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Web3 and Digital Embodiment; Technometria - Issue #36
Web3 will make a difference for all of us if it enables people to become digitally embodied, able to
By Phil Windley • Issue #36 • View online
Web3 will make a difference for all of us if it enables people to become digitally embodied, able to recognize, remember, and react to other people and organizations online–without the need to be in someone else's database.
The ghost of Taira Tomomori
Tim O'Reilly recently published Why it's too early to get excited about Web3, an excellent discussion on industrial transformation and the role that bubbles play. He used this historical lens to look at Web3 and where we might be with all of it.
One of Tim's points is that we fluctuate between decentralized and centralized models, using Clayton Christensen's law of conservation of attractive profits to show why this happens. He says:
I love the idealism of the Web3 vision, but we've been there before. During my career, we have gone through several cycles of decentralization and recentralization. The personal computer decentralized computing by providing a commodity PC architecture that anyone could build and that no one controlled. But Microsoft figured out how to recentralize the industry around a proprietary operating system. Open source software, the internet, and the World Wide Web broke the stranglehold of proprietary software with free software and open protocols, but within a few decades, Google, Amazon, and others had built huge new monopolies founded on big data.
Tim's broader point is that while there's a lot of promise, the applications that deliver a decentralized experience for most people just aren't there yet. Enthusiasts like to focus on decentralized finance or "DeFi" but I (and I think Tim) don't think that's enough. While centralized payments are a big part of the problem, I don't think it's the most fundamental. The most fundamental problem is that people have no place to stand in the modern web. They are not digitally embodied.
In Why Web3?, Fred Wilson, who has as deep an understanding of how the underlying technology works as anyone, explains it like this:
It all comes down to the database that sits behind an application. If that database is controlled by a single entity (think company, think big tech), then enormous market power accrues to the owner/administrator of that database.
This is why I think identity is the most fundamental building block for Web3 and one that's not being talked about enough yet. Identity is the ability to recognize, remember, and react to people, organizations, systems, and things. In the current web, companies employ many ponderous technological systems to perform those functions. I don't just mean their authentication and authorization systems, the things we normally associate with identity, but everything they use to create a relationship with their customers, partners, and employees—think of the CRM system, as just one example.
In these systems, we are like ghosts in the machines. We have "accounts" in company's systems, but no good way to recognize, remember, and react to them or anyone else. Self-sovereign identity (SSI) gives people the software and systems to do that. Once we can recognize, remember, and react to others online (with software we control, not just through the fragmented interfaces of our mobile devices) we become digitally embodied, able to take action on our own.
With SSI, Fred's application databases are decentralized. That's not to say that companies won't continue to have systems for keeping track of who they interact with. But we'll finally have systems to keep track of them as well. More importantly, we get ways to interact with each other without having to be in their systems. That's the most important thing of all.
I've no doubt that there will be adjacent areas with attractive profits that lead to other forms of centralization, as Tim suggests. But, SSI, DeFi, and other Web3 technologies change the structure of online interaction in ways that will be difficult to undo. SSI, more specifically DIDComm, creates a secure, identity-enabled, privacy-respecting messaging overlay on top of the internet. This changes the game in important ways that level the playing field and creates a new layer where applications cab be built that naturally respect human dignity and autonomy.
That doesn't mean that non-interoperable and non-substitutable applications won't emerge. After all, Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and others became dominant through network effects and there's nothing about Web3 that reduces those. The only thing that does is continued work on standards and interoperability along with our insistence on digital rights for people. We're all a part of that effort. As I tell my students: Build the world you want to live in.
Why it's too early to get excited about Web3 – O'Reilly
There's been a lot of talk about Web3 lately, and as the person who defined "Web 2.0" 17 years ago, I'm often asked to comment. I've generally avoided doing so because most prognostications about the future turn out to be wrong. What we can do, though, is to ask ourselves questions that help us see more deeply into the present, the soil in which the future is rooted. As William Gibson famously said, "The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed yet." We can also look at economic and social patterns and cycles, using as a lens the observation ascribed to Mark Twain that "history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."
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Why Web3? - AVC
Over the last month, there has been a ton of debate and conversation about web2 vs web3 with many leading voices raising doubts about web3. Debate and doubt are healthy. And web3 enthusiasts, particularly on Twitter, remind me of missionaries trying to recruit the unwashed to their belief system. Frankly, it is all too much […]
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Relationships and Identity
We build digital identity systems to create and manage relationships—not identities. We need our digital relationships to have integrity and to be useful over a specified lifetime. Identity systems should provide relationship integrity and utility to participants for the appropriate length of time. Participants should be able to create relationships with whatever party will provide utility. SSI provides improved support for creating, managing, and using digital relationships.
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DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet
DIDComm is the messaging protocol that provides utility for DID-based relationships. DIDComm is more than just a way to exchange credentials, it's a protocol layer capable of supporting specialized application protocols for specific workflows. Because of its general nature and inherent support for self-sovereign relationships, DIDComm provides a basis for a self-sovereign internet much more private, enabling, and flexible than the one we've built using Web 2.0 technologies.
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Diana Ross Summer Concert Tour Canceled
July 10, 2000 -- Diana Ross's Return to Love tour has turned into a "return the tickets" fiasco.
Promoters pulled the plug on the remaining dates of what was supposed to be a triumphant reunion tour. After just 12 dates and cancellations over the weekend in New York and Washington D.C., it ended.
The tour suffered from bad karma ever since it was revealed that Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong, who performed with Ross in the Supremes in the 1960s, refused to join because they felt they weren't being paid enough. Tickets, priced as high as $253 dollars in some cities, weren't moving.
Baby, Where Did Our Love Go?
Ross soldiered on with Lynda Laurence and Scherrie Payne, two women who joined the Supremes after she left in 1969, but they sang in some arenas to more empty seats than fans.
"A lot of people realized it wasn't a true Supremes reunion and it cast a negative pall on the tour before it even started," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor of Pollstar, a concert industry tradepublication.
Ross said in a statement that she was "severely disappointed" that the promoter, SFX, had decided to cancel the tour.
"I would sing the same if there were 10 people in the audience or 10,000," Ross said. "I love the music and the fans, and I will find a way to reconnect with them as soon as possible."
It's one of the biggest business disasters yet for SFX, the company that dominates the concert industry. Industry insiders speculated that they paid too much for Ross and overestimated herappeal.
Ross said last month that she had contacted Wilson and Birdsong to see if they would beinterested in performing this summer. When they said they would, she turned negotiations over to the show's producers.
But the women complained — publicly — that Ross would be getting much more money than them.
"I just don't think that Mary had the vision at all to understand that this was not about money," Ross said. "I really think it's shortsighted, if you know what I mean. Because five years from now, we wouldn't be able to do this tour."
On this tour, Ross and her new companions were singing some of the biggest Supremes hits from the 1960s, including "Stop! In the Name of Love," "Baby Love" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On."
Yet when they played in Columbus, Ohio, June 20, there were fewer than 3,000 people in a 22,000-seat arena.
Buck Wolf, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Self Adjusting Clamp To Fit Most Poles up to 2" in diameter.
4-Light has an outside diameter of 8".
6-Light has an outside diameter of 9".
ENJOY SUMMER EVENINGS AROUND YOUR OUTDOOR TABLE BY ADDING A LITTLE LIGHT.
The umbrella light combines a strong light source with a self-adjusting design that fits almost all umbrella poles. When fully charged, the umbrella light will provide light for upwards of 6 hours.
It is powered by 24 long lasting LED lights that will last at least 30,000 hours. The light includes an AC adapter and rechargeable batteries, so you just plug it in to recharge.


