Wednesday 17 September 2008

Regress...

If there is one field where we have not achieved any progress over the last 20 years, that field for me is transportation.

For me it's worse traveling now than it was before. 

Airplanes are cheaper and go everywhere at anytime, but they are the exact same airplanes as ever (no major evolution). And airports are chaotic and never has there been more hassle with security as now, and flights are always late. 

Traveling by car is getting more dangerous as the highways are full of cars and trucks, gasoline gets more expensive everyday and traffic jams are worse all the time.

Traveling by train, if you live in Germany, is ridiculously expensive (to visit my parents in law, 300 km away, costs 300€ for 2 people if you get the ticket the day before, it costs 60€ gasoline by car...). To get anything cheaper you have to get your tickets in the most inconvenient times. And you have to change 4 times train before you reach your destination.

Tuesday 9 September 2008

Climate Justice

"Climate change was first seen as a scientific problem, then an economic one," explained report author Kate Raworth. "Now it is becoming a matter of international justice.

I wonder...if it changes to an international justice problem, then nothing will ever be done about it...I think it is best to leave it in the economic view...