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Originally published in 1967, though with an enduring relevance as
Britain once again navigates its role outside the EU, this book is
a selection of documents which illustrate how the former European
Economic Community came into being. The reader is invited to make
up their mind about the arguments for and against British
participation in the Common Market. The author introduces his
evidence with an historical interpretation of the situation and
concludes with an assessment of the significance of the Community
concept in the world as well as in Europe.
The holding of referendums has returned to the British political
agenda. The re-issue of the story of what happened in the country's
only nationwide referendum so far is therefore timely. This book
tells the full story of the politics, high and low, as well as the
innovative campaigning and administration involved in a key event
in United Kingdom history.
This work delivers ideas, comments and projects on energy,
communications, transport, management, human resources, and
financial and legal issues which macroengineering can contribute
towards the solution of the Earth's environmental problems. Some 20
engineers and scholars identify problems in the next century whose
solutions call for international policy planning and a more
collaborative, peaceful and prosperous world order.
Imaginative concepts employ forward thinking for applying
technology in revolutionary projects. The book presents results of
research on a triple helical turbine capable of extracting vast
amounts of energy from slow-moving water, an invention which could
harness rivers and ocean currents, rendering high dams (with their
political, social and ecological implications) redundant. These
turbines are already in mass production in the USA for use in the
Gulf Stream to produce energy and hydrogen fuel, and can also be
used to harness power from the wind.
Another project, for which the technology is already available,
will harvest solar energy by satellites stationed beyond our
atmosphere and beam it to the Earth; and yet another calls for
planetary defence of Earth against asteroid collisions. The
environmental section discusses large projects for changing our
climate, planning and costing for a sub-Mediterranean aqueduct
connecting the River Rhone in France with Algeria, and plans for
intensive fish farming of the oceans. The role of satellites
includes telemedicine, and there are Swiss plans for further
tunnelling through the Alps. Project management sections include
the formation of a military-civilian conservation corps, financial
and legal issues, macro-projects in China, and a forecast of 21st
century macro-problems.
Delivers ideas, comments and projects on energy, communications,
transport, management, human resources, and financial and legal
issues which macroengineering can contribute to the solution of the
Earth s environmental problemsIdentifies problems in the next
century whose solutions call for international policy planning and
a more collaborative, peaceful and prosperous world orderPresents
research on a triple helical turbine capable of extracting vast
amounts of energy from slow-moving water"
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