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In the spirit of all things Easter and this most glorious time of year where there are bunnies on every goddam thing, I thought I'd do something a little different featuring my lop-eared lady Priscilla!
A bit about her before we jump in. Priscilla is roughly 3 years old (can't be sure as she was rescued) and she has been in our lives for about 18 months now. She's a stuck up moo who always gets her own way but that's why we love her, such a huge personality! So when petshop.co.uk got in touch offering to provide us with some awesome treats for her I was of course ecstatic to jump at the chance to spoil my already doted upon lady.
Petshop.co.uk is an online stockist of over 10,000 pet products catering from all kinds of animals from dogs and cats to small furries, birds and fish. The award-winning website also over a Bottomless Bowl service where you can create a recurring order meaning you never have to worry about having enough food and bits for your pet ever again, awesome!
My package arrived super quickly, carefully and tightly packaged. I always worry with bulkier items like boxes of rabbit food in the post because they can so easily get damaged so I was very impressed with how spotless my box was upon arrival. We were very kindly provided three products for Priscilla to feast upon: Burgess Excel Rabbit Herbage, Burns Willow Sticks for Rabbits and Supreme Rabbit Food. I set up a bunny smorgasbord to see what she thought!
Having been a long time muncher of Burgess brand diet rabbit food (she was very overweight when we first got her) I was eager to try something else from this range. This particular herbage consists of timothy hay and chamomile - packed full of fibre and amazing for keeping teeth at a good length! Many have the misconception that bunnies should eat 'rabbit food' - whatever that is, when in actual fact their diets should mostly consist of hays and grasses as they would in the wild. That said, it is nice to be able to mix it up a bit and Priscilla absolutely loved this flowery infusion - healthy and delicious!
Honestly I'd never heard of this brand before but I'm always open for trying new bits, so I opened the packet and let Priscilla investigate. Willow sticks are great boredom busters and also have the added bonus of keeping teeth nice and healthy! I've tried giving Priscilla willow sticks before but honestly she's never been that interested. The Burns willow sticks seem to intrigue her a bit more as they're a lot thicker than the sticks I've seen before. Priscilla is a larger than usual bunny and thus her teeth need a bit more of a challenge, so I'm sure these will keep her occupied for hours!
Another new brand for us to try, Fibafirst Rabbit Food from Supreme packages grasses and hay into neat tubes - perfect for hiding around the hutch or garden to promote boredom busting and help maintain a fibre-rich diet. Priscilla went absolutely mental for these, she actually broke into the box and began chomping away the minute I had my back turned, so safe to say I think we have a winner here!
Thank you so much petshop.co.uk for letting us try out these awesome new products! Bunny-havers will be well aware that compared with the thousands of items available on the market for cats and dogs it can be a bit frustrating when trying to find something a bit different for buns. Petshop.co.uk have an amazing range of products all focused around promoting healthy bunny lifestyles and I would definitely recommend having a look. There were lots of bunny brands I'd never heard of so amazing if you're trying to find something new!


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Q: Is There Anything Wrong With Parameters & Arguments Having The Same Name I see so often that the parameters & arguments for functions are differently named.
I wonder whats wrong with the following:
// aFunc takes two variables 'first' & 'second'
var aFunc = function( first, second ){
 ...
}

var first = "first",
    second = "second";

aFunc( first, second );

Is there a reason, both the arguments & the parameters being passed to the function should not be the same name?

A: Nothing wrong technically. In most situation your parameter and variable name will be renamed to something short ( a, b, c) by the compiler or interpreter. Pay attention to scoping.
The takeaway idea is trying to convey meaning and information thought your naming.
Sometimes it will makes senses or convey information to differentiate the parameter name in the declaration.
For instance:
// aFunc takes 3 variables, the name should speak for itself.
var aFunc = function( maximum, minimum, average ){
 ...
}

aFunc( localMinimum, localMaximum, localAverage );
aFunc( weekMin, weekMax, weekAverage );
aFunc( allTimeMin, allTimeMax, allTimeAverage );

In that exemple, it's clear what kind of max, min and average value I'm passing to the aFunc function.

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Q: How to build Qt5.6 with QtWebKit on Mac OSX (El Capitan) I can't find any concrete pointers on the qt.io site how to actually build qt5.6 together with qtwebkit, so any hint is appreciated.
I can build qt5.6.0 flawlessly from the git repo in dev mode, however I don't know the further steps to re add qtwebkit.
Somebody out there who did it already?

A: I'm also trying to build Qt webkit together with 5.6.0, I got the source not from git but from the community release directory: http://download.qt.io/community_releases/5.6/5.6.0/
I put the content of the .tar.gz in qtwebkit submodule next to qtbase, it's trying to build it but then I have an error:
.pch/debug/QtWebKitWidgets_debug/c++.pch
../include/QtWebKitWidgets/QtWebKitWidgetsDepends:7:10: fatal error:               'QtWebKit/QtWebKit' file not found
#include <QtWebKit/QtWebKit>
     ^
1 error generated.
make[4]: *** [.pch/debug/QtWebKitWidgets_debug/c++.pch] Error 1
make[3]: *** [debug-all] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-widgetsapi-pri-make_first-ordered] Error 2
make[1]: *** [sub-Source-QtWebKit-pro-make_first-ordered] Error 2
make: *** [module-qtwebkit-make_first] Error 2

A: QWebKit is deprecated as of 5.6.0 (https://wiki.qt.io/New_Features_in_Qt_5.6) however it is still buildable for Qt 5.6 (but you should consider migrating at some point).
The easiest way to do it is to clone the git repository into the same source directory and build it like a normal Qt project. If you want to do it the ultra standard way you can add it as a submodule and follow the same steps they perform in the init-repository script but it's not necessary.


