Thursday, 24 July 2014

Headlines

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards ##
Fifty-four percent of jobs in the 28-member European Union are at risk of advances in computerization, according to a study by economist Jeremy Bowles published by Bruegel, a Brussels-based research organization.

## Airline Death Spiral ##

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Fighters from the Nusra Front, al Qaida’s official affiliate in Syria, on Tuesday seized three strategic towns on the border with Turkey in a major blow to U.S.-backed moderate rebels.

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##

## Energy/resources ##
The main surprise, at the moment, is how rapidly the situation is deteriorating in so many of the countries that supply oil and gas to the world. Sadly the headlines will only cover one or two of these at a time. As a result the overall trends are missed as headlines instead focus on the very small changes driven more by sentiment and political perspective than by the realities of the medium, and even short-term oil and gas supply situation.

## Got food? ##
Two-thirds of fresh retail chicken in UK contaminated with campylobacter

## Environment/health ##
Conservationists once thought that bats flew into blades accidentally, but wildlife experts now believe they get 'the bends' from the pressure change

## Intelligence/propaganda/security/internet/cyberwar ##

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##

## Japan ##
Rises in consumer electricity prices, caused in part by a backlog of unbuilt PV projects, could put Japan's solar industry in serious danger of losing support, a Tokyo-based analyst has warned.

## China ##
Multi-story buildings will all become unusable without affordable electricity. -- RF

## UK ##

## US ##

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