“For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.” WayWantYearsHas BeensThreeHalfGenerationsProductsCostSafeWasteTasksEternityDearNuclearBombsStationsSiteElectricityFuture GenerationLunaticExplosivesNuclear PowerHalf WayPlutoniumNuclear WasteRadioactive Waste Author:James Buchan
“Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or tidal wave can attract 1,000 aid organisations, from the United Nations Children's Fund and Oxfam to the 'Jesus Brigades' of the American south and other charitable adventurers.” YearsChildrenCountryGovernmentJesusNationsUnitedRichDevelopmentTaxesSouthWaveAidsDisasterReliefFundUnited NationsEarthquakesFamineOrganisationCharitableAdventurerRich CountriesTidal WavesOxfamDevelopment AidDisaster Relief Author:James Buchan
“The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times.” YearsFirstsWellsAgeModernMiddleUnderstoodForgottenCyclesCommerceRemindersMiddle AgesFamineAntiquityModern Times Author:James Buchan
“Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born revolutionary who is believed by most Arab and Iranian observers to be the inspiration of the attacks in New York and Washington, is the best known of the Islamic militants to have emerged in the past 20 years and the least difficult to fathom.” YearsInspirationPastDifficultBornKnownNew YorkRevolutionaryIslamicObserversBin LadenSaudisIranianOsama Bin LadenFathom Author:James Buchan
