Miscellaneous Musings – Part 18: Scandinavia – Myth vs. Reality – part 2

Continuing on with my observations of Scandinavia and weaving my thoughts of worldviews together today.  Much as I wanted to find the Scandinavian countries as models of a possible sustainable future, the biggest factor to their credit (Electrical energy) is only because they have so much current alternate energy technology Read more…

Miscellaneous Musings – Part 16: Scandinavia – Part 1: myth vs. truth?

“War itself, is of course, a form of madness. It’s hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace” Walter Cronkite. Despite earlier centuries of a reputation for Viking brutality, the Read more…