Gräv inte ner kärnavfallet !

Det finns inga atomsopor. Det ”utbrända kärnbränslet” är en ovärdelig strategisk tillgång för framtida teknologier och måste därför tas hand om på samma sätt som om det vore guldreserv eller arvsilver.

Barack still has to deliver

So he’s taking no chances and lands on safe ground in 10, Downing Street today. He could have made a splash out of his first foreign visit by going to fex Botswana, an exemplary country on a desperate continent that got most things right despite odds and neighbours. We all have high hopes for Barack [...]

A global economy needs a global currency

Said Paul Volcker. It seems like a tautology, too obvious to merit further scrutiny. But you guessed it, “free market” economists and globalist libertarians manage to be against it in the standard freudian Not-Invented- Here way of human progress. This time I came over Robert A Mundell’s lectures on the subject that may be a [...]

Thought experiment : The Torro

So Bernard Lietaer proposes a new global currency, the Terra, to be backed by a basket of  stable commodities. The Terra should ease currency risks, facilitate international trade, underwrite long term investement and leverage large scale infrastructure.  What is a basket of stable commodities ? Oil yoyos, uranium is a thin market, rare earth metals [...]

Ecosystem stability

I’ve been fighting to come up with the correct line of reasoning to fix the financial shambles.  The crises is probably more severe than both current “free market” economists can imagine and the general public can grasp. You shouldn’t provoke competent historians’ wrath by saying that the financial crises of 2008 is the worst ever. [...]

What to produce in Western Sweden ?

Western Sweden is held up by the car manufacturers SAAB and Volvo and their subcontractors. Despite optimistic rethoric out of SAAB’s management after being betrayed by their owner GM, SAAB’s future is extremely gloomy with billons of dollars in debt, factories at half capacity, too few and too ordinary models. In a global crunch, a [...]

Inspiration : BMW hydrogen limmos

When up against the vault, it’s wise to take some moments off for refuelling. Forget fuel cell or battery cars and go surfing the real thing : hydrogen combustion engines.  New energy and fuel infrastructure should not come with a lower standard of living. Both BMW and Honda are showing off with gorgeous designs offering [...]

Davos : Anyone with a clue ?

The annual gathering ov VIPs in snowy Davos is starting. During the week power brokers should discuss the pressing issues. But the programme is without any speakers or downloadable presentations. Are they serious ?  The financial crisis is reported to be the main focus. So you’d expect them to produce intelligent answers to these exact [...]

Welcome !

On Barack’s first working day in the Oval Office, inspiration came to start a commentary on our time’s most important issues. This blog should be about five urgent challenges : – to launch an energy infrastructure running on thorium – to start using hydrogen as a fuel but stored as ammonia – to build transcontinental [...]