Comments on: Golf courses v solar power; Africa is big; climate change in Nepal; Krugman v maths; renewable energy awards and what success in Copenhagen might look like: links I liked http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817 duncan green poverty to power oxfam development Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:18:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Katelyn Henderson http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817&cpage=1#comment-13725 Katelyn Henderson Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:17:47 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817#comment-13725 Solar Energy is one of the best sources of clean and green electricity. I think that we should build more efficient solar thermal power plants and solar cells. frequently. : Solar Energy is one of the best sources of clean and green electricity. I think that we should build more efficient solar thermal power plants and solar cells. frequently. :

]]> By: Urbanization and the Future World http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817&cpage=1#comment-7147 Urbanization and the Future World Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:03 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817#comment-7147 Major factors for civilization to end were, trade war, urbanization affecting natural resources and environmental disaster, modern growth neglecting basic human needs, population growth and human degradation, rivalries and aggression, excessive regime expenditure and economic failure. Extinction of any civilization is gradual, prolonging survival depends on strength of the country’ social pattern and resources. Strong countries prolong until they commit mistakes to become weak. It is because of natural law “nothing is immortal”. All civilizations when reaching to its peak, the regime’s overconfidence on modern materialistic growth and neglecting approach towards natural resources became the root cause to their extinction. Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization comprising two cities Harappa and Mohenjo-daro with more than 100 cities and villages were highly civilized knowing scripts of more than 250 characters. Rivalries and devastation by flood weakened this civilization; later invaded by Ancient Aryans. Ancient Mayan’s civilization was the first to introduce accurate calendar, mathematics and astronomy. This developed society gradually ended due to rivalries, converting crop lands to inspiring temples, complexes, and homes, diseases and viruses. The Plagues of Egypt (absolute astronomy.com) Archeology and natural explanation - The Egyptian Ipuwer Papyrus is a single surviving papyrus holding an ancient Egyptian poem, called The Admonitions of Ipuweror The Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All.... describes a series of calamities befalling Egypt, including a river turned to blood, men behaving as wild ibises, and the land generally turned upside down. However, this is usually thought to describe a general and long term ecological disaster lasting for a period of decades, such as that which destroyed the old kingdom. Disrupted natural resources accounted falling of major civilizations. Major factor of each civilization’s disintegration was devastating agriculture land and ecological disaster. Most civilizations neglected the role of rivers when reached to modern growth. The situation applies to our modern world too as most of world river water unused end up in sea. Forests are converted to agricultural land, and agricultural land to urban cities, rising population and consumption of fuel, industrial commodities mounting up pollution for species. Anarchy formed by heavy urbanization and urban industrialization and so on. Learning and understanding mistakes of ancient civilizations is the solution to global warming and spreading new diseases and viruses. Natural law needs modification in systems to suit circumstances. Following one system for all circumstances is blunder. We must study nature and its behavior in order to implement in social culture and economical life. Understanding nature and its laws will be the definite solution to our present world. Major factors for civilization to end were, trade war, urbanization affecting natural resources and environmental disaster, modern growth neglecting basic human needs, population growth and human degradation, rivalries and aggression, excessive regime expenditure and economic failure. Extinction of any civilization is gradual, prolonging survival depends on strength of the country’ social pattern and resources. Strong countries prolong until they commit mistakes to become weak. It is because of natural law “nothing is immortal”. All civilizations when reaching to its peak, the regime’s overconfidence on modern materialistic growth and neglecting approach towards natural resources became the root cause to their extinction.

Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization comprising two cities Harappa and Mohenjo-daro with more than 100 cities and villages were highly civilized knowing scripts of more than 250 characters. Rivalries and devastation by flood weakened this civilization; later invaded by Ancient Aryans. Ancient Mayan’s civilization was the first to introduce accurate calendar, mathematics and astronomy. This developed society gradually ended due to rivalries, converting crop lands to inspiring temples, complexes, and homes, diseases and viruses. The Plagues of Egypt (absolute astronomy.com) Archeology and natural explanation – The Egyptian Ipuwer Papyrus is a single surviving papyrus holding an ancient Egyptian poem, called The Admonitions of Ipuweror The Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All…. describes a series of calamities befalling Egypt, including a river turned to blood, men behaving as wild ibises, and the land generally turned upside down. However, this is usually thought to describe a general and long term ecological disaster lasting for a period of decades, such as that which destroyed the old kingdom.

Disrupted natural resources accounted falling of major civilizations. Major factor of each civilization’s disintegration was devastating agriculture land and ecological disaster. Most civilizations neglected the role of rivers when reached to modern growth. The situation applies to our modern world too as most of world river water unused end up in sea. Forests are converted to agricultural land, and agricultural land to urban cities, rising population and consumption of fuel, industrial commodities mounting up pollution for species. Anarchy formed by heavy urbanization and urban industrialization and so on.

Learning and understanding mistakes of ancient civilizations is the solution to global warming and spreading new diseases and viruses. Natural law needs modification in systems to suit circumstances. Following one system for all circumstances is blunder. We must study nature and its behavior in order to implement in social culture and economical life. Understanding nature and its laws will be the definite solution to our present world.

]]> By: Nicholas Colloff http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817&cpage=1#comment-7144 Nicholas Colloff Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:19:41 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=817#comment-7144 Enjoyed the ping pong on tax and development; and, the underlying assumption that tax is always a 'burden' that precludes discussion of how it is spent, on what; and, with what impact on the wider economy. It is a puzzle that consensual high tax societies seem to enjoy efficient economies and distributed social benefits without ordinary taxpayers feeling especially burderned (as in Denmark); and, their relative levels of high equality appear to leave them better adjusted and happier too (though consensually equal low tax economies like Japan seem to achieve that second part equally as well)! Enjoyed the ping pong on tax and development; and, the underlying assumption that tax is always a ‘burden’ that precludes discussion of how it is spent, on what; and, with what impact on the wider economy. It is a puzzle that consensual high tax societies seem to enjoy efficient economies and distributed social benefits without ordinary taxpayers feeling especially burderned (as in Denmark); and, their relative levels of high equality appear to leave them better adjusted and happier too (though consensually equal low tax economies like Japan seem to achieve that second part equally as well)!

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