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A slightly shorter roundup than usual, as I lost a load of items I'd saved due to a hiccup with Outlook,

Economic illiteracy: Why food should be more expensive. Not going to fly in the current climate. Plus raw materials are always a low-value part of the supply chain Methinks the solution could be for producers to move up the value chain like William Chase or Ocean Spray.

Thoughts on Ukraine by Laughing Wolf:  Peace At Any Price More on the lessons of the war: We Have a Lot of Things to Relearn

This could make the Hydrogen economy viable: HIDDEN HYDROGEN: Does Earth hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel?

The retreat from globalism I've long thought something like this is a better option than the dichotomy of left v right: 'in politics today it often seems that the only choice on offer is between ‘big state or big business’. Faced with this unenviable dilemma, he argues, the ‘only viable alternative’ is localism – that is, ‘small state and small business’.

'It is hard not to conclude that there is something wrong with the government’s worthy if foolish policy of carbon neutrality by 2050.' Indeed- from Solar farms and the trouble with net-zero

Related, How Britain sacrificed its car industry It seems CO2 emissions don't count if outsourced...

The anti-arts establishment If conservatives are opposed to identity politics because of the damage it does to Britain’s social fabric, then why continue to fund organisations who prioritise the propagation of that agenda? Why indeed? Maybe because they don't actually hold conservative views? Related - Politics and culture are upstream of each other

Arguments for returning to a gold standard: Lost in the forest of magic money trees

Finally, memes!










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