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Les cultures du vieillissement constituent un ensemble d'approches théoriques hétérogènes qui réunit des chercheurs en sciences humaines et sociales s'intéressant aux pratiques culturelles par lesquelles le vieillissement est vécu au quotidien. Pouvant être affilié aux champs d'études Aging Studies, études culturelles et gérontologie critique, cet ensemble est multidisciplinaire, regroupe principalement des chercheurs en communication, sociologie, éducation, et est d'envergure internationale (Montréal, Boston, Gloucestershire, pour ne nommer que ces lieux). Ce genre de travaux est particulièrement émergeant depuis les années 2000, et regroupe notamment plusieurs chercheurs membre du réseau , situé à Montréal.

Orientations théoriques
Les chercheurs en sciences humaines et sociales partagent une compréhension du vieillissement en tant que processus culturel situé dans un contexte particulier. À l'opposé de plusieurs écrits portant sur les facteurs physiologiques du vieillissement, du courant sur la déprise ou de ceux promulguant le vieillissement actif, les écrits sur les cultures du vieillissement questionnent plutôt les médiations qui produisent les conceptions du vieillissement et les conditions dans lesquelles elles se créent.

Thèmes des recherches
Les objets de recherche ciblent l'expérience du vieillissement en interrogeant notamment le quotidien des personnes âgées, les productions culturelles consommées, l'articulation des enjeux de genre/race/classes sociales/sexualités/etc., et les politiques publiques qui les encadrent. Les travaux récemment publiés sur les cultures du vieillissement s'inscrivent particulièrement les domaines des mémoires culturelles, de la musique populaire, du sport professionnel, et du cinéma. En s'intéressant aux discours sur le vieillissement, à ses représentations et aux pratiques qui le constituent, ces auteurs visent à comprendre comment ce processus est informé, hétérogène et situé.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Âgisme
 Personnes âgées
 Vieillissement activiste
 Déprise (sociologie du vieillissement)

Vieillissement
Études culturelles

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There may be a few fewer species than we once thought in the realm of the dinosaurs. Scientists have discovered that fossils that were once thought to be three, distinct dinosaurs actually belong to a single species.
So how did scientists mistake one dinosaur for three? No fossil in the same and sometimes, species vary only by a small amount physically. This means that it can relatively easy to think that there may possibly be enough differences to name a completely new species.
"Because of the vagaries of fossilization, no two fossils are the same," said Peter Dodson, the senior author of the new study, in a news release. "Animals are alive and they die, but what's crucial in paleontology is what happens to the animals after they die."
The dinosaur actually belongs to the genus Psittacosaurus. These creatures were named for the dinosaur's beaked face, not unlike a turtle's. So far about 15 species have been classified as Psittacosaurus. Yet with recent analysis, only nine of these are definite members. Known as being plant-eaters, these dinosaurs lived between 120 and 125 million years ago.
In order to better examine the fossils, the researchers used three-dimensional geometric morphometrics, which uses lasers to generate data about the shape of different specimens. More specifically, the researchers looked at Psittacosaurus skulls that were found in the fossilized ashes of the Lujiatun beds of China's Yixian Formation. In addition, the scientists also conducted a traditional study to examine the specimens. This allowed them to use both old and new techniques in order to compare the various "species."
"Our study found all these false 'species' that are not biological species but are apparent species caused by the process of fossilization," said Dodson.
The first time three-dimensional geometrics morphometrics has been used to study dinosaur fossils, it could lead to a re-examination of the taxonomic classifications of other dinosaur species, which could allow scientists to learn more about the fossils that they've discovered.


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// You can't really "read" from a socket.  You "connect" to it.
// Mostly, this is here so that reading a dir with a socket in it
// doesn't blow up.

module.exports = SocketReader

var fs = require("graceful-fs")
  , fstream = require("../fstream.js")
  , inherits = require("inherits")
  , mkdir = require("mkdirp")
  , Reader = require("./reader.js")

inherits(SocketReader, Reader)

function SocketReader (props) {
  var me = this
  if (!(me instanceof SocketReader)) throw new Error(
    "SocketReader must be called as constructor.")

  if (!(props.type === "Socket" && props.Socket)) {
    throw new Error("Non-socket type "+ props.type)
  }

  Reader.call(me, props)
}

SocketReader.prototype._read = function () {
  var me = this
  if (me._paused) return
  // basically just a no-op, since we got all the info we have
  // from the _stat method
  if (!me._ended) {
    me.emit("end")
    me.emit("close")
    me._ended = true
  }
}

