Jeremy Cherfas

It astonishes me that a fad diet can admonish its followers to “drink the Snake juice” without, apparently, a trace of irony. And that reminds me, whatever happened to oil pulling? Not that I really care.

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Finished reading: The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby

In the UK at the moment, the average household consumes 3,731 kWh of electricity in a year. That comes to 10.23 kWh per day. So wouldn’t it be smarter — and fairer — to subsidise consumption up to that level, and let households which consume more face the market rate? And pay for the subsidy by a windfall tax on energy companies.

It won’t happen, of course, for the simple reason that it’s ‘unthinkable’.

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I wish I understood more deeply, but the more I read about Henry George and Georgism, the more inclined I am to believe it to be correct.

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This is very bad news for me. On the one foot, NB 624s are the only sneaker-type shoes that come in a width that accommodates my misshapen feet. On the other, I’m reluctant to add to the CEO’s profits. Recommend another brand, please.