There’s some utterly depressing reading on Hot News today. Apparently, the European Union intends outlawing bog standard, incandescent light bulbs (yes, light bulbs) by the end of 2012. Instead, we will be forced to use expensive, ‘eco-friendly’ halogen alternatives.
It is depressing enough to read this full stop. It is even more depressing reading it in [...]
Posts on ‘February 19th, 2009’
Nicolae Ceausescu: Victory from beyond the grave*
SAR Annual Forecast 2009
In the somewhat troubling presence of Prime Minister Little Emil Boc, the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) this week launched its eighth annual forecast report. Amongst other things, it sees unemployment remaining below the European average, and warns that the global financial criss should not be used as an excuse to postpone reform.
The full report is [...]