as spiking gas prices eat their […]
Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales, Part Two
Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales, Part Two This facade of the main street in Thurmond, West Virginia, looks impressive but hides the fact that this is a ghost town. No businesses actually exist in these buildings today and the entire town only has 4 or 5 residents today. More info can be obtained here and here. * […]
Myth of Utopian energy
Myth of Utopian energy
The Glory Of Going Viral – A Fraud Promoted By Big Tech
The Glory Of Going Viral – A Fraud Promoted By Big Tech While pondering the current state of the world I stumbled upon the question or idea that one of the things that makes the internet so intriguing is the alluring idea that it holds the potential to elevate the user to a higher level […]
Scientific Models and Myths: What Is the Difference?
Scientific Models and Myths: What Is the Difference? Most people seem to think, “The difference between models and myths is that models are scientific, and myths are the conjectures of primitive people who do not have access to scientific thinking and computers. With scientific models, we have moved far beyond myths.” It seems to me that the […]
How to Escape Like Willie Boy
How to Escape Like Willie Boy A Gentle Nudge The America we thought we knew – the country we learned about in grade school – vanished long ago. In truth, it was gone well before we stepped foot in our first classroom. But America’s myths and legends remain. The Wild Bunch… where are their stetsons? […]
Open Energy 4: Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling the myths
Open Energy 4: Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling the myths Don’t believe the spurious claims of nuclear shills constantly doing down renewables, writes Mark Diesendorf. Clean, safe renewable energy technologies have the potential to supply 100% of the world’s electricity needs – but the first hurdle is to refute the deliberately misleading myths designed to […]
You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes
You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy. Everyone in the streets and the windows said, “Oh, how fine are the Emperor’s new clothes! Don’t they fit him to perfection? […]
Plunge Protection Myths = Keynesian Economic Myths
Plunge Protection Myths = Keynesian Economic Myths QUESTION: What about what China did by buying stocks a few years ago to stop the hang sang from dropping LW Video Player 00:00 01:17 ANSWER: Do not confuse attempts to support a market from actually being able to do so. This is the same as Keynesian economics that […]
The Myth of the Just War
The Myth of the Just War The notion that war can be just is almost entirely utopian. The arguments used to justify wars seem morally sound in a vacuum, but when put into practice, the justifications fall apart. Justifying war becomes a slippery slope, especially when considering that those whom are most capable of waging […]
