With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Thursday, August 01, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
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Cryptopolitan:
The BRICS [are] doubling down on [their] plan to use national currencies for global trade, sidelining the US dollar.
Over the past five years, BRICS [have] expanded [their] reach and influence. The group now has 11 members, with recent additions Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the UAE. This expansion has strengthened the bloc’s economic power.
The IMF predicts that by 2028, BRICS countries will account for nearly 38% of the world’s GDP, overtaking the G7.
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