Did Rishism grow up in medieval Kashmir parallel to Mawalism and Mullaism? Did it emerge as a challenge to these isms and their love for material progress through the route of religion? Was it really an antidote to their dissonant chorus of noises, pronouncements, brawling and vitriol? Or was it a silent spiritual intervention in […]
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Rishism V/S Mullaism – Culture of Simplicity V/S Culture of Conspicuous Consumption
Study: Coffee and Tea Consumption Lowers Stroke and Dementia Risk
Study: Coffee and Tea Consumption Lowers Stroke and Dementia Risk Nov 16, 2021 by News Staff / Source In a large prospective cohort study published today in the journal PLoS Medicine, a team of researchers from Tianjin Medical University and Yale University found that: (i) the separate and combined intake of tea and coffee were […]
NYT Reporter Asks for Raising Gas Prices on Middle Class to Cut Fossil Fuel Consumption
A New York Times reporter asked President Joe Biden to raise gasoline prices on middle-class people around the world to reduce carbon emissions and curtail climate change. Speaking with reporters at the G-20 Summit on Sunday, Jim Tankersley of the New York Times asked the president if working-class people should “pay more” for gasoline in […]
BOJ Kuroda Vows to Keep Easy Policy on Weak Consumption, Inflation
TOKYO—Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday stressed the bank’s readiness to maintain massive stimulus, as the fallout from the pandemic weighs on consumption and keeps inflation distant from its 2 percent target. Kuroda said the world’s third-largest economy is expected to show clearer signs of recovery as robust corporate profits and capital expenditure […]
Hong Kong Retail Sales Rise for 7th Month, Consumption Voucher to Support Sentiment
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s retail sales climbed for the seventh straight month in August, helped by a stabilising COVID-19 situation, an improved labour market, and economic recovery and thanks to a boost from a consumption voucher scheme (CVS). Retail sales in August rose 11.9 percent from a year earlier to HK$28.6 billion ($3.67 billion), government data […]
Locked Down Aussies Now Having Their Alcohol Consumption Controlled by the Government
Desperate Aussies trying to cope with endless lockdowns are now having their alcohol consumption controlled and limited by the government. Yes, really. “Residents in apartment blocks locked-down by NSW Health are having their alcohol deliveries policed as part of a policy to limit the number of drinks being consumed each day,” reports news.com.au. In a […]
Tehranis account for 15% of Iran’s total power consumption
Tehranis account for 15% of Iran’s total power consumption – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Capital Tehran accounts for 15 percent of Iran’s total electricity consumption, an official with the country’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) announced. According to Masoud Sadeqi, over 8,000 megawatts of electricity is consumed in Tehran, and saving only […]
Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning
Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Though every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument to historical grandeur, from the Colosseum in Rione Monti to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in San Giovanni, it is now struggling under the weight of its own contradictions. In […]
Humanity’s #1 environmental problem is consumption—climate change is just one of the byproducts
Carbon bomb: More than four-fifths of the global economy is powered by fossil fuels. (Photo credit: Damian Bakarcic/Flickr) Link to “four-fifths” statistic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/06/20/bp-review-new-highs-in-global-energy-consumption-and-carbon-emissions-in-2019/ Link to photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbakr/9380065716/in/photolist-fhThJY-2iGM5z-2jABbFk-7z1vhs-cxVTZ3-XEbmA7-ZksxdR-PrmGsH-3BuYae-5TvXSU-4zsZ4V-7Qt9-4tCzx-zF1Km4-932NtL-4nNTe6-27G8CJ9-5yARo6-2ioJsYj-4xVqg1-97Kgdq-4nMkUt-9dLyko-912Ffy-4MP7py-7HDZex-4nRpo9-d4DXZN-fQGZd-5ZUDyw-4FVBdp-8aAYY5-5KNXxs-2hzrXo8-2cbAr8R-eaDCv-4vomNu-8MmKW9-21D1tLX-oM6sMt-HWofC-gemtB-H8TfV-UNgz4u-BYqJjN-iMiA9-92z9yd-7FzSV-mw8S3M-7FzSU Solving the global climate crisis is not going to be easy. So when the seemingly simple “net-zero” concept was proposed, it quickly became a popular rallying cry in […]
Elon Musk Wrong About Bitcoin Energy Consumption?
ELON MUSK Wrong About Bitcoin Energy Consumption? – powered by ise.media Elon Musk and Janet Yellen are suddenly ‘concerned’ about Bitcoin’s environmental impact. But is Bitcoin really that harmful? Our interview with Bob Burnet explains just how wrong their statements are and how Bitcoin is actually paving the way for energy efficiency. ******** Support Truth […]
Neanderthal Brains Grew Larger With Greater Carbohydrate Consumption
Roughly a million years ago, Neanderthal brains doubled in size in about 200,000 years, which is a paltry number in evolutionary terms. For long, brain evolution has been credited to the increasingly sophisticated uses of stone tools. Bigger brains gave Neanderthals new advantages in game hunting, and foraging. These factors have long been known as […]
Report: 5G to Increase Power Consumption by 61 TIMES from 2020 to 2030
Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums due to economic, environmental, health, and public safety risks. Image: Pixabay Increased energy consumption is both an economic and environmental concern. 5G requires millions of small cells and/or antennas to operate. Recently, China announced having […]
Gasoline consumption drops 20% in a year
TEHRAN- Gasoline consumption in the country has decreased by 20 percent in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), as compared to its preceding year due to rationing this fuel and also the coronavirus pandemic. However, there is a concern that if there is no optimization and in case of consumption growth, Iran […]
How consumption is the core of the climate change problem, and the decline in climate activism
Looking back at the climate change movements for the past couple of decades, it is easier to notice the role of governments and corporations of the Industrial era, in triggering the massive climate change effect. When it comes to main causes of climate change and global warming, more than often, fossil fuels, chemical affluent and […]
Christian Groups Launch Study Into Pornography Consumption Among Churchgoers in Spain
Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger/Unsplash (Evangelical Focus) — A study published in September 2020 by the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain concluded that at least one out of four men began to consume pornography before the age of 13. David Pérez Aragó is the coordinator of the platform ‘Lliures de debò’ (Really Free), which […]
Study Links Tylenol Consumption with Risk Taking
By GreenMedInfo Research Group The psychological side effects of acetaminophen, aka Tylenol, continue to mount, with research showing users are more likely to make risky decisions. When coupled with past research linking this supposedly safe pain reliever to blunted empathy and emotions, the widespread social effects on society could be immense Acetaminophen, commonly known by […]
Explaining the science on why wheat consumption leads to psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia
(Natural News) For over half a century, the relationship between wheat consumption and the development of certain mental disorders was unclear. This, despite previous reports that indicate that the connection is due to the presence of a variety of pharmacologically active properties in wheat. More recently, however, researchers have discovered that due […]
High blood pressure is caused more by sugar consumption than salt intake
(Natural News) Even scientists can bark up the wrong tree sometimes. For more than a century, they have pointed their fingers at salt as the main culprit in high blood pressure or hypertension that leads to kidney damage, stroke, and heart attack. Some have even described salt as “the single deadliest ingredient in […]
New Study Warns that Processed Sugar Consumption May be Dumbing Down Young Children
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times In recent years we’ve learned a great deal about the dangers of sugars, even finding out that research was comprimised in the 1970’s, misleading the world about its dangers. It is as addictive as cocaine, it is linked to diabetes and many doctors and scientists believe that it […]