Will We Have Food Shortages In America?
Will We Have Food Shortages In America? Aerial shot of a milling tractor (Tom Fisk/Pexels). Higher Food Prices And Shortages? Our system has been betting on higher food prices since earlier this year, and of course the war in Ukraine has put upward pressure on food an energy. But now one of our Twitter correspondents […]
David Stockman on Inflationary Hell That’s About to Break Loose
David Stockman on Inflationary Hell That’s About to Break Loose It is only a matter of time before Kiev surrenders to the Russians, with or without their clown-car president signing the armistice. But that deal will be so onerous from Washington’s perspective that it will not mark the end of the sanctions war, but will […]
This time really is different
This time really is different The UK may have avoided a technical recession – two successive quarters of negative growth – in the first half of 2022, but a year from now this will be of little comfort. This is because – despite the protestations of the US Bidon administration – the downturn in economic […]
Why You Might Need To Replace Your Seeds
Why You Might Need To Replace Your Seeds If you are not saving your own seeds from year to year, purchase good, fresh seed stock from a reputable source. You should also look for organic heirloom seeds since anything else can be hit or miss when it comes to saving your seeds from year to […]
Coming Up For Air
COMING UP FOR AIR “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” – Originally attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but the actual author is now in question. “That’s another (fine) mess you’ve gotten me into.” – Laurel & Hardy catchphrase. Even though I’ve written […]
Has Gasoline Price Shock Triggered Demand Destruction Yet? And Where Will Gasoline Prices Go from Here?
Has Gasoline Price Shock Triggered Demand Destruction Yet? And Where Will Gasoline Prices Go from Here? There’s some demand destruction. But oil bounced again, gasoline might be next. My guess is a long-drawn-out zigzag higher. Following the dizzying spike in gasoline prices, the question arises when demand destruction will set in, where people start driving […]
Desert Apocalypse: What Are We Losing?
Desert Apocalypse: What Are We Losing? White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a very unique gypsum sand desert How much thought have you given to the deserts globally? I have a special love for deserts because of the fact that they are so different from the landscape I grew up in. Many people tend […]
The Mineral Supply Crisis That’s Rarely Talked About
The Mineral Supply Crisis That’s Rarely Talked About
Resource limits and our strange game of musical chairs
Resource limits and our strange game of musical chairs With a wide range of commodities in limited supply, various regions of the world are now behaving as if they are engaged in simultaneous games of musical chairs when it comes to commodity shortages. The games differ by commodity and by region, but they all share […]
Permian explorers drill deep into fraclog, leaving shelves bare
Permian explorers drill deep into fraclog, leaving shelves bare (Bloomberg) — Shale explorers in the Permian Basin chewed further into their supply of ready-made wells for a 20th straight month, leaving the smallest inventory of low-cost wells in the biggest U.S. oil field in more than half a decade. The number of wells that have […]
Once You Know: The Interview
Once You Know: The Interview
One-Third of Ukraine Farmland May Go Unplanted As Russia Begins ‘Second Phase’ Of War
One-Third of Ukraine Farmland May Go Unplanted As Russia Begins ‘Second Phase’ Of War About one-third of Ukraine’s farmlands may not be harvested or cultivated this year as Russia begins the second phase of the conflict in the war-torn country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) noted in a report on Tuesday that […]
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity Farmers in China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam — the largest rice-producing countries could experience reduced output due to soaring fertilizer prices. The International Rice Research Institute warns that harvests could plunge as much as 10% in the next season, equating to about 36 […]
Neighborhood councils to cope with energy decline
Neighborhood councils to cope with energy decline I’m reading “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity” which is one of the best books I’ve read in years, and a very hopeful one – this 700 page book is full of evidence that agriculture, capitalism, slavery, greed, and the unfair distribution of wealth we […]
