Greece is burning because of faulty control

Close to one hundred new forest fires are started daily in Greece. Over 60 people are killed in the forest fires so far.


It is believed that the Greek forest fires are lit on purpose. It would be no surprise, as forests in Greece can not be used for fields or for building new houses, but if there is no forest, nothing prevents from using the ground.

Greek authorities shown poor understanding of human nature, and poor understanding of the effects of control systems: People do what the control systems allow. If burning a forest frees the ground for building, forests will be burnt.


It is my forecast, that if the culprits are ever caught, they will not see anything wrong in their deeds: They needed land, and they acquired land in a way that the control system made possible for them.

We do need control, but the control must not be stupid.

The Baltic Sea is dying

The Baltic Sea is dying. Most of the eastern parts of Gulf of Finland are already dead.

Sankt Peterburg is one of the major polluters of the sea, as they do not have adequate cleaning facilities for their waste waters. See Google map.

Russia has accepted the agreement to save the Baltic Sea. Russia is one of the riches countries in the world, with the richest natural resources. Yet they do not allocate resources to the cleaning facilities. Finns are paying for the cleaning of Sankt Peterburg waste waters.

Russians just do not care: Why should they pay, if Finns are willing?

And death keeps spreading over the Baltic Sea.