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Malaysian Moth just emerged from its cocoon and spanning larger than my hand. Photo by Sarah Tracy.
A couple weeks ago, I posted this on Facebook.
Several friends suggested I write more. Since that time, I've written bits and pieces of what follows. None of it seems earth-shattering, but it fleshes out my original post.
Lately, I've spent a lot more time with children. I watched my niece and nephew, four and seven, for several days in June, and have been regularly hanging out with my new "Little Sister", seven-year-old Arianna.
On its face, this response of "I know" is pretty darn innocuous. It's affirmation. It's agreement. It's definitely not counter-argument or trying to make me wrong. So what's the problem? Why does the response, "I know," irk?
I suspect there's lots of reasons—some of them having to do with realizing that children don't always interpret my unsolicited advice as helpful; others having to do with the fact that most people want to lay claim over some domain of knowledge. However, I think the effect of "I know" is more toxic than that—and that's what my original Facebook post was about.
Namely, the need to be right, and be certain, and "know" can have a number of problematic consequences. It shuts down dialogue. It shuts down learning. It shuts down creativity and growth.
About right now, you might be saying to yourself, "I don't reply to others by saying 'I know,'" or "This is a child thing." But, as people grow older, it seems we just become increasingly clever in our ways of saying, "I know." We hide it behind sophisticated screens of logic, facts, research, and sarcasm. We hide it so well that we don't even see it–and this is a bad, bad thing, in several different ways.
First, a posture of "I know" is the enemy of learning. Children are amazing models for not placing significance on or being self-conscious about doing things less than perfectly. If a tiny ballerina cannot twirl yet, he or she makes a delightful mess of spinning until it's learned. In contrast, when we adopt a posture of "I know," then it's a BIG DEAL and SOMETHING IS WRONG when we don't know or do something perfectly.
Second, "I know" shuts down creativity and growth. "I know" functions as an a priori posture where a person must feel certain and successful before he or she can begin a project or engage in a certain conversation. I'm not knocking planning or education. I've spent more than half of my life in school. Strategies, itineraries, and expertise can serve as great resources for execution and confidence. However, too often we treat our expertise and knowledge not as resources to pull from when useful, but instead as rigid armor that we can never let down. As such, the knowledge and expertise becomes a screen through which the world is known, and becomes a burden that cuts us off from seeing the world and other people freshly, for what they are, TODAY.
When we hold onto our armor of certainty too tightly, we cannot be present for opportunities along the way. We gather all our evidence before we engage in dialogue. We need a perfect outline before we write. We create a strict itinerary before traveling. With these bastions of certainty clutched tightly in our sweaty grip, we see changes in our plan, or questions about our carefully crafted viewpoints, as obstacles to avoid or threats to annihilate. And, in the worst of cases, feeling like we need to know everything first paralyzes us in a stagnant pool of the familiar, mundane, and trivial. We miss out on the myriad adventures of plunging into the unknown.
Third, when we can embrace uncertainty, possibility opens up. The hiccups and outright challenges to our perfect plans / conversations / projects become contributions to the journey rather than reasons to be angry, or to make another wrong, or to chastise ourselves for not knowing better—something that Jon Camp beautifully discusses in relation to travel here.
Indeed, creativity and growth comes through process, flexibility and openness.
When I think about the people I admire, it's those who consistently have the confidence and courage in themselves to adopt a posture of "I don't know." And even, "I don't know what I don't know." Two examples come to mind.
First, for years, Belle Edson led several friends including me on a trip to Rocky Point, Mexico. Belle never knew exactly where we were going to stay when we got there. At first, this made me, a planner, very nervous. However, over time, I realized that her openness to uncertainty about our final destination was what made it possible to stay in the most beautiful locations for an affordable cost. We certainly could have reserved a place in advance, but it would have been much smaller and more expensive. Certainty comes with a price.
Second, a great example of living in a space of "I don't know" is my mom, Malinda. She's an educated 73 year-old that I'm confidant could have handily gotten through life based solely on the knowledge she'd accumulated by age 40. However, even as she has retired and moved to Arizona, she has continued to learn and grow. She reads "how to" and personal growth books (in addition to many others), takes swimming lessons, and is open to unfamiliar and alternative medical approaches. Because of this, she's learned new ways of coping and flourishing as she serves as a primary caretaker for her husband, has become one of the fastest senior swimmers in the country, and has received and practiced physical therapy so she can remain physically fit. She is vibrant, alive, and always asking questions.
It's a lot of fun to be around people who take a posture of "I don't know." In contrast, it's not so delightful to be around people who are always in a space of truth and certainty. People who must always be right in conversation, by default, make other people wrong. From such a vantage, conversation is not a dance of ideas in which we might emerge on the other side as better informed or gaining new insight. Rather, it is a battle of "I'll show her," and "I'll get him." Even when we agree with such people, being around "I know" is exhausting, stale, and anxiety-producing.
This is backed up with the latest neurochemistry research available via the Harvard Business Review. According to this research, people create oxytocin (a feel-good hormone) in response to conversations that stimulate discussion and curiosity. In contrast, when people face those who are focused on convincing others, their bodies create cortisol (a hormone that shuts down the thinking center of our brains, activates conflict aversion and protection behaviors, and is linked to anxiety and weight gain).
Of course, there's good reason why we hold onto a stance of, "I know." Like a drug, certainty is intoxicating. It feels good. But its high is hollow and short-lived. Certainty clings to past plans, expertise, opinions, beliefs, values and can cut us off from living life as lived—in all its glorious messiness and ambiguity—TODAY.
I answered something like, "I haven't been following the story in the last several days as I've been watching my niece and nephew. I've heard bits and pieces from The Daily Show and NPR. Maybe I'll read up and get back to you after I get back to my regular news routine." In response, I was immediately met, with, "I have noticed most Obama voters get their information from places like Facebook and the Daily Show." Bam!
In this situation, my saying, "I don't know" (and sharing my current knowledge sources) was invitation to get my belly squashed. It stung a bit, but I wasn't terribly surprised given the history of what has showed up on this person's Facebook feed. Despite the sting, having my belly squashed really isn't that bad compared to living in a dark, small, and suffocating space called certainty. It seems better to live life with adventure, creativity, vulnerability, and growth—in a posture of "I don't know"—even when it means some scars and bruises along the way.


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is a 4-panel manga series created by Rui Tamachi revolving around anthropomorphised cockroaches. The manga originally existed as self-published doujin works, first released at Comiket in 2009, before beginning serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine from March 2011 to August 2016. An anime adaptation by Movic began releasing on Nico Nico Douga in 2012.

Characters

An anthropomorphised cockroach girl who wishes to become friends with humans, but is often treated with the appropriate response.

Another cockroach girl who is a bit more tomboyish in personality.

A girl working a part time job who appears in the Houbunsha serialization.

A boy who is the Part Time Girl's underclassman.

 The cute cat that plays with Gokicha.

Media

Manga
Gokicha originally existed as a doujin work self-published by Rui Tamachi. The first volume, Gokicha!!, was released at Comiket 77 in December 2009, while the second volume, Gokicha!!!, was released at Comiket 78 in August 2010. The manga then began serialization in the September 2011 issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine released on July 28, 2011. The first tankoubon volume was released on July 26, 2012, the fourth on August 27, 2015. The fifth and final volume was released on August 10, 2016.

Anime
An anime adaptation titled Gokicha!! Cockroach Girls has been produced by Movic and began streaming on Nico Nico Douga from September 14, 2012. The opening theme is  by Saki while the ending theme is  by Saki.

