Category Archives: economic issues

Iceland whale tourism idea is brilliant

By 6000 | 6000 | July 16, 2011

Iceland. Land of ice. And volcanoes. And financial ruin (like everywhere else these days). And puffins. They’ve come up with another gem of an idea to attract visitors to their lump of rock: Whale watching – with a twist. You get to eat what you see. Watching and hunting whales “work perfectly together” in a [...]

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Pining for nuts

By 6000 | 6000 | July 15, 2011

Let it never be said that life here in South Africa is easy. Sure, the weather is ridiculously good, despite this being midwinter, and the views, the expats and the beer are utterly spectacular, but there are always difficulties as well. I’m talking about allegations of corruption in Government, violent strikes in the engineering sector, [...]

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Germany’s electricity now comes from er… nuclear and coal

By 6000 | 6000 | July 14, 2011

Eina! After Angela Merkel’s short-sighted and silly plan of closing down Germany’s atomic power stations in a desperate attempt to prevent any more nuclear electoral disasters, it quickly appeared that Germany would run short of electricity. No matter, said Merkel – we’ll import our power from France while we decide what to do. That’s France, which has [...]

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Tell someone who cares…

By 6000 | 6000 | July 14, 2011

Incoming from [redacted], quetioning “Real?”. No. Not really real. But really old. Subject: ESKOM INCREASE – URGENT PETITION before 19th July ESKOM TARIFF INCREASE: Apparently it will be 45% increase each year for 3 years, totalling 135% over 3 years.  It has already been increased by about 100%. I don’t know about you but I certainly [...]

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Running Doula update

By 6000 | 6000 | July 12, 2011

Incoming from Melinda, one half of the comedy charity duo that is the Running Doulas. It’s a brief account of their weekend away in Knysna and their experience of the dreaded Knysna Half:  The Running Doulas got off to a somewhat unfortunate start. Unhelpfully, disaster struck the day before the race, when I woke up [...]

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