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UK consumes far less than a decade ago – 'peak stuff' or something else? | Business | The Guardian
From crops to energy and metals, average material consumption fell from 15 tonnes in 2001 to just over 10 tonnes in 2013 [...] UK households have also abandoned buying many resource-intensive goods common in the recent past – such as metal-heavy video recorders and hi-fi systems, vinyl records, CDs and books – as they shift to digital consumption. [...] The figures will spark fresh speculation that Britain and other developed economies have hit ‘peak stuff’, although some critics pour scorn on the quality of the ONS’s environmental accounts. In January, Ikea said the appetite of western consumers for home furnishings had reached its peak and consumption of many familiar goods was at its limit. Household spending on physical goods, including furnishings, clothing, cars and gadgets, decreased between 2002/03 and 2014, [...] Households now spend more on services than physical goods, he said. [...] [ saturation in some markets but we are not living in peak stuff ]
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february 2016 by asterisk2a
VW-Hauptversammlung: Winterkorn hakt die Vergangenheit ab - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Auf der Hauptversammlung verknüpft VW-Chef Winterkorn die Zukunft von Europas größtem Autokonzern mit sich selbst. [...] Mit seinem Effizienzprogramm (das Wort "Sparprogramm" passt nicht zum Erfolgskurs) soll die Kernmarke VW noch in diesem Jahr mehr als eine Milliarde Euro einsparen. "Hier lassen wir - hier lasse ich nicht nach", betont Winterkorn. Bei VW bauen Menschen Autos für Menschen, wirbt der Konzernchef. "Und ich verspreche ihnen: Daran wird sich auch in Zukunft nichts ändern". << Werkvertraege und Leiharbeit (Lohnkostensenkung in GER) // are they really ahead of the cure or are they just coping with the change. meaning not willing to disrupt itself? to risk entering new industries what will take 10 years to mature (3D Printing (new materials), Software, Robotics, Automation, stakes in Share Economy and on-demand economy (Lyft, Uber, Hailo, BlaBlaCar, Postmates, FernReisebusunternehmen). ... which would actually show Leadership. It's own Google X and Google Ventures.
VW  Peak  Car  industrial  policy  Germany  Mittelstand  Werkvertrag  Tarifvertrag  Zeitarbeit  contractor  Leiharbeit  Lohnzurückhaltung  lohndumping  complexity  secular  stagnation  squeezed  middle  class  China  BRIC  Frontier  Markets  Developing  World  India  Western  World  Africa  urbanisation  urban  planning  electric  Tesla  Motors  globalisation  globalization  Lohnkosten  competitive  advantage  competitiveness  competitive  competition  flat  borderless  21stcentury  automotive  Europe  Industry  disrupting  disruption  Leadership 
may 2015 by asterisk2a
After Your Job Is Gone | TechCrunch
Education Policy is NOT even on the same street the curve is actually leading to!!! http://techcrunch.com/video/the-good-of-the-many-sv-angels-ron-conway-fred-wilson-of-union-square-ventures/518804535/ &! http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/04/robot-jobpocalypse/ &! http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/04/should-on-demand-startups-share-more-data-to-quell-legal-fears-ron-conway-fred-wilson-weigh-in/
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may 2015 by asterisk2a
BBC News - Oil and gas industry in 'bleak' 2014, finds survey
Even the bbc thinks there this is a reason to make a special --- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15521824 &! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31604164 &! http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zqgxtfr &! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31595900
North  Sea  Oil  Aberdeen  peakoil  peak  price  oilprice  Petroleum  Industry  petrochemicals  petrodollar  plastic  nation  plastic 
february 2015 by asterisk2a
BBC News - Oil firms 'need fresh strategies' says PwC report
Many oil and gas firms will need to transform the way they operate in order to grasp future opportunities in the sector, according to a report.
peakoil  peak  oil  renewable  energy 
february 2015 by asterisk2a
The Long Game Part 1: Why Leonardo DaVinci was no genius on Vimeo
honing your craft, put the work in, grind it out, ... sort of the 10k hour rule by gladwell - sort of. // Part 2: http://vimeo.com/87448006 // ++ THE GAP by Ira Glass - http://vimeo.com/85040589 - hone your skill your craft by putting stuff out. period. // ++ “The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.” [...] The question of what makes someone successful has occupied some of history’s greatest minds. For Alexander Graham Bell, success was bound to befall the person “who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider.” [... prolonged exposure ... grit ... personal growth and professional growth mindset ... there is no overnight success. ] http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/29/ira-glass-success-daniel-sax/
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july 2014 by asterisk2a
Steve Jurvetson never sells a share of a company he invests in - YouTube
59m7s >> what if we erase the digital divide ... transforming the pyramid into a conical spike because of winner takes all network effects. .... >> ~30hr work week - Robert Skidelsky, ... contribution to the collective worth society, unpaid. - unconditional living wage/income ... a basic income redistribution. fairness. people that work in low to non-profit companies because of added value to society ... paid by excess profits of X ... we are all in the same boat. we are all interconnected. dependent on each other. +++ http://youtu.be/pDVDWNguPs4?t=1h5m20s // doing more with fewer staff. & practical skills you need in today's workplace, u don't learn at university. Elon Musk, the most important men 4 the future. bc he's swinging big, willing to fail with his ambition(s). attracts similar minds. [down the line come's Bill Gates 2.0, Larry & Sergey, & others that work on sustainability of food and energy.] ADD Larry Page on that topic - http://on.recode.net/1qZC7oZ // vid id Wdnp_7atZ0M
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july 2014 by asterisk2a
Running out of time to deal with Spains banks losses | City A.M.
Nomura analysts expect property bubble bottom 2013
cajas  Spain  2010  2011  banking  sector  property  bubble  peak  bottom 
january 2011 by asterisk2a
Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower | Environment | The Guardian
oil  energy  crisis  sustainability  peak  politics  peakoil 
november 2009 by asterisk2a

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