Sustainability, climate change and crazy biofuels policy

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Sustainability and global economic growth, climate change and global warming. Limits to water, food, minerals, energy and natural resources. Scandal of biofuels policy converting food into biodiesel or ethanol for vehicles cars / aviation. Challenge of demographics and population growth, plus growth of economy in emerging nations. Africa and Asia urbanisation into megacities with huge infrastructure challenges. Global warming science is it correct? Truth about carbon ...

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Future of the global economy after 'reset' May 2009

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Global economic outlook - inflation, deflation and other expectations. Comment in response to qs via Twitter - by Futurist Patrick Dixon

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Terrorism: fear is their greatest weapon. How to defeat.

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Greatest weapon of terrorists is fear playing on irrational emotions of public. Need to understand power of asymmetric threats using easily available bomb-making products. Military strikes less helpful than understanding underlying issues, perceived injustice etc and working to reduce numbers of disaffected activists that later become violent, intelligence, vigilance etc. Overstated risks of terror attacks, failure to understand risks. Why terrorism rules by fear and ...

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Emerging markets future trends: BRICS impact on developed world

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.BRICS economies rapid growth. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. Example of Aditya Birla in India with massive economic growth extending from manufacturing into retail. Outsourcing and offshoring with 860000 IT graduates each year in India Infosys training 25000 software graduates this year alone, four times entire output of UK universities. Kazakhstan and Russia offer business opportunities. Economy wage inflation despite oil price deflation in 2009-2009, and ...

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Mobile devices and laptops trends FUTURIST Q&A

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Questions to www.twitter.com on future of mobile computing. Divergence and convergence. Mobile phones and web browsers still limited and always will be by screen size and data entry. Expect convergence of features and divergence in device sizes. Comment by Futurist Patrick Dixon

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Truth about Westminster: UK political scandal over MP expense claims. Future of UK Democracy?

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Comment by Patrick Dixon, author of The Truth about Westminster on MP expense scandal and revelations about alleged corruption among mps, wrong claims in House of Commons. Future of Westminster and UK democracy. Public opinion of members of parliament.

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How will Twitter make money? New business tools / analytics

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Problems for Twitter revenue generation by Futurist Patrick Dixon

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Green Technologies innovation will help with climate change

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Green technologies presentation at UBS Wolfsberg by Futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon. How innovation will reduce energy use and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Business case studies for carbon capture, street lighting, wind power, solar energy, electric cars, hydrogen cars, low emission cement, energy savings in air conditioning and buildings heating systems, managing peak energy demans with smart metering, use of heat pumps, energy savings in shipping ...

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Swine Flu Virus Death toll less than feared. Possible global pandemic?

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Death toll less then feared from Swine flu virus - outbreak in Mexico, US, Canada and ? UK. Risk of global pandemic? Need for urgent government action, strict isolation (gurantine) and rapid treatment plus effective contact tracing. Symptoms of Swine flu Virus. Treatment of Swine Flu Virus. Public health measures. Lessons from Sars which killed 860 our of only 8600 cases and caused chaos with billions lost in SE Asia economy, global impact on travel and tourism, and ... ...

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Mobile payments threaten retail banks / credit cards

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New non banking payment systems using RFID, mobile devices, personal organisers, mobile phones. Remittances, ticketing, retail payments, passports and travel documents. Paying bills, foreign currency transactions, loan agreements. End of back-end processing for banks. End of credit cards and direct debit cards. Pre-approved loans for purchased goods. Loyalty fees and other transaction payments could create consumer revolution. Threat to traditional retail banking. Will ...

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