Greece aflame

by | Aug 29, 2007


Greece from space (hat-tip: NASA).

Meanwhile, John Robb at 4GW blog Global Guerrillas is saying that

…according to my Greek sources, most of the fires have been set around the country’s biggest electricity plants. So the potential for a cascading cycle of damage, where the fires knock out electricity production which in turn hampers relief is in the offing. If this is true, on the cheap systems disruption on a strategic scale may have made it’s debut in a modern country. The returns on investment on this attack are going to be amazing and it looks like the loss in legitimacy the current government is suffering will decide the upcoming election.

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  • Alex Evans

    Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017). He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development. Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.

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