Up on Untersberg, Salzburg, we hiked a couple of hours up to the Cross at the top and back.

Flying up and down to Hamburg this week, there was cloud cover for almost the entire journey, with the occasional small window down to a frozen snowy Europe below. In the United States, at the same time, there was cloud cover from Canada all of the way down to Texas. Pretty heavy winter so far.

Let’s say just for arguments sake that global warming was a problem (it’s not), and let’s say that it was somehow possible, through the reduction of co2 (despite co2 levels FOLLOWING climate, and being essential to life) to stop the climate from warming, then what would happen if the earth started cooling? (it has already been cooling for 9 years). Would they then try and extract another few trillion from people to warm it up again? The whole politically motivated global warming debate is ludicrous, and many, many good people have been taken for a ride.

I don’t know if this is a record or not for Christmas coverage, but it is certainly reminiscent of the winter of 1977-78 where we had similar bouts of cold and snow. About 99% of Canada has snow cover also, with some parts of the Pacific Coast excepted, and it appears that all of Canada’s Lakes are frozen as indicated by the “yellow ice” in the photo.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/25/nearly-two-thirds-of-the-continental-usa-gets-a-white-christmas/

September spring storms have been hammering NZ all month (think April showers in the northern hemisphere only more potent) and with the temperature yoyoing up and down, its been doing weird things to the mountains…

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We’re growing Silver beet – first attempt…

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I was thinking about the post I put up on growth, and the effects of Peak Oil and overpopulation on food production and distribution, and came across this:

How far does an average piece of food travel before it goes in your mouth?

Apparently between 1,500 and 2,500 miles (2,500 and 4,000 kilometers) from farm to table. A new study by the Worldwatch Institute details the lengthy journeys that much of the nation’s food supply now takes, finding a growing separation between the sources and destinations of American food.

The distance that food travels has grown by as much as 25 percent, according to the report by the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental and social policy research institute based in Washington DC. The nation’s reliance on a complex network of food shipments leaves the United States vulnerable to supply disruptions, the group argues.

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Real? Fake? The guy claims it is all real (check the link at the bottom for more info)

I dunno but I’ve watched it 5 times and I’m still finding it ridiculous…

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“The world is not a static thing, we all know it grows and contracts as the flow of life meanders”.

The media hologram shows countries in recession or achieving positive growth, depending on how the data has been massaged. Consumer confidence is often closely related to the particular position of any given state. As a result all governments claim their economies will return to positive growth in the “near” future. None would dare state that in fact the economies of the world have over extended themselves and the debt fueled growth of past decades will never been seen again, despite the likelihood of this as a stark reality of our future due to debt, Peak Oil and over population.

This September/October is setting up to be a very interesting period for the worlds economy.

Meanwhile, we should take faith from the fact that in the real world growth of some kind or other can always exist, even in the most improbable places…

Economic growth can either be positive or negative. Negative growth can also be referred to by saying that the economy is shrinking. Negative growth is associated with economic recession and economic depression.

Five major critical arguments raised against economic growth include:

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Catlins Coast, on the south tip of NZ – there is nothing after here until Antarctica…

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A few photos from Costa Rica…

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04-Santogold-Im_A_Lady-Diplo_Mix-Ft_Amanda_Blank from Diplo and Santogold – Top Ranking/A diplo dub

Saw this bike on the way, pretty badass despite or maybe because of some parts looking homemade.

Although it is only 30Mins from Salzburg we never made it to Wolfgansee before, but as it turns out I think it is pretty much the nicest spot around here in the summer. Parts of the lake have quite a lot of people, but we found a whole section with cliffs, wooden paths and almost nobody there. Lots of stuff to jump off and realize you are completely out of practice at doing blackflips and frontflips. Ended up misjudging how high it was and kind of doing both at once the first couple of times and wiping out.  Feeling fairly stiff today.
Summer vibes.

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So Luke finally has his blog up and running smoothly with a little help from his big brother. If you are so inclined you can visit to check out photos of his season in New Zealand and other stuff. It really does look amazing out there. If only it wasnt so far away…

It feels like we are back into winter here too, been raining non stop for about 5 weeks now. Not just raining, but heavy thunderstorms. Sucks, I need some more sun.