@CharlieTheo

  What is it? To avoid all of the nonsense, here are the proposals 20 teams 15/20 in there every year 5/20 enter on merit This would not replace the premier league, instead it would replace the champions league Why is it being proposed? The simple answer is greed. The slightly longer answer regards the spats with UEFA.  The majority of the owners are involved with American company JP Morgan, which would effectively replace UEFA as the governing body for this European competition.  This is because the clubs want more power over their own rights with an opportunity to earn more money.  This has been in the works for a very long time, however it has been accelerated by the opposition to the (lack of) changes to the new champions league format that is not considered to favour the big clubs. Some consider this a negotiating tactic, others consider this as a concrete plan that is a certainty, only time will tell.  One thing is clear, the American owners driving this c...

  How good is your carbon instinct? Unlike the book about virtual water, this book (albeit a revised version re-edited in 2020) is based on a concept little more familiar to the public tongue - the carbon footprint.  Similarly, this is a topic that has that has grown from a scary concept to a harsh reality since its original writing in 2010, whereas the concept of virtual water remains in its public infancy 10 years on from the book. Before I begin this report, I would like to address a common misconception I have witnessed across my A-Level study of climate change - a carbon footprint and carbon emissions are not exclusively to do with carbon dioxide.  Yes, carbon dioxide emissions are important and the increase in carbon dioxide production is a huge part of our role in enhancing the greenhouse effect, but the more "dangerous" greenhouse gas we tend to also produce on mass scale is methane.  It is considered to be 28 times more effective in radiation absorption (in ...