[OpenSpending] Fwd: Public money quizzes for OpenSpending.org?

Sat Aug 31 03:05:50 UTC 2013

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From: Steve Adcock <gsaintheusa at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Public money quizzes for OpenSpending.org?
To: "K. Brzezinska" <kfbrzezinska at gmail.com>

Hi K
Outstanding. I look forward to a learning experience with you.
To my way of thinking, the ill side effects of energy production are more
often a result of the greed with which we use them than the products
themselves.
If we can't make it work with 7 billion people, how will we with 12?
We use a lot of energy and cheap energy equals a "higher" standard of
living. Change the definition of "higher" and change the world.[?]
Cheers, Steve

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:24 PM, K. Brzezinska <kfbrzezinska at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Steve,
>
> To be clear, my background is journalism and political science, and of the
> topics on which I focused whilst working at financial news services, one
> was markets for refined petroleum products. That was an extension of my
> original task, following companies involved in such markets (namely
> Shell/Royal Dutch, but also those involved in dredging and such). It was an
> instructive and sobering experience, and one I"m glad I had- I still have
> my copy of 'Refining In Layperson's Terms'. Perhaps when things develop a
> bit further our collective knowledge bases will prove mutually beneficial
> of OKFN.
>
> cheers, K.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Steve Adcock <gsaintheusa at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks K.
>> I see your background is petroleum and energy. So is mine. You can find
>> my profile on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-adcock/2/a01/aa7/
>> Please send me further information about your background in our industry.
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve Adcock
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:57 AM, K. Brzezinska <kfbrzezinska at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I think quizzes are always appealing to a certain segment of the
>>> population. (I personally was totally absorbed by the Christian Science
>>> Monitor's US citizenship test.) I would be happy to contribute to a monthly
>>> contest, and initially would like to focus on providing info abt the topics
>>> I'm most adept with: petroleum (could be subsidies for development or ...)
>>> and other energy, government subsidies to companies, or some other topics
>>> hammered out to fit a specific theme. Not yet adept enough at the technical
>>> side, but would happily contribute my undying hunger for info.
>>>
>>> Will think this week about where I'd look for info about such topics.
>>> Especially the petroleum industry is full of info (and secrets!).
>>>
>>> cheers, K.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> To engage more people around the OpenSpending project and to increase
>>>> literacy around public finance, have we ever thought about doing simple
>>>> quizzes about different aspects of public expenditure and revenue?
>>>>
>>>> E.g. you could have questions like:
>>>>
>>>>   * "In the [financial year X] which are did
>>>> [national/regional/local/departmental government entity Y] spend most on?
>>>> spending category A, B, or C?"
>>>>   * "Which of the following countries spends most on [spending category
>>>> A] per capita? country X, country Y, country Z"
>>>>   * "How much does [company X] get from [government Y]? €Ak, €Bk, €Ck"
>>>>
>>>> Followed by nice simple visualisations showing relative spending on
>>>> each category, perhaps with some context and links to relevant data items
>>>> on OpenSpending.
>>>>
>>>> What do people think?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
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>>>>
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