Italy is officially becoming the first country to start rationing energy after cutting their supply of Russian gas and oil. From next month, until at least March 2023, public buildings across the nation will be banned from running air conditioning at lower than 25 degrees, or heating higher than 19 degrees. The plan, termed “Operation…
“Energy makes energy anyhowSo spend yourself and get rich right now”— Marillion “Rich” This day has been a long time coming. From the moment, more than a decade ago, when it was finally admitted that Europe was destined to be an energy importer, we were going to see the climax of the showdown between the…
The global energy crisis and the US anti-Russian sanctions due to the special operation in Ukraine have led to the fact that Europe is now spending about 10% of GDP on energy resources, according to analysts of Black Rock, one of the world’s largest investment companies. The last time the Old World spent this much…
Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the age….
This article is a follow-up to : – 1. “Russia wants to force the US to respect the UN Charter,” January 4, 2022. – 2. “Washington pursues RAND plan in Kazakhstan, then Transnistria,” January 11, 2022. – 3. “Washington refuses to hear Russia and China,” January 18, 2022. – 4. “Washington and London, deafened”, February 1, 2022. The responses…
The European security order has broken down. The conflict around Ukraine is a symptom of this larger problem. You might think that’s an overstatement. NATO is alive and well. The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe is still functioning at a high level. Of course, there’s the possibility of a major war breaking…
