Hydrogen hopium: green hydrogen from water
Hydrogen hopium: green hydrogen from water Additional steps not shown in above figure: getting water to the electrolyzer, compress or liquefy to -423 F before storage, the trucks to deliver H to stations costing $75 million each, since pipelines are super expensive and may leak, corrode, and explode (Zhao 2018) Preface. For all the reasons why […]
Rush to Mine Electric Vehicle Battery Elements Threatens People and Ecosystems
Rush to Mine Electric Vehicle Battery Elements Threatens People and Ecosystems A creuseur, or digger, climbs through a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 8, 2016.MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ / THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES / TRUTHOUT Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law […]
Will Any Humans Become Post-Carbon?
Will Any Humans Become Post-Carbon? Probably nobody will read this because it is far too long, far too full of horrifying details, and far too realistic for most tastes. I write it anyway, to fulfill a promise I made. Photo by Roxanne Desgagnés Back in 2007 I read the book High Noon by J. F. Rischard (also available in German). Rischard’s […]
How the grid works, why a distributed grid won’t work
How the grid works, why a distributed grid won’t work Preface. This book is a good primer on how the grid works, worth the price to me just to understand Volt-Ampere Reactives (VARs). Renewables don’t provide them, but they’re essential for keeping the grid stable and not coming down. Angwin describes VARs as a bit […]
Weeks Away from Whole Shithouse Coming Down – Bill Holter
Weeks Away from Whole Shithouse Coming Down – Bill Holter Precious metals expert and financial writer Bill Holter said in June it was “game over, they’re pulling the plug.” The Fed went on an aggressive interest rate raising policy and is still raising rates. Now, the economy is staggering. Holter explains, “For sure, we are already in […]
Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals
Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists There was a 64% reduction of Australian sea lion pups between 1977 and 2019 due to hunting, entanglement in fishing gear or other marine debris and disease. Photograph: Brad Leue/Alamy Earth’s […]
We’re Being Pushed Toward Nuclear War On A Fiction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
We’re Being Pushed Toward Nuclear War On A Fiction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ We’re being driven toward nuclear war on the completely fictional claim that Putin is a Hitler-like megalomaniac who’s just invading countries completely unprovoked, solely because he is evil and hates […]
Op-Ed: Think bigger. Switching to electric cars isn’t enough
Op-Ed: Think bigger. Switching to electric cars isn’t enough A Tesla charging station in Santa Monica. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) It might feel like the easy solution — just replace your gas-guzzling SUV with an electric SUV, and if everyone does that, eventually we’ll solve climate change. You can see why California regulators […]
Fuel protests gripping more than 90 countries
Fuel protests gripping more than 90 countries IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Protesters in Ecuador hit the streets over the rise in the cost of living High costs of living are driving people to protest in the streets against crippling prices. The BBC has mapped all reported demonstrations over fuel since January 2021, revealing a huge […]
Doug Casey on the Likelihood of Nuclear War With Russia
Doug Casey on the Likelihood of Nuclear War With Russia International Man: Recently, we’ve seen what appears to be an escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. There is an excellent chance the US government was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, Russia has annexed four regions of Ukraine, and President Zelensky announced […]
The Road to Ruin — Part 3
The Road to Ruin — Part 3 False solutions — and a way out Our leadership class displays an extraordinary amount of stupidity and ignorance when it comes to solutions regarding the dire energy crisis we face in Europe — and soon around the world. What are the pitfalls caused by this lack of imagination […]
‘Canary in the Gold Mine’: Asset Seizures Could Skyrocket Due to Post-Pandemic Debt Default, Says Bailiff
A for sale sign is displayed in front of a house in the Riverdale area of Toronto on Sept. 29, 2021. (The Canadian Press/Evan Buhler) CANADA ‘Canary in the Gold Mine’: Asset Seizures Could Skyrocket Due to Post-Pandemic Debt Default, Says Bailiff North Central Bailiffs in Kelowna, B.C., is busy. In fact, as pandemic restrictions […]
NATO Kicks Off Nuclear War Games On Monday
NATO Kicks Off Nuclear War Games On Monday Alliance head Jens Stoltenberg says canceling the games would send the “wrong signal” The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has begun its annual military drills in preparation for nuclear war on Monday. American B-52 bombers will be joined by advanced aircraft from other alliance members as they simulate a […]
Overpopulation and the Collapse of Civilization
Overpopulation and the Collapse of Civilization A major shared goal of the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) and Sustainability Central is reducing the odds that the “perfect storm” of environmental problems that threaten humanity will lead to a collapse of civilization. Those threats include climate disruption, loss of biodiversity (and thus ecosystem […]
