RE: New week26 Oct 2020 11:33
I do not wish to hog this board but echo what DrA says.
How did I get into PHE?
10 years ago I was lying on a Goan beach talking to a Mumbai businessman. He recommended a book to me "The world is Flat" by Thomas L Friedman. Topic was. - The Globalised World in the Twenty-First Century. First published in 2005 . I found this book extremely informative and interesting. Well worth a read!!
I mislaid the book before I had finished reading it and when I was on another Indian trip some five years later, I managed to find another copy - the bookseller recommended yet another book by the same author, "Hot,Flat & Crowded' release 2.0 That book was released 11 years ago and every word is even more applicable today than then.
I quote - "Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it is no longer possible for businesses, or the rest of us, to keep doing things the same old way. We are going to have to change - and fast. Here Friedman provides a bold strategy for clean fuel, energy efficiency and conservation that he calls "Green Code". It will change everything, from what we put into our cars and see on our electricity bills to how we live our lives." End of quote.
Reading this book again I am reminded of why I bought into the PHE vision - I have grandchildren. Yes, it would be nice to leave them a nice little nest egg from the proceeds of a share in PHE but I also aim to do my best to leave them an environmentally better world. Somewhere where we all pull together, reduce emissions - which overheat the planet. The benefits can be significant.
Oh yes, Peel's involvement really swayed any doubts I had beforehand.