Source: Insider Newsletter Issue 282
I am sitting here reading through this below and sipping on my tea like a good little blue-haired Silicon Valley gender confused… and I realise I immediately want whiskey, the strongest available to man.
Here is the C40 Future of Urban Consumption proposal:
Aviation
Progressive target:
- 1 short-haul return flight (less than 1,500 km) every 2 years per person
- 53% sustainable aviation fuel adopted (or other equivalent low-carbon technology or fuel)
Ambitious target:
- 1 short-haul return flight (less than 1,500 km) every 3 years per person
- 100% sustainable aviation fuel adopted (or other equivalent low-carbon technology or fuel).
Dietary change
Progressive target:
- 16 kg of meat per person per year.
- 90 kg dairy consumption per person per year.
Ambitious target:
- 0 kg of meat consumption per year.
- 0 kg dairy consumption per year.
Clothing consumption
Progressive target:
- 8 new clothing items per person per year.
Ambitious target:
- 3 new clothing items per person per year.
Vehicle ownership
Progressive target:
- 190 vehicles per 1,000 people.
- 20-year lifetime for body of vehicle (shell & interior).
Ambitious target:
- 0 private vehicles.
- 50-year lifetime for body of vehicle (shell & interior).
Electronics
Progressive target:
- 7-year optimum lifetime of laptops and similar electronic devices.
Ambitious target:
- 7-year optimum lifetime of laptops and similar electronic devices.
And during all of this, misogynistic and racist extremist conspiracy theorists such as yours truly have been stating that this was in the cards. The media propagandists have been doing their part. Of course!
Moving on from London to that shining city on the hill, Chicago. Ok, stop laughing now.
If private businesses can’t make a profit (and they can’t because theft is now legal in Chicago), then pray tell, how the fark a state run “grocery store” is going to operate.
And moving north to the land of true communism, we have this:
Canada’s warning of new taxes on top grocers may not lower food inflation, analysts say
I know, let’s find the guys who provide the food and make their lives harder. That will definitely fix the problem!
Between price freezes on goods and services and the wholescale taking over of industry which is now beginning, the results are known. The history books provide adequate guidance.
I will leave you with this picture from the Soviet era. People lining up for their “quota” of bread.
If you live in any of the places enacting these policies, maybe it’s time to begin thinking of a Plan B because do you know what the difference between an emigrant and a refugee is? Timing.
I find it hard to NOT want to be long food and related asset classes.
Mosaic is a decent proxy for the fertiliser sector, and best of all, nobody cares about it right now.
And then there’s also this…
If this all looks and smells like a stinking pile of communism, that’s simply because you’re a conspiracy theorist and clearly require re-education training.
Smart investors are already preparing for what’s coming…
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- Chris MacIntosh
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