Future of Civilization and the video you must watch

by Peter ManousakosJanuary 23, 2010 Developing Nations

We are in the midst of crises whether we choose to acknowledge them or not. Please watch this video of distinguished professor and author Vaclav Smil of the University of Manitoba discuss with New York Times environment writer Andrew Revkin the problems facing our civilization. It is without question a terrific introduction for [...]

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Russians poised to be dominant player in space propulsion technologies

by Peter ManousakosJanuary 15, 2010 Russia

Russians have been major players in jet propulsion for decades.  Watch this video about how they intend to pioneer ambitious research and development into nuclear propulsion. This story is important because it signals an ambitious departure from standard research and channels it instead toward potential but measurable outcomes that will give our energy demanding [...]

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End Ocean Communism

by Peter ManousakosJanuary 11, 2010 Austrian Economics

What if we were to privatize the seas?  Think about this.  Is it not an established fact that in the pursuit of self-interest ownership commands responsibility?  If oil drillers, fishermen and others owned the seas like farmers own the land, would it not be in their self interest to protect their capital investment by cultivating, [...]

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The truth of 2010

by Peter ManousakosJanuary 4, 2010 Media Watch

We are living in thrilling times.  While the world is fed fears about global warming, sovereign debts, terrorism, etc… We, the individual, are kept from the truth by a bombardment of contradictory statements based on flawed science work, or even worse, flawed conclusions from sound scientific research.
How can we determine the truth?
It is a convenient [...]

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Lest we forget…never in London

by Peter ManousakosNovember 11, 2009 Social Pulse

I attended my first London Remembrance today. I love how they honour this day. There is such respect and wreaths of remembrance on display everywhere you go.  Soldiers are greeted with a subtle nod of the head as they walk down the street.  Shops post signs on their windows informing customers that the shop will [...]

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Suggestion to NASA’s political continuum…We Need Our Space Geeks Back!

by Peter ManousakosNovember 10, 2009 SPACE

He has landed on the moon!  He is a rocket scientist.  In his piece yesterday on THE HUFFINGTON POST, Buzz Aldrin candidly expressed his disappointment in the test launching of the Ares 1-X rocket.  According to the quintessential space traveler, it seems the dog and (wait) not enough time for a pony component, the Ares [...]

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Guy Fawkes and how we create his kind…

by Peter ManousakosNovember 5, 2009 Economics

Today is the start of three days of fireworks as Londoners celebrate The Gunpowder Plot or the Guy Fawkes celebration.  No doubt, many believe that Guy Fawkes was a hero. 
This blog post will not engage in an opinion or debate on the matter.
What this post will try to do instead is explore if terror movements [...]

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The age of demonization must stop

by Peter ManousakosNovember 2, 2009 Humble Advice

It seems only a year ago that the pandering media and political/union classes treated India and China as the great threat to western civilization.  Countless counter productive accusations that the east were stealing jobs, taking our birthright, so on and so forth.
Today the new demons are the bankers.  Why?
You do not have to be read in [...]

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The Greenies should appeal to Reason, not apocalyptic paranoia

by Peter ManousakosOctober 20, 2009 Economics

It’s not about a global warming apocalypse, it’s about common sense and industrial ingenuity.  The heroes of this story are not Al Gore and his Hollywood celebrity PR Machine.  The heroes are some engineers at Exxon, BP and GE on a large scale and all basement dwelling engineers on a smaller one.
The arguement should be clean [...]

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London

by Peter ManousakosOctober 13, 2009 London Crusade

This will not go down in the annals of great poetry but here it goes…
London, you are home
London, you welcome me with challenges and not the seductive call of Sirens promising false fortunes
London, you are home to a blend of dreamers, cynics, lovers and loathers
London, you welcome me with a potion that unleashes my every [...]

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