Thinking About Geographic Determinism
Geographic Determinism is the oversimplified idea that discounts culture and people over the lay of the land which determines everything.
Environment
Irina Slav | Poking Holes In The Green & Renewable Energy Narrative
Irina Slav comes onto the Curious Worldview podcast to explain the pro-oil narrative that is missing in the renewables debate.
Why Geothermal Energy Might Win The Renewable Energy Game
Geothermal energy promises to completely disrupt and change the planet that we live on. How much is truth? and how much is exaggeration?
Sand & Sand Mining: The Most Important Solid Substance On Earth
Is sand the most important solid substance on earth? This article analyses sand & sand mining to answer this question. What do you think?
Vince Beiser | An Interview With The Author Of ‘The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand’
Vince Beiser joined me on The Curious Worldview podcast recently. He is the author of The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand.
Tom Raftery | The Case For Renewable Energy Usurping Age Old Oil & Gas
Tom Raftery offers in this podcast a wonderfully green worldview for the future, pitting old age oil against new age renewables.
Cows, Cattle & Beef | Food Waste Manifesto
Beef & Cows & Cattle – How Do They Contribute To Food Waste & Climate Change? The Numbers Approximately 1,000,000,000 cattle worldwide 1 cow weighs between 500kg-1000KG 1KG of beef requires 15,000 litres of water 1KG of beef creates 60KG of CO2 emissions This is very back of the napkin stuff. But the maths works …
Oatly – Unlike Diamonds, Cows Aren’t Forever
Oatly are another amazing company to come out of Sweden. Could they replace cow milk the world over? Time will tell…
The Food Waste Manifesto
Food Waste is the most stupid and solvable problem we face today. As much as 1/3rd of all food produced is wasted.
Ethiopia Has A Water Gun To Egypt’s Head
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is Ethiopia’s one-way ticket to the top of the African power ladder. But Egypt is not happy.