Surprise(!) Magic Grandpa Can Have It For Free(!)

One of the foundations of modern Economies continues to John Locke's Labour Theory of Property. This states that natural resources are common to all. It is only by applying our labour to them that we can turn them into our private property.

This continues to present a massive challenge to efforts to combat Climate Change as it means no-one can be paid for leaving a tree standing and absorbing Greenhouse Gases. Instead you have to cut the tree down and sell it for money in order use that money to buy a machine which does a much worse job of absorbing Greenhouse Gases.

Some very clever people have devised a solution to this conflict; Carbon Trading markets. This acknowledges that trees, particularly Rainforests, are doing work which is highly valuable to humans by absorbing damaging Greenhouse Gases. So the people emitting Greenhouse Gases have to pay the people with trees for the valuable work they're doing.

While it provides money this solution doesn't provide all the jobs that are involved in cutting down trees, selling them and making machines.

The World's second largest Rainforest is in central Africa, predominantly the Democratic Republic of Congo. A number of countries there are using part of the proceeds from Carbon Trading to provide jobs as Forest Rangers. Modelled on Wildlife Rangers their job is to patrol, protect and generally look after the Rainforest. Which I think is a rather clever idea.

The World's largest Rainforest is in South American, predominantly Brazil. There President Lula Da Silva just expects us to keep giving him money for nothing. He's even opposed to engaging with Carbon Trading.

Lula Da Silva built his reputation off the back of rural peasant/indigenous tribal opposition to the Years of Lead, despite him not being indigenous himself. Dilma Rouseff who replaced him as President after he was jailed for embezzlement and should be banned from holding public has even been accused of involvement in the political hostage takings which set the events of "I'm Still Here" (2024) in motion. The Blackface scandal should have shown you that Brazilian society is still very racist. Certainly a lot more racist than the US entertainment industry.

With Brazil hosting COP 30 this year to mark the 30th anniversary of the Rio Summit which led to the creation of the UNFCCC it seems a good to study up on Brazil's history. Lula will certainly be banging his indigenous rights drum up in Belem.

Keeping the movie trivia flowing though Tom Hardy played a character named Locke in the 2013 movie; "Locke." In which his life falls apart as he prepares for the massive pouring of concrete for the foundations of a huge new building.

It's certainly a very short list of movies in wwhich concrete ranks as one of the main characters. It wasn't mentioned in "Vox Lux" (2018) at all(!)

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