I am Alan Booth, an ordinary British Man . I'm not one of the famous people that have the same name as me, just an ordinary guy. Welcome to my main blog, a true reliable record of history from the perspective of an ordinary man, a place filled with my thoughts; perhaps my thoughts will persist longer on here than in my brain itself. My twitter I.D. is @alspresso.
Saturday, 25 November 2023
Flaxseed oil and Dash
Monday, 16 September 2019
Capital paradox
I describe the society I live in as a new age capitalist one. It works much like a food chain would in the natural world.
The first link in the chain is Energy and the next link is the maker and then the trader and then the Bank. This system works very well and creates prosperity. The problem is that our version of new age capitalism is corrupt.
The energy at the start of our food chain is fossil fuels, concentrated hydrocarbons that were left over from organisms that died millions of years ago. We turned our backs on all the free energy that was given to us from our star. We have turned ourself into a force of nature, displacing materials and changing the surface of the planet. If we don't change, our way of life will end as soon as the hydrocarbons are used up.
Corrupt leaders in the past submitted to lobbyists from oil companies. We need new leaders that can embrace a better way to be. It is the ordinary people like me that will gently steer them in the right direction.
Friday, 7 December 2018
Greenhouse nonsense
Many governments around the world think there is a big problem with global warming, I don't. I will tell you why.
I think that global warming is real and is a hazard but I don't think there is enough fossil fuels on Earth to cause a lasting greenhouse chain reaction.
In my opinion, global warming is a problem that is fixing itself. The inconvenient truth is that is is more and more inconvenient to harvest crude oil. It costs more and more money to get oil and coal out of the ground so people are motivated to get more fuel efficient cars and electric cars are getting cheaper and cheaper to make. Solar panels are also getting be cheaper to make.
Oil and coal near the surface is running out so bigger drills and diggers are needed that cost more money to get to the oil that is deeper and more out of reach. Eventually there will be no fossil fuels left.
Why should leaders like President Macron steal money from people to fix a problem that is fixing itself?
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