Transformation From Pain And Tears To A New Atlantis
Dear Reader , Today's issues can easily make people wonder whether it's possible for grief to be transformed into joy. Leaving aside (if possible) Climate Change and pandemics, these appear to be unforgiving times. The economic pressure on every ordinary person - working or retired - causes the scrounging nature of the UK energy companies to be more vividly exposed. Their profits, apparently, are not to be touched while the average household energy bill is due to rise early in the New Year by 250% since April. The privatisation of these energy companies - plus the water companies - in the 1980s seems, now, to be something to be justifiably vilified, and this can be said without taking a political stance. From an independent standpoint, the argument seems to be clear. In fact, I always did think that there was something unnatural about the privatisation of water. Like education and health, water is surely a natural right not to be exploited for profit - it is essential fo