In a delightful morning chat, Peach and The Colonel try to get their heads around the political, environmental, economic and social impacts of mass tourism, supply chains and the ever-growing list of frightening realities climate change is creating in our world. Are we really willing to face the realities of what we eat and what our comfort costs? Can we deal with a world where we have to make some sacrifices for the greater good? Is it possible to get our leaders thinking longer term? We consider earthquakes and other ideas to shake thigs up…like rats emerging from toilets…Frankly, there’s a lot of questions and we don’t really have many answers- do we ever?

Supply chain issues in the UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/24/food-petrol-shortages-brexit-goods-johnson-botched-deal

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/supply-chain-problems

Rats…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/28/toilet-rats-vermin-are-all-over-britain-and-theyre-climbing-up-our-waste-pipes

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/23/why-dont-rats-eat-fatberg

Global tourism

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/global-tourism-sustainable/

The toxic reality of Tasmanian off-shore fish farming

https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/april/1619049158/richard-flanagan-justin-kurzel-and-conor-castles-lynch/tasmania-s-toxic

Judith Lucy’s podcast: “Overwhelmed and Dying”

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/judith-lucy-overwhelmed-and-dying/

The new liberals political party

https://www.thenewliberals.net.au/

Sally Rooney’s new book: “Beautiful world, where are you?”

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56597885-beautiful-world-where-are-you

A bit more about the “greater good”

Nuclear Power

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp2021/AustralianElectricityOptionsNuclear

https://www.energysage.com/about-clean-energy/nuclear-energy/pros-and-cons-nuclear-energy/

Evaluating growth

https://www.economicshelp.org/macroeconomics/macroessays/evaluate-benefits-growth/

Want to learn more about gloablisation?

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-globalization-works-pros-and-cons-of-globalization#what-are-the-benefits-of-globalization

The industrial green game

https://www.nap.edu/read/4982/chapter/17

Short term vs. Long term thinking

Taipei 101: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

The New Liberals: https://www.thenewliberals.net.au/