theguardian.com/business/2025/…

A lot of BS being hurled around here when it comes to #UBI - handing #money is not the only way. Provide basic #housing #healthcare #transportation #education #food #water #energy for free and pay for it with #tax on #income #wealth #inheritance that is steeply #progressive

After that one can assess the need for actually handing out #cash

#democracy #humanrights #justice

Why universal basic income still can’t meet the challenges of an AI economy

Andrew Yang’s revived pitch suits the automation debate, but UBI can’t fix inequalities concentrated tech wealth drives

^{Eduardo Porter (The Guardian)}

As Dale Vince (Ecotricity) points out, all that is required to reduce energy prices (specifically electricity) in the UK is to remove the requirement from the auction system that the price is dictated by the highest bid (nearly always that made by gas).

Breaking the link with gas prices (and allowing each energy source to be supplied at its actual bid price) would immediately reduce energy prices across the country.

Moreover the Govt. has the power to do this, they just don't!

#energy
h/t FT

USA now has world’s third worst climate policy, says German NGO.

Its badness ranks after Saudi Arabia and Iran, and before Russia, in the Climate Change Performance Index ranking.

english.elpais.com/climate/202…

#Climate #COP30 #USA #USPol #FossilFuels #Russia #Iran #SaudiArabia #Trump #Energy

US joins Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Russia in the group of countries doing the least to combat climate change

A report ranking the international response to global warming warns of a ‘large-scale rollback of climate policies’ under Trump

^{Manuel Planelles (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}