I have been quite busy the past week, and as such, I have left this blog woefully unattended. For those who just happen to get their world affairs fix here, I can imagine that this would be quite a tragedy. Yet not all is lost. I have had just enough time to keep up with […]
The IEA released its Energy Technology Perspectives report this week in Tokyo. By far the most interesting part of the report was its projection for what is required to reach a worldwide 50% emissions reductions by the year 2050: We would need a virtual decarbonisation of the power sector. Given the growing demand for electricity, […]
For the last 600 years the history of world has been defined by the Atlantic. On these waves sailed the explorer’s caravel, the conquistador’s galleon, the slaver’s schooner, and the trade-man’s gunboat. The winds of the Atlantic have carried the blood of revolutionaries, the cries of pilgrims, and the powder of world wars. It was […]
Recently I have been able to re-read some of the poems of one of my favorite authors, Rudyard Kipling. The mark of any good piece of literature, it is said, is its continued relevance years after it has been written. On that count, one particular poem of Kipling’s, “Arithmetic on the Frontier”, has struck me […]