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Die Wasserstoff-Strategie der deutschen Bundesregierung ist eine versteckte Erdgas/Verbrenner-Strategie

Grüner Wasserstoff ist DAS große Zukunftsversprechen der Gaswirtschaft – und der Politik. Aus Wasser hergestellt mit Strom aus Wind und Sonne, klimaneutral und abgasfrei. Zu schön, um wahr zu sein. Was der Bundeswirtschaftsminister da verspricht, ist vor allem eins – ein großes Lügenmärchen. (Georg Restle, TV-Journalist, MONITOR, 2021-04-29) Die deutsche Bundesregierung arbeitet in krimineller Art…

2021-01-13admin

Documentär “More of everything – The Swedish Foresty Model” – Transcript [Swedish]

1. Scientists and experts, in order of appearance [57h38m] [AL] ARTUR LARSSON, Conservation biologist -System Manager, Swedish Species Information Centre [MB] MARY S. BOOTH, Director, Partnership for Policy Integrity [BJ] BENGT GUNNAR JONSSON, Professor, Mid Sweden University, Department of Natural Sciences [EW] ERIK WESTHOLM, Professor Emeritus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department for Urban and…

2021-04-09admin

Documentary “More of everything – The Swedish Forestry Model ” – Transcript [English]

2021-04-09admin

DeGoogle your life using Android-based mobile phones (e /OS/ rocks!)

Global IT companies like Google dominate and penetrate individual users life, allowing them to collect massive amounts of user-specific data, which large risks for misuse of information, for example, for micro-targeted advertising, which may also be used to influence public elections. Furthermore, by basing basic apps for banking or authentication (e.g. Mobilt BankID, Freia ID)…

2021-03-13admin

How to make video calls with Microsoft TEAMS via Microsoft EDGE browser on LINUX

Although Microsoft TEAMS [1] video conferencing software is now available for Linux as package (.deb, .rpm) [2] and flatpak [3], I could not make it work because the mic did not work or the app would not open the MS TEAMS link, which I received. However, MS Teams video calls work after installing the Microsoft…

2021-03-13admin

Ways to reduce meat consumption – Is increasing meat prices an attack on the poor?

In recent discussions about the highly negative impact of industrial meat production on the planet’s eco-systems [1, 2], one can often hear the logical demand to reduce meat consumption, and, hence, production. To reduce meat production the following measures are possible: legal: Create laws which make the production of animals for human consumption (above a…

2021-02-27admin

Climate breakdown and human health

I have recently come across two articles on climate change from a human health perspective, who urgently demand action to minimize climate-related threats to human health and related costs. These articles were published in one of the highest-impact medical journal, The New England Journal of Medicine. Some highlights are the summary of climate change on…

2019-01-19admin

The Anthem of the Anthropocene

Hurt (Original: Nine Inch Nails, 1995, Cover: Johnny Cash, 2002) I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become My sweetest…

2021-01-13admin

Open Letter Exchange with The European Medicines Agency on the Climate Emergency

1. About this document The following open letter exchange with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is provided to stimulate a democratic discussion about the role of European Agencies, especially the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in responding to the climate emergency. The following communication is a modified copy of the communication between Wilmar Igl and…

2020-01-28admin

Advances in cognitive and motor skills of robots by Boston Dynamics and their social implications

Boston Dynamics [¹] has released a video [²] of human-like (ATLAS), dog-like (SPOT), and bird-like (HANDLE) robots dancing a twist to the song “Do you love me?”. The video shows a astonishing, if not mind-blowing level of cognitive (ie listening to music) and motor (ie dancing, jumping, balancing) skills. I assume Boston Dynamics released this…

2020-12-30admin

Wilmar Igl - Biosphere Protection

A blog on biosphere protection in the face of the ecological, social, and economic crisis