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To save the planet: Disable this global consumer-corporate machine

The global consumer-capitalist machine is well-programmed to consume the planet in its quest to produce ever-more stuff. Avoiding pollution is...

yesterday 6

Geoff Davies

Universities: dead, buried and cremated?

In the late nineties, the management of the Australian National University was attacking its academic staff. That may seem a little strange, until I...

17.09.2024 8

Geoff Davies

Artificial cleverness is polluting the essence of our humanity

Fakes, deep fakes, disinformation, lies and rumours pollute the internet, the legacy media and conversations. Some of these are not new, but their...

23.08.2024 6

Geoff Davies

How Ronald Reagan started the ruination of the USA

The continuing descent of the United States into polarisation and violence is widely lamented. The election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 marks the...

18.07.2024 10

Geoff Davies

The cut-through message: wind, solar and pumped hydro are all we need, and cheaper

Wind, solar and pumped hydro energy storage can provide all the electrical energy we need, on demand, cheaply, quickly, with minimal carbon emissions....

20.06.2024 10

Geoff Davies

Death machine: striking at the heart of the planetary problem

30.05.2024 10

Geoff Davies

No Minister, high immigration will cost us $320 billion

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has chastised Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for proposing temporary cuts to permanent immigration numbers, claiming the 25%...

28.05.2024 7