Is it too hard to work in a water business?
An organisation is healthy if it has the internal resources / capability to handle the variety of problems and challenges that it faces. Having less...
The Beach by Marielle Vanderzeil
The beach is special to me. The Beach has water and sand too. When you find shells in the sand! Marielle...
Aviation biofuels – in or out?
I have a potential piece of work on aviation biofuels. It is common for me to be invited into project consortiums for pilot projects in...
Ideas and predictions over the last five years – a check in
A review of some of the thinking from this blog and updates Key takeaways Ideas and predictions Post Summary Update How does that change how...
Right sizing my preparation for climate crises
This is not doomist posturing. I vote for strong climate action. I protest for strong climate action. I am decarbonising my life – change in...
What to do now in deep decarbonisation
First rule: no offsets (summarising the Emissions Gap Report 2022) The gap is now 12-23 (30%-45%) gigatonne of annual emissions between the promised reductions and...
Camping in the Voice referendum
In New Zealand, 27% of the population believes the Treaty should play a larger role in New Zealand law, while 36% believes the Treaty should...
Finding the space
“Music is the space between the notes,” Attributed to composer, Claude Debussy, At the core of ball sports (basketball, soccer, rugby, NFL, hockey) is space....
‘Elites’ and misery: Australia’s numbers
Peter Turchin’s ‘End Times‘ builds the case for a data-driven interpretation (and prediction) from historical evaluation of prior social dislocations. He is abit famous as...
This robot life – my adventures with ChatGPT
Some notes on what I have experienced in the last three weeks of ChatGPT. Successes: Failures: Scary: So it should not be used for:...