Light on a Dark Mountain
The machine is stuttering and the engineers are in panic. They are wondering if perhaps they do not understand it as well as they imagined. They are wondering whether they are controlling it at all or whether, perhaps, it is controlling them.— The Dark Mountain Manifesto
Where now for steel?
Excellent article from Paul Mason and on Newsnight last night.It was a sick joke, the level of expertise of Ken Clarke, he once drove past the Port Talbot steel works. ¶ Why oh why does the BBC insist on wheeling out long past their sell-by date has-been politicians who have nothing useful to say? ¶ Paul Mason raised something I was not aware of. We tend to think of steel being old industry, he has shown the high level of information content. ¶ It is as he says, steel a heavy energy user, and yet we have no energy policy, other than bail out stranded…
Keith ParkinsApr 1
Light on a Dark Mountain
The machine is stuttering and the engineers are in panic. They are wondering if perhaps they do not understand it as well as they imagined. They are wondering whether they are controlling it at all or whether, perhaps, it is controlling them.— The Dark Mountain Manifesto
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