Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English. Intervju i Guardian hösten 2022
Karl Marx has long been criticized for his so-called ecological "Prometheanism"—an extreme commitment to industrialism, irrespective of natural limits. Author: Kohei Saito recently received a PhD in philosophy from Humboldt University, Berlin. In 2015 he was a guest researcher at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, where he helped edit Marx’s notebooks on natural science.
Author of surprise -- Kohei Saito -- hit Capital in the Anthropocene has developed his arguments in a new study of Karl Marx’s ecological thinking. Guardian 28.2.2023
"Crucial to imagining this alternative world is another strand of thinking in Marx’s notebooks: his interest in pre-capitalist, non-western societies. Contra to the ethnocentrism in some of his earlier work, in the end, Marx emphasised “the importance of learning” from these parts of the world “for the western societies”. Informed by this and his ecological studies, Marx’s idea of communism changed significantly, and was no longer growth-driven. “The pre-capitalist society had a unique way of communal regulations of land,” Saito says, “and they also imposed various rules on their production and consumption which realised a more steady-state of sustainable production.”
25 gånger har vi varit en hårsmån från kärnvapenkrig. Varje gång till följd av missförstånd eller tekniska haverier. Hur länge kan turen hålla i sig? ...
2019
By the end of this year Integriculture will start selling Space Salt, a dried version of cell culture media. For those who don’t nerd out on cellular agriculture, media is the liquid “food” that allows animal cells to rapidly proliferate to form meat. Space Salt is Integriculture’s (secret) proprietary blend of salt and food safe amino acids, which, when mixed with water, forms a DIY cell culture media. Hanyu wants to sell it to home enthusiasts who can use it to grow their own meat using Shojinmeat guide.
2020
While its focus is cultured meat, in 2020 Integriculture is also planning to sell its media for use in cosmetic applications, specifically as an anti-aging skincare product.
2021
In 2021, Integriculture will launch its first cell-based meat product: foie gras. Hanyu said that they decided to tackle foie gras as its first product because of its creamy texture, which means that they don’t have to emulate the texture and chew of meat. Since foie gras is already quite expensive, starting with that product will also presumably give consumers less of a sticker shock when they see its high price. Accordingly they plan to launch first in high-end restaurants in Japan.
In March of 2011, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan rushed to Japan to help after the disastrous tsunami. Since then, many sailors from that ship have fallen ill, possibly as a result of exposure to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. They will soon have their day in court.
"We hope China to dominate the denuclearization process of northeast Asia," Fujita said, referring to Beijing's historical friendly ties with Pyongyang. Since the DPJ came to power in September, ties between Tokyo and Washington have seen shaky ground. He
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"Of all the official events that have been created during the past 200 years of modernization, the peace ceremony has the greatest degree of moral seriousness. " Kenzaburo Oe, NYT 8/5 2010. [...] "what about the bombing victims who will fill the venue?
the deformation in a 3.3-metric-ton cylinder now stuck in the Monju reactor vessel in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 9. A major test of the reactor, shut down since a 1995 sodium leak, was planned for July 2011 -- already 1.5 months behind schedule. H
William Pentland, Forbes, Mar. 11 2011 - 7:23 pm Image by Hyougushi via Flickr The United States military and other nations are scrambling to support the government of Japan’s efforts to avoid a nuclear meltdown at a nuclear facility affected by the massi
12 March 2011, 10:20 GMT +2 / JST 17:20 A few minutes ago, Asahi TV: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant: Sound of explosion between the reactor building and turbine building. White smoke. Workers are injured
The extent of the ongoing danger from the explosion at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, 170 miles northeast of Tokyo, is unclear. Authorities pumped seawater mixed with boron into the damaged nuclear reactor, a strategy nuclear engineering experts in the U
Sunday morning at 7am GMT+2 Chris Hogg BBC News, TokyoThere are now problems at the number three reactor - the concern is that it is overheating. They're trying to pump sea water through it at the moment. ... the plant's Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said
0235 CET, 13 March 2011 Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that Units 1, 2, and 4 at the Fukushima Daini retain off-site power. Daini Unit 3 is in a safe, cold shutdown, according to Japanese officials. -- CORRECTED An earlier version of this r
Gives backgroun, but is partly outdated, because: "unlike all of the other reactors in trouble, Unit 3 (of Fukushima I) has been using plutonium-based MOX (mixed oxide) fuel since September 10, 2010. (www.nirs.org)
J-M Matagne: "Now nobody will be able to say: "French citizens, vote for me, I will sell plants (and weapons) to Libya, a modern democratic country. I will sew a nuclear hem around the Mediterranean. I will sell Brazil a nuclear sub and Rafale airplanes.
Dan Plesch and Harald Heubaum, 13 March 2011 : "Last week, the world’s attention was suddenly torn from Libya to the developing nuclear crisis in Japan. But the events in Libya and Japan have one thing in common. Each case serves as a powerful reminder o
Those who falsely argue that nuclear power brings with it a calculable and acceptable risk because there is no alternative are guilty of cynical cruelty against humanity. They also accept the risk of a global economic collaps. Studies have shown that this
Frigyes Reisch påpekar att att de japanska myndigheterna har ljugit om Fukushimaolyckan. Den bör klassas som 7, inte som 4, på olycksskalan. Det beror på de enorma ekonomiska intressena. Världens kärnkraftsindustri är japansk.
A report by the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, ... , found that in the event of a core meltdown, a Mark 1's containment vessel has a 42% chance of failing—a whole lot closer to a coin flip than you want with something like a nuclear reactor
On Friday (18 March) Japanese engineers revealed that they may try to bury the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in sand and encase it in concrete to try to contain any radiation. ... It won't be easy, though, as a Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) offic
The largest wind farm operator in Japan, Eurus Energy with about 22% of all wind turbines in Japan, is a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO) which operates the Fukushima nuclear facility. Right now, it is likely the company is very happy about it