Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins The EU is expected to deliver another shock to its agricultural sector by capping Russian imports of potash, a crucial ingredient for growing food, according to Bloomberg, citing a Dow Jones report. The European Commission is expected to imminently unveil broad new sanctions on Russia. Much of […]
Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it
Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it Time to get off the economic growth train? Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock What does genuine economic progress look like? The orthodox answer is that a bigger economy is always better, but this idea is increasingly strained by the knowledge that, on a finite planet, the economy […]
Why Renewables Can’t Solve Europe’s Energy Crisis
Why Renewables Can’t Solve Europe’s Energy Crisis Europe has been aggressively pursuing a clean energy future and the end of fossil fuels, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the shortcomings of renewables. The soaring prices of key metals and the length of time it takes to implement renewable energy projects have meant Europe is […]
Inflation Protests Erupt Across Peru As President Imposes Curfew, Calls In Military
Inflation Protests Erupt Across Peru As President Imposes Curfew, Calls In Military Inflation poses severe challenges for emerging market economies. The latest example is in Peru, where social unrest spreads across the country, forcing the government to impose a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, according to Reuters. “The cabinet has agreed to declare a ban […]
The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm
The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm iStock/Warren_Price The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would expand a program that pays farmers to leave […]
‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign
Scientists hold a sign reading, “Climate Revolution Or We Will Lose Everything” at a rally. This week, scientists around the world will occupy universities to demand a “Climate Revolution” following the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Photo: Twitter/@ScientistRebel1) ‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign “Scientist Rebellion will […]
EU Pushes To Break “Energy Taboo” With Proposed Ban On Russian Coal Imports
EU Pushes To Break “Energy Taboo” With Proposed Ban On Russian Coal Imports Update (0825ET): As EU ambassadors meet on Tuesday to discuss another proposal on Russian sanctions, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock insisted that the EU would “completely end” its fossil fuel dependence on Russia, starting with coal. Of course, as we noted below, Germany […]
The Dollar Dethroned: We Have Reached The End Of Monetary Policy As We All Once Knew It
The Dollar Dethroned: We Have Reached The End Of Monetary Policy As We All Once Knew It And the world hasn’t even noticed yet. People who speak out openly with concern about the potential death of the U.S. dollar have been written off as conspiracy theorists for the better part of the last few decades. […]
Implications of Refinery closures for Homeland Security & critical infrastructure safety
Implications of Refinery closures for Homeland Security & critical infrastructure safety Preface. The talk of electric vehicles saving the world from greenhouse gases is nonsense, a red herring to distract everyone from what’s really at stake, and from the material requirements to build them with rare earth and other scarce minerals, and the immense amount […]
Food shortages as the energy crisis grows and supply chains break?
Food shortages as the energy crisis grows and supply chains break? Preface. This is a long preface followed by two articles about how supply chains and complex tractors may be affected by energy shortages and consequent supply chain failures in the future.Which we’re already seeing as massive numbers of ships sit offshore waiting to be […]
Limits to Growth: Natural gas fertilizer that feeds 4 billion of us
Limits to Growth: Natural gas fertilizer that feeds 4 billion of us Preface. In chapter 4 of my book “Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy“, I explain how it came to be that fertilizer is made out of natural gas, using the energy of natural gas, and why it allows at least […]
As oil declines, the threat of a greenhouse earth & extinction from climate change decline
As oil declines, the threat of a greenhouse earth & extinction from climate change decline Carbon sequestration, wind, solar, geo-engineering, and other remedies are trivial compared to the effect declining fossil fuels will have on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The natural rate of decline today is 8.5%, exponentially increasing, and offset by 4%, so the […]
Putin Driving Up Oil Prices Is An “Outrageous Lie”: USF Geology Professor Dr. Marc Defant
Putin Driving Up Oil Prices Is An “Outrageous Lie”: USF Geology Professor Dr. Marc Defant “I read a lot of the literature on global warming and for AOC to come out and say 2 or 3 years ago that the world was going to end in 12 years – that’s just hysterical craziness.” About two […]
Countdown to U.S. Government Default
Countdown to U.S. Government Default Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are coming. And they’re coming much faster than most people care to think about. Are you ready? At the moment, roughly 90 central banks – including the European Central Banks and the Federal Reserve – are either experimenting with, or are in varying stages of CBDC implementation. […]
Preparing for Peak Oil Part 1
Preparing for Peak Oil Part 1