References

External links
Gokicha!! anime on Nico Nico Douga

Manga series
2009 manga
2012 anime ONAs
Anime series
Comedy anime and manga
Fictional cockroaches
Houbunsha manga
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You can tell when someone isn't familiar with creationist cant
Darn it. For a brief moment, I thought there was a chance that Ken Ham had said one thing that was true and honest. RawStory is running this article, Creationist radio ad: Evolution cannot be debunked with reason, and Addicting Info echoes the sentiment, with Creationism Advocate Admits That Science Proves Evolution, But Says We Should Believe The Bible Anyway. They say Ken Ham has suggested this:
You cannot convince people that evolution is false with logic, according to the founder of the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
In a 60-second radio ad released Thursday, Answers in Genesis President Ken Ham admitted there was no scientific evidence that conclusively demonstrated that evolution was a lie.
They've completely misread his statement. What he actually said is familiar creationist dogma, and comes nowhere near their interpretation. Listen for yourself.
The hopeful rational websites are focusing on this statement:
We have solid proof in in our hands that evolution is a lie: the Bible. You see, we can't depend solely on our reasoning ability to convince skeptics. We present the evidence and do the best we can to convince people the truth of God by always pointing them to the Bible.
It doesn't say what they think it says. Notice the "solely"; creationists will claim that they are using their reason, even when they aren't. Notice also that he says they "present the evidence"; they don't, they ignore most of it and distort the rest, but they claim to be presenting scientific evidence to support their arguments.
What was also cut out of that particular quote was this little preamble: "Romans chapter 1 tells us that God has revealed himself in nature". Ken Ham argues all the time that his view of nature and the physical evidence supports the claims of the Bible. He just also claims that the Bible itself is powerful evidence against evolution.
Look, I know that Ken Ham is an ignorant fool, and I know that his museum is a craptastical pile of lies and nonsense, but you will make no progress in an argument with creationists if you try to pull this misleading "gotcha" garbage and distort their words. Ken Ham did not say that "You cannot convince people that evolution is false with logic" — he firmly believes that the convoluted rationalizations he performs are logical (for years he's been pushing this deadly dull book by Jason Lisle that claims to be a logical analysis of science, for instance).
He does not admit that "there was no scientific evidence that conclusively demonstrated that evolution was a lie". Again, he is convinced otherwise. These non-scientists have deluded themselves thoroughly into believing that putting up a cast of some dinosaur bones and then saying that the animal died in the Flood means they have "scientific evidence" that evolution is false.
I'd love it if a creationist were to come right out and admit that the evidence kills creation and that they hold to their faith in spite of the evidence (one that I know of has done exactly that, Kurt Wise, but he's an exception, and Ken Ham is no Kurt Wise). I do not think putting words in the mouths of creationists helps. I hate it when creationists twist our words (*cough*Ray Comfort*cough*), and I don't appreciate it when people on my side twist their words. Deal with their arguments fairly, they're easy enough to crush.
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Lars says
"they ignore most of [the evidence] and distort the rest"
That about sums it up. Succinct.
sonofrojblake says
Notice also that he says they "present the evidence"; they don't,
You mean… his personal testimony isn't evidence?
gshelley says
Doesn't his Creationist museum have loads of huge posters saying evolution is what you get if you use reason and Creation what you get if you use the bible?
oldgeezer says
@son of roj blake #2
I suspect that you're also mjolnirpants, if you're going to post drivel, don't continually use "The Mighty Thor" references in your monikers.
What part of "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence!" don't you understand?
John Pieret says
gshelley @4:
Never overestimate the consistency of the YEC mind. They will happly spout presuppositionalism in one breath and tell you that science refutes evolution in the next. In fact, that is PZ's point here.
johnharshman says
I'd love it if a creationist were to come right out and admit that the evidence kills creation and that they hold to their faith in spite of the evidence (one that I know of has done exactly that, Kurt Wise, but he's an exception, and Ken Ham is no Kurt Wise).
I'm not sure that's Wise's position, exactly. He just counts the bible as evidence too, and such strong evidence that he picks it in cases of conflict. He agrees that in the absence of that biblical evidence the strongest hypothesis would be evolution.
You also forget Todd Charles Wood, Wise's former student, who has a similar position.
oops, apologies, sonof…
Your moniker is a Blakes 7 reference.
But why choose the name of a fictional fighter for freedom? Is that how you see yourself? Do you think that Pharyngula are the corrupt "Federation", and your man is the brave freedom fighter "Blake" being framed?
Case 1: Creationism is patently loopy and there is a stack of evidence against it (it's called science).
Case 2: One person makes an accusation and you choose to support the accused rather than the accuser.
Thumper; Atheist mate says
@sonofrojblake
Oh, fuck off. There are threads dealing with that subject; go there if you want to discuss it, rather than derailing this one.
@Thumper – it's possible to "derail" a thread six WORDS long?
why choose the name of a fictional fighter for freedom? Is that how you see yourself? Do you think that Pharyngula are the corrupt "Federation", and your man is the brave freedom fighter "Blake" being framed?
Um… no. I hate to interrupt your projection of persecution fantasies but
(a) I do not support the accused. I don't know the accused from a hole in the ground, so they are in no sense "my man". I support the accusers and their right to have their accusation taken seriously, investigated and acted upon. (Also, unless there've been some withdrawals, your "Case 2" is wrong – it's not one person making the accusation. Keep up.)
(b) I didn't "choose the name of a fictional fighter of freedom". I see myself as the son of Roj Blake for the depressingly literal reason that my father's name is Roger Blake and his friends called him Roj for at least a decade before that show ever came to air. That this allows me to make a geek reference in my screenname is a happy accident, nothing more.
Rey Fox says
"Cant" is a funny word.
And yes, you are derailing, Rog. Fuck off.
moarscienceplz says
[Ken Ham] firmly believes that the convoluted rationalizations he performs are logical
He does? He tells children that scientists think their grandparents looked like chimpanzees. Does he really think that's true? I assumed that he'd convinced himself that atheism leads to anarchy and therefore that makes it OK to lie in order to get people to become xtians.
ChristineRose says
I believe his stance is that the Bible is stronger evidence than, you know, reality, so that his duty is to find the least unlikely explanation for all the evidence. Like fossils came from the flood because that's really the best thing they can think of.
In that sense he's a step past the old school creationists who claimed that the fossil layer suggested a flood, that all the hominid fossils were hoaxes, etc.
He admits that the evidence is consistent with an old earth but claims that the best way to interpret it is to attempt to figure out how this stuff showed up on a young earth.
He is stuck with a paradox here which is that he has to admit all the evidence is in fact real but he also has to tell his that it's equivocal enough to be consistent with the Bible. Hence the speed of light changing, radioactive decay rates slowing down. He spends a lot of time talking about little oddities that don't bother any scientists but never explains how the flood could have arranged all that dead stuff exactly as if they had evolved over time.
