Well said BB

Ines, The exponential function is in the video to illustrate world population growth which will increase exponentially until something comes along to limit it. World oil production will follow a Hubbert Curve (similar to the normal distribution) and so decrease after"peak oil" which we may have already reached certainly in terms of production per person. In the US oil production is already well down the downward slope of the Hubbert curve and it illustrates how world production will decrease in the future. It also illustrates that modern agriculture is basically turning oil into food so when there is a large population and oil production reduces there will be big problems trying to feed everyone. Regarding bank CDOs no doubt the Bank of England can print as much money as is required to bail any bank out of any trouble so long as no one minds Zimbabwe style devaluation and inflation.

You probably got the Mohammed names statistic from headline written to be taken out of context to make people think the country is overrun with Muslims. I think less 5% of the population in the UK are to Muslims but they do also have a higher birth rate than the rest of the population so that combined with immigration will no doubt increase it. If you count actual names rather than variants Oliver would be the top name. Maybe we should ban all these crazy religions from the middle east, including Christianity?

Ines, The bible is a big book and I'm sure it also promotes other things like an eye for an eye etc... If you go elsewhere in the world you might find that the main recollections of Christianity are to the crusades which were not exactly peaceful. Anyway it was meant as a joke to remind us where Christianity comes from which is not very far from where Islam originates.

Ines, I had no idea that Mecca was built around the site of a Meteorite. You might be interested to learn about the origins of Christianity and how Christ is though to be the successor to the Egyptian god of the Sun 'Horus' and that after every 2,160 years (1/12th of an astronomical great year [25,920 years]) there is a new astrological age the previous being the Aries, current being Pisces (hence the fish sign for Christians) and the next Aquarius (in about 2150AD), all these are related to astrological events. Including Christmas which was originally a pagan celebration around the winter solstice and Christ's birthday was made to fit with this date event though they believed he was born in March/April. A lot of what's written in the bible is based on traditions/myths/stories that go back though many previous iterations in different religions right back to when people observed astronomical happenings in ancient Egyptian times.

Sorry, bus passes are just not as interesting as religion politics and money :) My point is I can't see why it costs so much to have pensioner travelling non-peak when the buses would just be running empty instead. Maybe the council are paying the bus companies too much for the pensioner free travel and they need to threaten to remove it to be able to bargain/negotiate better rates.

I completely agree, Ines :)

Ines, Some things Jesus said that are no exactly condemning violence and promoting tolerance and love:

Matthew 10:21-23 - "Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed. You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes."

Matthew 10:34-39 - "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household. Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it."

Matthew 19:12 He seems to ask his follower to castrate themselves for the kingdom of heaven: - "For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it."

Matthew 5:29-30 - Asks them to pluck out their eyes: - "If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."

Luke 14:26-27 - Tells people they cannot follow him unless they hate their relatives - "If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters yes - even their own life - such a person cannot be my disciple. "

Anyway back to bus passes!

Ines - thank you - I must visit my local library before it is sold off to Burger King - or whatever.