A simple Hubble-like law in lieu of dark energy
  Within the frame of the $\Lambda$ cold dark matter paradigm, a dark energy
component of unknown origin is expected to represent nearly 70% of the energy
of the Universe. Herein, a non-standard form of the Hubble law is advocated,
with the aim of providing safe grounds on which alternative cosmologies could
be developed. Noteworthy, it yields an age-redshift relationship which is
consistent with available data. Together with a straightforward analysis of
gamma-ray burst counts, it further suggests that the observable Universe has
been euclidean and static over the last 12 Gyr. Although a non-standard
distance-duality relation is then required for interpreting luminosity
distances, the magnitude-redshift relationship obtained is compatible with type
Ia supernovae data.