I think it's a fairly modern way of looking at it and it will be interesting to see if it outlives me.
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Rey Fox
Amusingly, PZ is actually recreating an older form of the word (probably derived from chant or a French or Latin cognate), meaning the particular jargon of a specific religious sect. Latterly, it became a term for the slang of the underworld, and then expanded to a meaning akin to jargon.
Sonofrojblake
Take it elsewhere. Not this thread, not this blog, ideally not this planet.
Bronze Dog says
With many Creationists, I've given up trying to sort out the ignorant, irrational, and/or liars. A lot dive into weird postmodernism to justify their claims and behaviors, which can be consistent with any of those categories. Frankly, I suspect a large chunk of them either reject or fail to understand the concept of objectivity, driven by motivated thinking and seeing nothing wrong with changing positions to match their changing motives.
With faith involved, it's never about proving themselves right, since that is made into a premise instead of a conclusion. For them, it's about manipulating people into agreeing and advancing their objectives. It treats matters of fact like subjective preference and seeks to make their opinions more popular. In that mindset, many of them think lies, fallacies, and so forth are alright because there's no need to justify a change to their subjective preference (and even then, they'll demand the double standard that their opponents and apostates justify their beliefs or, more likely, a straw man of their beliefs). They don't like science because they see it as raining on their "no wrong answers" epistemology by dividing factual claims into the categories of true, false, and untestable bullshit. They'll pay lip service to the concept of truth, but it's just another rhetorical technique to them.
Sastra says
From what I can tell creationists are just using the same sort of reasoning all people of faith use when using religious faith. It's not that there is an absence of evidence — on the contrary, there is an abundance of evidence! But you're not going to see it, not going to appreciate it, until your mind is in the right place and your attitude is open. You need to approach the evidence willingly, without resisting the conclusion.
Because, deep down, non-believers don't want the conclusion to be true. That's why it takes more than reason and intelligence.
I see it with Young Earth Creationism, I see it with New Age — hell, I see it with alternative medicine and the Loch Ness monster. It's a massive projection fallacy based on a story inside their heads. What if people who don't draw the same conclusion as me are just like little kids who pretend they don't hear their parent's voice because they don't want to have to come in and do chores? What if the skeptics are like people who clutch desperately at any straw they can, eager to avoid going where the evidence really goes because it doesn't suit them, it doesn't appeal to them, it doesn't reflect their identity and show them as who they want to be?
They're afraid. If they change their minds, then they're going to lose themselves … their arrogant, pig-headed, cold-hearted, close-minded self-absorbed egotistic egoistic selves … in order to become as open and free and loving as I am. Could be. Should be. Is.
What if the people who DON'T use "faith" are actually acting like people who do — and the people who DO use "faith" are behaving like people who don't?
Hey, maybe it's really Opposite World!
That "leap of faith" is flexible. Sometimes it's an amazing and unwarranted jump across all reason and evidence which is impelled by a love that passes all understanding. But most of the time — on the ground where they use it and not when employed as self-congratulatory rhetorical flourishes — it's nothing more than that small little step of being honest even when the conclusion isn't at first what you expected or wanted. Just being open. Biased in the right direction.
Faith is a vice. For several meanings of the term "vice." It clamps you down and gets you to accept the internal contradictions of Opposite World.
.Bronze Dog #14 wrote:
It treats matters of fact like subjective preference and seeks to make their opinions more popular.
Yup — that's what happens when something is a matter of faith. A correct conclusion on objective fact is going to be completely dependent on subjective preference. Bias and prejudice lead straight and true if they're the right kind. It mixes up categories — as if facts behaved like values.
It's the opposite of the scientific approach, where the inner identity or hopes of the scientist isn't supposed to be crucial (and ought to be irrelevant.) It would be like saying that the speed of light will have different measurements for different people under the exact same conditions: if you've secretly done something naughty or if you're not a very nice person or if you expect the wrong answer or want another one, then it won't work. You'll GET the wrong answer because you were not worthy. The universe cares. And Monod's Principle of Objectivity is shot to hell.
This post uses the word "evidence" no fewer than ten times. But apparently pointing out the variability in what it's acceptable to regard as "evidence" is irrelevant and derailing, and I should fuck off to another planet.
believerskeptic says
Actually, I disagree with PZ when he says they don't "present the evidence." They do. They point at the Bible as their evidence.
And do I rate this evidence, the Bible, particularly highly? No.
But if a woman comes to me and says she was raped, I consider her word to be evidence too.
And do I rate this evidence, her word, particularly highly? Yes.
I'm not seeing what's so hard about this.
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"Our Award Winning Website" … yeah … I don't think they truly understood the idea behind the Golden Crocoduck or the Dim Bulb of the Week award.
Acolyte of Sagan says
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What the feck is everybody's problem with this? It's obvious that he meant;
*snark*You mean… his (Ham's) personal testimony isn't evidence?*snark*
No, Acolyte. He was making an oblique reference to the Shermer thread.
MetzO'Magic says
Ah. Now I get it too, thanks. I haven't even been lurking here for quite a while. Lots of catching up to do…
believerskeptic
19 August 2013 at 2:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Damn! I thought he was riffing on what passes for evidence in the minds (sic) of the religious.
Mea culpa. Sorry.
theignored says
In truth, I believe that it's an honest mistake of those who think that Ham has admitted that he has no evidence…I don't believe that they're deliberately twisting his words. His statement is ambiguous enough that I could see where an optimistic person would believe that he's admitted that his side has no evidence.
I've dealt with Lisle and some of his flunkies before…Lisle doesn't really get mixed up in it until page 4 really…a lot of the other stuff is presupp and "absolute morality" b.s. where one guy said that if god did order babies to be killed, it would be immoral to NOT do it because god is the absolute standard of good.
kreativekaos says
Interesting about Kurt Wise. I thought I saw a video of him in Arizona, explaining the 'evidence' for 'The Flood.'
I have heard Dawkins explain Wise's choice in the face of the evidence as presented to him via his collegiate training, but it doesn't seem to me that he's accepting his position on faith alone if he's still pumping 'evidence' for The Flood.
…but it doesn't seem to me that he's [Kurt Wise] accepting his position on faith alone if he's still pumping 'evidence' for The Flood.
Exactly. He accepts the bible as the strongest possible evidence, outweighing any evidence against the flood. A matter of epistemology, really. Thus any empirical data that can conceivably be interpreted as compatible with a flood must be accepted and interpreted that way, and other empirical data must be considered anomalous but not probative.
anuran says
Dang. I was about to preach that the End Times were upon us. The Angel had opened at least the Fourth Seal. And Ken Ham had told the truth.


