Tag: energy

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face George Monbiot Irealise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? The intense western interest in… Read More We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem

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Scientists have found an alarming environmental impact of vast data centers

Laura Paddison The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people. There are still… Read More Scientists have found an alarming environmental impact of vast data centers

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The Tides have Turned

The US-Israel war on Iran marks the decline of the Modi era. These years have shown, at immense cost, what happens when a leader confuses personal brand-building with nation-building. Sushant Singh THE US-ISRAEL WAR ON Iran has exposed, across the board, the limits of state capacity and the hollowness of carefully crafted images. Amid this escalating… Read More The Tides have Turned

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Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

Alfred W. McCoy ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the first chapter of his 1874 novel The Gilded Age, Mark Twain offered a telling observation about the connection between past and present: “History never repeats itself, but the… present often seems to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends.” Among the “antique legends” most helpful in… Read More Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

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Can propaganda on Iran allowing Indian ships hide Modi government’s failure to secure gas supply?

Shoaib Daniyal India had no role to play in starting the Iran war. But outside of the Gulf states, it is one of the countries most affected. Indians are seeing widespread shortages of cooking gas given India is highly dependent on the supply from West Asia and the country has almost no storage capacity. Faced with rising public anger over… Read More Can propaganda on Iran allowing Indian ships hide Modi government’s failure to secure gas supply?

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Trump’s new world order is being born – and Venezuela is just the start

The US president has been quite clear that Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland are in his sights. We must believe him… When the Soviet Union collapsed, US elites convinced themselves they were militarily invincible and that their economic model marked the endpoint of human development. That hubris led directly to catastrophe in Iraq, Afghanistan and… Read More Trump’s new world order is being born – and Venezuela is just the start

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Trump’s ‘American dominance’ may leave the USA with nothing

Opinion by Anne Applebaum In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the world is divided into three spheres of influence: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, all perpetually at war. Sometimes two of the states form an alliance against the third. Sometimes they abruptly switch sides. No reasons are given. Instead, the Party tells the proles, “We have always been at… Read More Trump’s ‘American dominance’ may leave the USA with nothing

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South African activist Ela Gandhi asks world to condemn the US attack on Venezuela / Wall Street Goons Look To STEAL Venezuelan Oil

“Can the world stand by and allow such aggression to continue?” Southasia Peace (Sapan) and Sapan News BOSTON: Invoking her grandfather Mahatma Gandhi‘s words “I want world sympathy in this battle of right against might,” Ela Gandhi in South Africa has issued a statement on the U.S. attack on Venezuela, in her capacity as Chairperson Gandhi Development… Read More South African activist Ela Gandhi asks world to condemn the US attack on Venezuela / Wall Street Goons Look To STEAL Venezuelan Oil

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