The Fourth Great Humiliation of Humanity is Upon Us.
The Fourth Great Humiliation of Humanity is Upon Us. If we don’t pull our heads in, we’re doomed. If we do, the future is bright. “Galileo Sees the Earth” by sjrankin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0._c WHEN I WAS TEACHING in Japan 20 years ago, one of my students introduced me to The Three Great […]
The Power Hungry Podcast: Gail Tverberg
The Power Hungry Podcast: Gail Tverberg
A historic global bond-market crash threatens liquidation of the world’s most crowded trades, says BofA
A historic global bond-market crash threatens liquidation of the world’s most crowded trades, says BofA ‘If the bond market does not function, then no other market functions, really,’ say Ben Emons of Medley Global Advisors A newspaper headline is shown after the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. Global bonds are in one of […]
The Global Water Crisis Could Crush The Energy Industry
The Global Water Crisis Could Crush The Energy Industry Water is growing more scarce due to climate change. Water scarcity could derail the green energy boom, and even hinder fossil fuel production. With rising concerns over water scarcity, mainly due to climate change, there are fears that the big transition to renewable energy will be […]
UCSB Scientists See the End of ‘Normal’ Climate
UCSB Scientists See the End of ‘Normal’ Climate Researcher Asks: ‘What Happens If You Know the Drought Is Never Going to End?’ Credit: Courtesy In August, Governor Gavin Newsom and officials from the Department of Water Resources released a new Water Supply Strategy, saying that because of California’s “hotter, drier climate,” the state needed to find […]
Managing plant surplus carbon to generate soil organic matter in regenerative agriculture
Managing plant surplus carbon to generate soil organic matter in regenerative agriculture Soil degradation is a global problem. A third of the planet’s land is already severely degraded, and soil is being degraded at a speed that threatens the health of the planet and the civilizations that depend on it (Whitmee et al. 2015). Depletion […]
IEA Head Warns “Wild West” Energy Scenario Could Unravel Europe
IEA Head Warns “Wild West” Energy Scenario Could Unravel Europe The unity of EU member states could be in jeopardy as a dark winter fast approaches set to trigger a ‘continental scramble’ for energy resources. European countries would be in a “wild west scenario” in their attempt to pursue energy security which would result in […]
Grid renewal generates billion-dollar shock as costs of energy transition become clear
Grid renewal generates billion-dollar shock as costs of energy transition become clear Consumers are looking at a major increase in spending on power networks across Australia.(ABC News: Hugh Hogan) Australian consumers have been told to brace for big hikes in their power bills after a watchdog revealed the true costs of overhauling the grid to […]
“Ferocious Fiona” Makes Landfall In Canada, Leaving Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power
“Ferocious Fiona” Makes Landfall In Canada, Leaving Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power Powerful storm Fiona battered eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds and torrential rains, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. The National Hurricane Center said Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona made landfall early Saturday morning on the northeast corner of mainland Nova Scotia. […]
Poland Begins Handing Out Iodine Pills On Fears Of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Meltdown
Poland Begins Handing Out Iodine Pills On Fears Of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Meltdown Poland has begun a program of distributing iodine tablets to emergency workers and first responders, starting with regional fire departments – who can in turn hand them out to the general population – in the event of a possible radioactive disaster at Europe’s […]
The US Empire Is Accelerating Toward Global Conflict On Two Fronts
The US Empire Is Accelerating Toward Global Conflict On Two Fronts Vladimir Putin has announced that referenda will be held in four regions of the eastern part of Ukraine whose populations will now vote on whether to join the Russian Federation, much like the Crimea referendum of 2014 which resulted in Russia’s annexation of that territory. Putin announced that 300,000 […]
Ramping Up Renewables Can’t Provide Enough Heat Energy in Winter
Ramping Up Renewables Can’t Provide Enough Heat Energy in Winter We usually don’t think about the wonderful service fossil fuels provide in terms of being a store of heat energy for winter, the time when there is a greater need for heat energy. Figure 1 shows dramatically how, in the US, the residential usage of […]
Say Only What We Want to Hear, or We Will Take Away Your Livelihood
Say Only What We Want to Hear, or We Will Take Away Your Livelihood The attacks on free and open discussion are becoming more and more widespread. Now, as Toby Young explains in an article this morning, the payment service PayPal has closed the accounts of the Daily Sceptic, which often publishes criticism of the government policy in various […]
Brainwashed for War With Russia
Brainwashed for War With Russia Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden – I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell – will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading […]
Futures Crash, Stocks At 2022 Lows; Yields, Dollar Explode As UK Stimulus Plan Sparks Global Market Panic
Futures Crash, Stocks At 2022 Lows; Yields, Dollar Explode As UK Stimulus Plan Sparks Global Market Panic One week after stocks suffered their biggest drop since June, futures are in freefall on Friday with the dollar soaring to the now default daily record high… … 10Y yields exploding higher, surging more than 10bps so far […]
