“It all comes down to human behaviour. Excessive emissions of greenhouse gasses are caused by human beings rushing about and trying to get ahead, as far and fast as possible. They result from humans getting too fussy about comfort and warmth. They result from us succumbing to the lure of convenience, and easing into a sedentary lazy lifestyle dependent on machines and electrical power.
Zimmerman’s research programme was partly inspired by an investment bank in the
His work has also borrowed from commercially available feline pheromones. “If your cat is suffering from stress due to changes in its environment, you just buy a plug-in pheromone to settle it down.”
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Commissioner for Biotechnology in
“Ze European Kommissariat is drafting the Directive on psycho-engineering. Zis will release billions of Euro to research centres across Europe, so
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