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'Missed opportunities' on energy efficiency and cleantech: UK's green economy reacts to mini-Budget
Thought leaders and key organisations from across the UK's green economy have voiced disappointment that Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng did not use his mini-Budget or Growth Plan to announce new energy efficiency measures to safeguard homes and businesses in the longer term.
Sarah George
Published 23rd September 2022
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Kwarteng addressed the House of Commons from 9.30am today (23 September) to deliver the Budget, alongside a Growth Plan. As expected, the focus was on cutting taxes and streamlining planning regulations in the hope that this would foster economic growth. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is a vocal believer in the theory of trickle-down economics.
You can read edie's coverage of all the key inclusions in the Budget and Growth plan here, including the creation of new Investment Zones where business taxes and planning rules – including environmental rules – will be relaxed in a bid to encourage investment.
Here, we round up the green economy reaction to the announcement. While there is support for measures to fast-track offshore wind development, commentators are largely disappointed and have pointed to missed opportunities on other forms of clean energy, as well as energy efficiency.
EcoAct's chief executive Stuart Lemmon said:
"The Chancellor's announcement today focused on growth and with planned rises to corporation tax scrapped, we urge businesses to invest sums saved from the tax break into net-zero delivery plans. Growth needs to be decoupled from carbon emissions, and so we'd suggest if the Chancellor wants to pursue a growth agenda, it should be green too. The lack of sustainable investment measured in today's statement means the onus falls onto businesses to take the lead and keep ambitions of 1.5C alive.
"By 2023, financial institutions and listed companies in the UK will be required to publish their net-zero transition plans, however currently only 36% of the FTSE 100 has set a science-based target (SBT) for Scope 3 emissions reductions. These often represent the majority of an organization's total greenhouse gas emissions. This announcement represents an opportunity for corporates to step up to the plate and demonstrate the leadership and best practices to enable transformative change across all sectors of the economy. Businesses that are proactive on net-zero will find themselves in a position of competitive advantage in the years to come and the certainty provided by this announcement should serve as a catalyst for ambitious action now."
The Association for Decentralised Energy's (ADE) energy efficiency policy manager Chris Friedler said:
"Today's fiscal event provides an extra £1bn for energy efficiency over three years, in addition to a disappointing reiteration of £2.1bn already pledged. While the new funding is welcome, household bills are still significantly higher than before the gas crisis.
"Shorter-term bailouts that fail to reduce the amount of gas homes need to keep warm will lead to higher costs to the public purse overall. The Government must build upon this and look to more ambitious short-term funding for energy efficiency, as well as long-term targets and delivery mechanisms to prevent the gas crisis from affecting households again in the future."
Friends of the Earth's head of policy Mike Childs said:
"Almost two-thirds of the infrastructure priorities announced today as part of the Chancellor's Growth Plan are road schemes, along with five North Sea oil and gas developments. Surely the Government can no longer pretend that its plans are consistent with the UK's legal obligation to cut climate-changing carbon emissions?
"It's good that there are a few offshore wind projects in the mix – though a relatively small number – but alongside these, there should have been a long list of onshore wind sites and solar farms because they are quick to build and an incredibly cheap source of energy.
"What's also missing from the Growth Plan is any assessment of its climate impacts. Instead, it works as a blueprint for ripping up important environmental safeguards and pursuing economic growth at any cost, which is the last thing we need faced with a climate and ecological crisis that is already devastating the planet."
Vattenfall's country manager for the UK Danielle Lane said:
"It's great that the Government's taking steps to reform the offshore wind planning process which will accelerate the renewables projects, like the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm, required to help keep bills down for customers while also breaking the UK's reliance on expensive gas."
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology's (REA) director of policy Frank Gordon said:
"The REA notes today's re-commitments to the Government's previous energy package announcements, including moves to do more on energy efficiency through the Energy Company Obligation.
"Much of the innovation and growth promoted by this statement would be expedited if the Government passes the Energy Bill, which would open up opportunities for investment in areas such as energy efficiency, carbon capture, heat networks, hydrogen and further clean technologies – all of which would deliver sizable benefits to new investment zones.
"The REA reiterates its statement that renewables are the cheapest form of generation and best route to delivering energy security, providing long-term relief from the ongoing energy crisis."
The Building Research Establishment's chief executive Gillian Charlesworth said:
"We were disappointed to see that today's mini-budget contained no measures to improve the energy efficiency of our homes and buildings. While the Government's Energy Price Guarantee is a welcome intervention to protect vulnerable households this winter, there is no guarantee that the volatile global gas market will steady any time soon. We need long-term solutions to the energy price crisis which end our dependence on foreign supplies of fossil fuels, reduce overall energy demand, and support the drive to net-zero.
"Retrofitting our building stock is an immediate and cost-effective solution that can deliver this. Heat and energy use in our buildings makes up a quarter of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, and we are rapidly running out of time to address this if we are to meet our net zero obligations by 2050. Setting out a clear and credible plan to decarbonise our homes and buildings is an immediate step the Government can take to tackle the cost of living crisis, act on climate change and demonstrate global leadership."
The Centre for Ageing Better's chief executive Dr Carole Easton said:
"The energy price guarantee is a temporary sticking plaster that offers no permanent solution, simply delaying a future crisis for when the market intervention ends. In the breathing space that the government has created for itself, it is paramount that substantial action is taken to resolve one of the root causes of the problem – this country's cold, draughty and unsafe homes.
"Now is the time for action and the rollout of a national retrofit programme to make homes warmer, safer and more energy efficient as part of a broader move to improve people's homes. This should be supported by a network of 'Good Home Agencies' across the country to provide advice, access to finance and practical support."
Ashden's cities manager Cara Jenkinson said: "Shockingly, there is no mention of energy efficiency in this fiscal statement.
"This is a triple miss by the Chancellor – a missed opportunity to reduce our dependency on expensive gas, to create hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country and to cut our carbon emissions. It is a shame that the Chancellor has not targeted stamp duty reductions for those who make their homes more energy efficient."
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, said:
"If the Chancellor were really on side of British people rather than fossil fuels giants, he'd scrap the 'investment allowance' subsidy, introduce a windfall tax worthy of its name, adopt a green retrofit revolution, and put a stop to fracking and new oil and gas licenses.
"But this was a climate-wrecking, action-delaying budget for the benefit of the Chancellor's fossil fuel friends. In his morally bankrupt Britain, bankers can earn eye-watering bonuses whilst the poorest lose out most from tax measures, fracking companies are allowed to bribe local communities, and growing corporate profits at any cost is seen as virtuous – this is inequality economics, pure and simple."
Positive Money's executive director Fran Boait said:
"Rather than handouts for the richest, a much better use of borrowing would be public investment, especially in renewable energy and retrofits, which would help bring down bills and guarantee energy security."
Simon Crookston, Partner at Crowe UK said:
"The Chancellor should have been bold and provided greater incentives for businesses to be innovative and invest. There are targeted reliefs for businesses in investment zones but for those businesses not in these zones there is limited additional support.
"It is a real shame that the Chancellor did not provide further additional incentives to encourage further investment in solar, wind, water turbines and other green initiatives, particularly in relation to renewable energy. We need to radically change our approach in the current energy crisis and the Chancellor seems to have ignored this in his new approach for a new era."
