Future Health Care and Pharma Keynote Speaker
What is the truth about Omicron? What does Omicron mean for our world?
For over two decades before COVID-19 hit the world I warned of risks from new viral pandemics.
And since COVID-19 emerged, I warned repeatedly that we should continue to expect significant new variants to emerge, at a rate of maybe around one significant variant per 100 million new infections. So Omicron is no surprise.
And many of my COVID forecasts have turned out to be correct - see elsewhere on this site. Firstly, we need to see Omicron as part of a wider picture....
(Article written 1st December 2021 - World AIDS Day. AIDS is caused by HIV, just another virus that jumped unexpectedly from animals to humans, but in the case of HIV, we still have no vaccine after 35 years of trying to develop one, nor any curative treatments. My own medical practice was overwhelmed by HIV / AIDS in 1987 which is why I have been so sensitised to risks of more pandemics.)
Read more: The truth about Omicron and other COVID-19 variants. 10 key omicron issues. Why we must expect further viral pandemics (and many more variants of COVID-19). So what's the answer? Life Beyond COVID-19
Banks, Banking, Financial Services Keynote Speaker
A single BitCoin transaction uses as much electricity as your home for a week.
Just as I predicted several years ago, we have seen billions won and lost in a gamble on volatile prices of BitCoin, without really understanding BitCoin limitations.
Here are some facts about BitCoin that will limit its future:
- It takes 94,000 kw hours at the time of writing to produce a single BitCoin
- 159 different nations use less power each year than BitCoin mining!
- That’s more power on this experiment last year than 2 billion of the poorest people used – 1 billion of which have no access to a national grid
- A single BitCoin transaction, logged in a BlockChain, burns up as much energy as your home for a week – so forget about using BitCoins as a global day-to-day currency
Read more: The Truth about BitCoin Crisisfor secure payments - A single BitCoin payment uses as much power as your home in a week. Blockchain sustainability issues. Shocking truth on BitCoin carbon emissions - similar problems for all Blockchain sustainability