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?
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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.
Chinese Hitmen In Nicaragua: Economic Edition
China plans to build an enormous Canal through the middle of Nicaragua. Is this a classic debt trap/Economic Hit?
How Much Money Is Being Wasted On Climate Change Policy?
Can $75 Billion make the world a better place? Bjorn Lomborg asks this exact question, and despite popular opinion, climate change misses the cut.
Forget Chernobyl – Why We Should Embrace Nuclear Energy.
Chernobyl does a lot to muddy nuclear’s image but there is more to the story. It is green, efficient and our best answer to climate change.