Green Alliance's head of economy Sam Alvis said:
"The Government wants to boost economic growth, but the tax cuts and the spending announced today aren't being targeted at the greatest potential for productivity and GDP growth: green technology and clean energy.
"Making it easier to build railways, energy and associated infrastructure will be vital to delivering net-zero and growth. But if we use those reforms to deliver outdated tech like fracking, it will hold us back."
Conservative Environment Network director Sam Hall said:
"It was welcome to hear the Chancellor acknowledge the role that clean energy can play in boosting growth. His bold programme of tax cuts will help our world-leading green businesses invest more and grow.
"It is brilliant news that the Chancellor has listened to calls from the Conservative Environment Network for a significant expansion of insulation funding. We also warmly welcome changes to speed up planning for offshore wind farms, to lift the ban on English onshore wind farms, and to fund legacy renewables costs out of general taxation. Renewables and insulation will not only permanently lower bills and accelerate progress towards net zero, but strengthen our energy security and protect the UK from Vladimir Putin's weaponisation of Russian gas reserves.
"As the Treasury-commissioned Dasgupta review into the economics of biodiversity showed, economic prosperity also requires a healthy natural environment, however. Outside the EU there is an opportunity to reform and simplify environmental regulations, but safeguards for nature must not be weakened."
Jess Ralston, senior analyst at the energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), said: "If prices stay high, the Government's gas subsidy bill would be several times the investment needed to get all 28 million homes in Britain properly insulated. Boosting the ECO scheme could well end up being cost-neutral on Treasury with insulation cutting gas demand and so the overall price tag of the bailout.
"The ban on onshore wind – which around 8 in 10 people support – has been a major anomaly in British energy policy given it's both cheap and popular with the public. So a decision to lift the ban suggests the new government has listened to the experts and understands building more British renewables reduces our reliance on costly gas and so brings down bills."
Philippa Spence, Ramboll UK's managing director, said:
"There was a shadow over the good news of the generous energy support packages announced by Kwarteng today for those concerned about the UK's environment. The commitment to reform the planning process risks unwinding key environmental protections unless these are retained. The planning system does need reform, but not at the cost of our environment, already one of the most biodiversity depleted in Europe. The government must seek to achieve efficiency and environmental enhancement simultaneously.
"Kwasi Kwarteng promised to 'unleash the power of the private sector' and enable growth through a number of measures including tax cuts. To truly unleash the potential of industries supporting the green energy transition will also require clear policy signals that this is a long-term commitment, such as enabling onshore wind rather than resurrecting fracking. We have one of the best green energy opportunities globally and there is no doubt that with the right support, it will generate significant growth."
IPPR's associate director of energy, climate, housing and infrastructure, Luke Murphy, said:
"The Chancellor's statement offered neither the policies, investment, or strategy to realise the huge opportunities to create prosperity that delivering net-zero and restoring nature offer.
"There were welcome albeit small steps on energy efficiency and depending on the detail, onshore wind, but in other areas, the government is going in the opposite direction. It is removing the moratorium on fracking, expediting licenses to drill for more climate destroying and expensive oil and gas, and proposing to rip up environmental protections.
"Instead of offering billions of pounds of tax cuts for the richest that will do little to increase long-term growth, the Government should have invested in projects to deliver the transition to a cleaner economy from home energy efficiency to clean transport."
WWF UK's executive director of advocacy and campaigns Kate Norgrove said:
"Today's mini-budget doesn't address the root cause of our energy bill crisis. Tax cuts alone won't drive growth, nor will they address the root cause of skyrocketing bills: our dependence on outdated, polluting fossil fuels.
"If the Government is serious about boosting the UK economy it needs to stop blowing hot and cold on tackling the climate and nature emergency. The only route to a growing and resilient economy is to invest in net-zero by scaling up renewables, insulating our homes and supercharging the shift to nature-friendly farming. Anything less would be a betrayal of people and the planet."
The Energy Saving Trust's head of policy Stew Horne said:
"Today's Growth Plan is welcome confirmation of support for homes and businesses in the face of the worst energy crises in a generation. Yet there is still no plan to reduce energy demand that will in turn reduce gas imports and lower energy bills now and in the future.
"The surest way to improve energy security and bring down bills is to use less energy wherever we can. Alongside the supply-side measures the Government has announced, we need a much clearer strategy for demand-side measures, including crucially, energy efficiency. The extension of the ECO scheme and additional funds for the Public Sector Decarbonisation fund are welcome steps in the right direction, but more action is needed including outstanding Government manifesto commitments on energy efficiency.
"We have been calling, alongside industry, for a clear pathway to reduce household, business and public sector energy use and a concrete plan to ensure energy security and reduce reliance on gas imports. This should include a nationwide programme of retrofitting homes, supported by a comprehensive and impartial national energy advice service.
"In addition, the Government has made it clear that they wish to stimulate investment across Britain to spur growth. Investing in businesses, technologies and sectors that will deliver energy security and are net zero-aligned is the surest way to achieve sustainable and sustained growth across the UK, while driving down carbon emissions. The prioritisation of electric vehicle charging schemes and the commitment to unlocking the potential of onshore wind in England are both a step forward. However, much more needs to be done to accelerate these programmes, including investment in energy storage.
"We call for these areas to be addressed. We can't afford to miss another opportunity at such a crucial time."
The Aldersgate Group's head of policy Ana Musat said:
"The Chancellor's announcements today contain some necessary measures to support households and businesses in the midst of the energy crisis. Longer-term measures to drive investment in renewables through support for quicker onshore wind development and a streamlined planning process are also welcome, and will ensure that we continue bringing cheap, domestic renewables online as quickly as possible. Research has shown that this is essential for achieving a low-cost, secure energy supply: in 2021, renewable generation helped the UK avoid importing more LNG, which would have cost £30bn at current prices and would have made us more dependent on imports.
"The focus on economic growth, job creation and attracting investment has been the cornerstone of today's Budget announcements. While tax cuts in certain areas do hold the potential to free up capital that can drive much-needed investment, they must be accompanied by appropriate regulation and support for infrastructure delivery to direct capital towards high-productivity sectors, such as hydrogen production, low carbon manufacturing and renewable generation.
"The right combination of incentives and regulation will deliver a level playing field and ensure that businesses investing in low carbon solutions are not simply undercut on price. Smart regulation, tax incentives and support for infrastructure development can ensure that the UK leads the world in low carbon investment, which offers a chance to grow the economy, create jobs across the country and boost exports in the long term. This has already been shown to be the case regarding offshore wind and hydrogen."
UK100's membership director Christopher Hammond said:
"Britain is paying the price of successive Governments kicking the can down the road and not making our homes fit for the future. The cheapest energy is the energy we don't use, but this has been overlooked time and again. Today's Growth Plan contains some welcome measures for net-zero, but seems that the dash for gas takes precedence.
"To avoid another winter like this one, where millions are expected to fall into fuel poverty, we need a locally-led energy efficiency revolution. Looking at the headline figures, £3bn for boosting energy efficiency is promising, but it's unclear if this is new money — and not just repackaged promises.
"We're calling for a national drive on energy efficiency to permanently reduce household bills and accelerate progress on net-zero. It might not be an earth-shaking proposal. But as the Government is quickly learning, people don't want the ground to shake, they just want to be able to afford to pay their bills."
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