I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10…

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Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national...

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national...

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and...

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and...

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better...

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better...

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if...

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if...

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of...

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of...

What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we...

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we...

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has...

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has...

Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land.

Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to...

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to...

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives,...

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives,...

I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to...

I think the market is always going to be around. The goal is not to...

Markets can't think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets,...

Markets can't think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets,...

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to...

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to...

I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go...

I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go...

The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not...

The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not...

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially...

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially...

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a...

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a...