Juri Maier

Spinach and liberal errors about trains and planes

According to the study “Ganzheitliche Ökologsche Bilanzierung von Verkehssystemen” (Complete Ecological Balancing of Transport Systems) comissioned by the liberal Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung to Dr. Klaus Rademacher, the notion that “trains are better for the environment and particularly for the climate” would be a contemporary “Spinat-Irrtum” (spinach-hoax) false data like the iron value of spinach, that was repeated… Read more Spinach and liberal errors about trains and planes

jab or not? a risk comparison

how much higher is the risk of ending up in hospital without vaccination with covid-19 than with vaccination with a vaccine breakthrough infection or vaccine complications? i have not found any figures on this, so here’s how I did my own math. The risk of hospitalisation due to Covid-19 can be calculated individually with this… Read more jab or not? a risk comparison

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Majorities for Due Change and the Eco-Social Question

Despite recent warnings from different scientists about the possible domino effects of reaching more than two degrees of global warming, governments don’t act on this threat, just as they always didn’t. Not in France, not in Germany nor elsewhere. A recent article in Mediapart explained why that is and even exculpated politics from non-acting on… Read more Majorities for Due Change and the Eco-Social Question

Catalunya

Yes, I’d support Catalans if they want to gain nationhood. Because they have a language on their own. And because it is spoken by roughly 4-5 Million people in a region with 7,5 Million people, a community large enough to form a nation. So if Norway can be a nation with 4 Million speaking BokmÃ¥l,… Read more Catalunya