The earth will not survive - and we have to stop driving cars

We have to stop driving. We cant drive regular, or electric cars. Neither are efficient, and neither are environmental friendly because of the big amounts of energy they use. An electric car can and have the potential to be emissionless vehicles. In the real world though, it doesnt work out. Producing electric batteries, and electric energy, costs a lot and isnt an environmental friendly process. Producing electricity is mostly used by burning coal or natural gas, and as you probably can imagine, none are selfsustainable sources. 

We could use electric scooters, those would reduce our carbon footprint a lot. In fact, according to Lime, an electric scooter can save up to 350 grams of carbon dioxide per mile compared to driving a car. This is without the consideration of producing electricity/batteries, but it is a lot more environmental friendly.

But if we want to save the earth, we have to stop driving, and start walking or biking. Or build nuclear fusion-powered powerplants, but nobody really wants that. Humans are lazy, and in the end it`s going to kill our planet.

Varieties of English

Varieties of English

 India:
India was colonized by the british in 1612, because of the sugar/cotton/tea market. English explorers had an influence on the Indian population, and in some cases enforced the english language. Also the Indian farmers needed to speak English to work with british customers or salesmen. The indian accent is basically the mispronounciation of T, D and N sounds, because of the tongue curled backwards.

South Africa:
A long time ago, the british colonized the south africa, so they could export slaves to the eu or USA. Because of the segregation rules, there are multiple south african accents. A good characteristic of a south-african accent, is pronounciation of double vocals. They pronounce them with different lenght.


Chinese:
A chinese accent, is like a japanese one. They don't know the different between v and w, therefore they pronounce "survive" "səˈwaɪw". Of course, they don't distinguish between "west" and "vest".

Spent

Spent

In "Spent", you learn about the hard life of  low wage american worker. It teaches you the difficulties of paying bills such as electricity and gas. It also makes you understand why a lot of these workers do what they do. I have gained a lot more sympathy for their situation after playing this game.

Us Norwegians are lucky enough to have a very tiny poverty percentage, and most people are employed. This game reminds you how lucky you really are

United States of America

Edward Snowden told the world what about what the National Security Agency was doing. He said, " I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act." this is a very important messenger we all have to learn from. If we want something to happen we have to act and do something about it.


Marlkana, South Africa
Some South African platinum miners went on a strike in 2014. Many were injured and some were even killed by riot police. It lasted for 5 months, and the miners were awarded an extra R1000 ( about 55 pounds ) per month. This shows if you work hard for something it will be awarded. Standing Rock, North Dekota

Spare parts review

The fact that the movie is so similar to the original story, amazed me.

The items the team had to use on the robot, forced them to think in new ways, eventually leading to them being the only team to finish the last task.

Robots can be used for a lot more than just for fun and entertainment, they are highly useful in areas like health, transport and making our lives easier, now robots have replaced many jobs, which is a bad thing. Robots can also be used in warfare instead of human beings.

Trumps government has employed a very strict immigration policy, which makes it a lot harder for foreigners to enter the US.

Climate change revisited

Cimate change

Today, we spoke with students from India and Israel. They told us about their environmental challenges, and what they did to conserve the environment.

In India, their main concerns were air pollution and flood. The air was polluted because of the extreme coal usage, while the flood may be caused by the geological structure of the Indian ocean. The main concern in India, is the water fog mixing with the factory emissions. This makes the citizens fee like they were living in a gas chamber.

They were also concerned about the old and outdated technology, which causes high emissions and low energy outputs.

In south Australia, they reduced environmental emissions by building solar panels.

In Adelaide, they do not agree with Trump`s environmental policy. They were willing to do everything they could to reduce global warming, and emissions.

We also watched a ted talk by two sisters from Bali. They worked hard to reduce the usage of plastic bags, and they actually succeeded in completely removing plastic bags from the country, which is truly amazing.


Gretha Thunberg is a 16 year old environmental activist from Sweden. She has made great effort informing world leaders about the climate changes that are happening today. She criticizes world leaders for ignoring and avoiding environmental problems, that have to be addressed. She has gained followers all around the world.

Facts vs fear

Facts are a very supressed compared to fear in todays immigration politics. Facts could say that immigration is good for the economy, or the happiness of the people. Fear could be hate against these people, and this hate could be because they dont actually know what theyre like. The title says that there is two main campaign forms in immigration and imdependance politics, making people fear foreigners, or making them face the facts.

Brexit is Great Britains withdrawal from the EU. After an election in 2016, they tried to negotiate a deal, but it took a long time. Brexit has been for 2 years, and will likely end in them not leaving the EU.