What collapse?
What collapse? Western Europe, ca 2050. I’ve been contemplating a lot recently on how modern industrial civilization would collapse. (That it will collapse was no question to me.) The term ‘collapse’ of course invokes fear and anxiety in most, as it implies a sudden, irreversible, truly catastrophic event on epic proportions. One really bad day all shit […]
The Military-Industrial Media Complex Strikes Again
The Military-Industrial Media Complex Strikes Again Tens of thousands protested against the skyrocketing cost of living and against Macron in France October 16, led by left-wing politician Jean Luc Melenchon, but there were few front page or top-of-the hour headlines in the U.S. Huge protests occurred in Rome the same day to demand an end […]
Should we have predicted Black Swan events like COVID and the war in Ukraine? Where is the next crisis coming from?
Should we have predicted Black Swan events like COVID and the war in Ukraine? Where is the next crisis coming from? A Ukrainian serviceman looks out from inside a tank and as the war with Russian rages it’s not unthinkable that Vladimir Putin will unleash nuclear weapons.(Reuters) Who predicted the 2008 global financial crash? COVID? The war […]
$2 Quadrillion Debt Precariously Resting on $2 Trillion Gold
$2 QUADRILLION DEBT PRECARIOUSLY RESTING ON $2 TRILLION GOLD A Lehman squared moment is approaching with Swiss banks and UK pension funds under severe pressure. But let’s first look at another circus – The global travelling circus is now reaching ever more nations just as expected. This is right on cue at the end of […]
Putting the Land Back In Climate
Putting the Land Back In Climate What if we’ve been looking at the climate, well, incompletely? What if there’s another side to climate change, one less concerned with what we put in the atmosphere than what we do to the land, a side which, despite four decades of climate education, has yet to be explained […]
East Coast retail diesel prices moving significantly higher than overall US hikes
East Coast retail diesel prices moving significantly higher than overall US hikes Extremely tight inventories are seen as the driving factor blowing out spreads with benchmark Gulf Coast market East Coast diesel prices are racing ahead of the rest of the country. Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves East Coast retail diesel prices are soaring relative to the […]
Massive Protest By Czechs Targets Russia Sanctions, High Prices
Massive Protest By Czechs Targets Russia Sanctions, High Prices Fed up with soaring food, energy and housing costs, tens of thousands of Czech protestors railed against their government on Friday, demanding the resignation of conservative Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government, withdrawal from NATO and the negotiation of gas purchases from Russia. “This is a new national […]
Russia Accuses British Navy Of Nord Stream “Terrorist Attack”
Russia Accuses British Navy Of Nord Stream “Terrorist Attack” Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday issued a statement charging that the British Navy blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, in what marks the first formal and direct accusation leveled against the UK over the major incident which put Europe’s energy supplies in doubt. […]
Norway’s Top Energy Exec Warns EU’s Supply Crunch Won’t Be Solved With Price Caps
Norway’s Top Energy Exec Warns EU’s Supply Crunch Won’t Be Solved With Price Caps EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said Wednesday that natural gas price caps could limit excessive price spikes but only if countries give Brussels the power to impose such a measure. Norway’s top energy firm responded to the proposal in an interview […]
Hydrogen hopium: Storage
Hydrogen hopium: Storage Source: Russel Rhodes (2011) Explosive Lessons in Hydrogen Safety. https://appel.nasa.gov/2011/02/02/explosive-lessons-in-hydrogen-safety/ Preface. Preface. What is hopium? Irrational or unwarranted optimism. An addiction to false hopes. A metaphorical substance that causes people to believe in a false hope (H + opium). And Hopium makes fuel cell hydrogen cars! What could be more suitable for today’s post. […]
The Quiet Part Out Loud
The Quiet Part Out Loud Of all the challenges facing our culture, the fact that humans use social sorting mechanisms to solve physical world problems looms as perhaps the greatest. This Frankly is a reflection on the possibility of sharing a socially unpalatable message to a large percentage of citizens and leaders. Our vertical and […]
Leaked FBI Pamphlet Lists ‘Misinformation’ And ‘Disinformation’ As ‘Election Crimes’
Leaked FBI Pamphlet Lists ‘Misinformation’ And ‘Disinformation’ As ‘Election Crimes’ An FBI “2022 Midterm Elections Social Media Analysis Cheat Sheet” leaked to Project Veritas by an agency whistleblower lists misinformation and disinformation as ‘election crimes.’ The ‘crimes’ are are defined as; “DISINFORMATION” – False or inaccurate information intended to mislead others. Disinformation campaigns on social media are used to […]
NT’s Blacktip gas field production drops, forcing shutdown of Northern Gas Pipeline
NT’s Blacktip gas field production drops, forcing shutdown of Northern Gas Pipeline The Channel Island power station is the main provider of electricity to the Darwin-Katherine interconnected system.(Supplied: Territory Generation) Production from the offshore field which supplies gas for the Top End’s electricity generation has decreased by nearly 50 per cent this year — raising […]
Plastic Recycling Is a Disaster and a ‘Myth,’ Report Says
Plastic Recycling Is a Disaster and a ‘Myth,’ Report Says Greenpeace warns in a new report that we’ve wasted decades and billions of dollars pretending single-use plastic recycling is feasible or desirable. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / STAFF VIA GETTY IMAGES A new report from Greenpeace USA paints a dire picture for recycling efforts in the United States: They’ve fundamentally failed. […]
