#220. The human factor
#220. The human factor CONTINUITY, CONTRACTION OR COLLAPSE Over an extended period, but with growing intensity in recent times, there has been a discussion, here and elsewhere, about whether we can prevent economic contraction from turning into collapse. This is part of a broader debate in which every point of view seems to begin with the letter C. The […]
Don’t Make Me Watch
Don’t Make Me Watch The new climate film celebrates malpractice martyrdom, and enviros of all stripes are cheering it on I had to force myself to watch Don’t Look Up. It was painful. Just as painful as it’s been to watch the litany of reviews extolling its virtues, with one righteous climate scientist and environmentalist after […]
Do This If You Want to Be Self-Sufficient
Do This If You Want to Be Self-Sufficient
Turkey Hit By Unprecedented Power Outages As Iran Halts Gas Flows
Turkey Hit By Unprecedented Power Outages As Iran Halts Gas Flows A disruption to natural gas imports from Iran has caused an unprecedented level of power cuts in Turkey. The power cuts have largely impacted major industrial zones, with some companies forced to halt production as a result. Iran claims that its natural gas flows […]
The Mayhem Below the Surface of the Stock Market Seeps to the Surface: Now it’s the Giants that Topple
The Mayhem Below the Surface of the Stock Market Seeps to the Surface: Now it’s the Giants that Topple The market finally gets it: The Fed is going to tighten to get a handle on its massive inflation problem. Since February last year, the hottest most hyped stocks, many of them recent IPOs and SPACS, […]
Spot The Illusions We Tell Ourselves
Spot The Illusions We Tell Ourselves Whitewater Falls, North Carolina Recently there have been a rather large number of occurrences which shine a light on some positive progress being made on ecological overshoot. Unfortunately, many outlets and even scientists have made claims about so-called “solutions” which are anything but, and generally they’re simply not true. […]
‘Farms Are Failing’ as Fertilizer Prices Drive Up Cost of Food
‘Farms Are Failing’ as Fertilizer Prices Drive Up Cost of Food Farmers in the developing world say they are curtailing production, which means global hunger could worsen From South America’s avocado, corn and coffee farms to Southeast Asia’s plantations of coconuts and oil palms, high fertilizer prices are weighing on farmers across the developing world, […]
The Greatest Crackup the World’s Ever Known
The Greatest Crackup the World’s Ever Known By now, anyone with half an inkling of curiosity about why prices and values don’t add up has traced the divide back to the money itself. It’s not hard to see. Asset prices, like houses and the major stock market indexes, have lost all visible connection with the […]
Insect & other BioInvasions
Insect & other BioInvasions Preface. Invasive insects that have no predators in the U.S. can only be somewhat reduced with pesticides, which are made out of oil, and sprayed by diesel machinery and transportation. To prepare for oil decline, more research needs to be done to study native predators as pest control, which takes time […]
Regenerative Futures: Redesigning the human impact on Earth
Source: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futures Regenerative Futures: Redesigning the human impact on Earth Good evening everyone and thank you so much for choosing to celebrate this award with me today. I am deeply grateful to the RSA for creating the Regenerative Futures programme. It is a powerful invitation to the global fellowship of cultural creatives — who are united by […]
Beavers offer lessons about managing water in a changing climate, whether the challenge is drought or floods
Beavers offer lessons about managing water in a changing climate, whether the challenge is drought or floods It’s no accident that both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology claim the beaver (Castor canadensis) as their mascots. Renowned engineers, beavers seem able to dam any stream, building structures with logs and mud that can flood […]
Climate scientists: Ban solar geoengineering
Climate scientists: Ban solar geoengineering ‘The risks are poorly understood and can never be fully known’ The following open letter was issued by an international coalition of prominent scientists and governance scholars on January 17, 2022. It calls for an international treaty to outlaw attempts to reduce global heating by blocking sunlight from reaching earth. […]
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing A new Global Witness report found that it has the same carbon footprint per year as 1.2 million gas-powered cars. SHELL’S QUEST CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE FACILITY IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA. THE CANADIAN PRESS/JASON FRANSON A first-of-its-kind “green” Shell facility in Alberta is emitting more […]
Rickards: Bad News, I’m Afraid
Rickards: Bad News, I’m Afraid The breakdown of global supply chains is well-known by now. Whether it’s finding groceries in your supermarket, buying a new car or buying appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators, goods are scarce. Also, deliveries take forever and choices are limited. Many people wonder why the problem isn’t going away. Here’s the […]
The Three Types of US ‘Regime Change’
January 22, 2022
The Three Types of US ‘Regime Change’ When the U.S. overthrows a foreign government it either works from the top down, the bottom up, or through military invasion, writes Joe Lauria. Chilean presidential palace during U.S.-backed coup, Sept. 11, 1973. (Library of the Chilean National Congress/Wikipedia) Throughout the long, documented history of the United States illegally overthrowing […]
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