Time to act Pape’ete Topics of the day: oil price, second opinion on OTEC, incompetent politicians Today Nuihau (the author of the book “Energies Renouvelables”) invited us for lunch. He mentioned that stock exchange speculators are starting to become interested in options for 300 dollars per barrel of oil for 5 years from now –…
Maevas Rede Ich arbeite gerade an der Rede, die Maeva zu ihrer Amtseinführung als Generalsekretärin der URP (United regions of the Pacific) hält. Die URP ist eine Gegen-UNO und spielt im Virus eine ziemlich bedeutende Rolle. Es bringt Spaß, diese Rede zu schreiben, obwohl ich sie pausenlos verwerfe, ändere, wieder verwerfe, ändere. Mal sehen, wo…
Capitalism and nature Pape’ete Topics of the day: capitalism, circular versus linear, nature Some readers will have noticed that I didn’t post any blog entries for Sunday – like today we spent reading so there really isn’t much to write… just two thoughts (note: I obviously know nothing about economics)… 1. Capitalism is based on…
Learning Pape’ete Today I cycled over to Roti’s house and we talked pretty much all day (about our bicycle-action, environmental activism in general, politics, spirits, dreams, the system, religion, Rapa and ants). Raphael stayed at „home“ and read (I think). Final thought of the day: I’ve come to the conclusion that I should try to…
Energy slaves and Vélo-toa Pape’ete Topics of the day: energy consumption awareness, smart meters, energy storage, seawater-air-conditioning, smart architecture, OTEC, Rapa, environmental activism, bicycle-warriors Today we actually wanted to meet Terii Vallaux to ask him some (uncomfortable) questions – he probably sensed this and called in sick a few minutes after we arrived in his…
Recovering Pape’ete Topics of the day: reading, depression, optimism I read and contemplated all day – was so depressed that I almost drowned in Weltschmerz (thanks Dirk 😉 but then read Eric and Volker’s positive vision of the future (Equilibrism) and thought about Dirk’s more recent novel (Das Tahiti Projekt) which made me feel a…