Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year
Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year Ocean heating driven by human-caused climate crisis, scientists say, in sixth consecutive year record has been broken An oil platform stands offshore as cargo shipping container ships wait in the Pacific Ocean to enter the port of Los Angeles. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The world’s oceans […]
The Anthropocene: Where On Earth Are We Going?
The Anthropocene: Where On Earth Are We Going?
Life After Fossil Fuels | Alice Friedemann
Life After Fossil Fuels | Alice Friedemann And why the climate change conversation isn’t helping A post-carbon world could be our opportunity to so better—and make the difficult transition much harder to swallow. That’s the message of Alice Friedemann on this week’s episode, author of When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation. The […]
Germany To Become Net Power Importer For The First Time Since 2002
Germany To Become Net Power Importer For The First Time Since 2002 Europe’s largest economy, Germany, is expected to become a net importer of electricity in 2023 for the first time since 2002 due to retiring coal plants and the nuclear phase-out, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Germany plans to switch off all its […]
Supermarkets Slash Hours As Workers Call Out Sick; Store Shelves Remain Bare
Supermarkets Slash Hours As Workers Call Out Sick; Store Shelves Remain Bare Labor shortages at supermarkets across the country have increased in recent weeks as the COVID-19 omicron variant continues to spread. Workers are calling sick, and there are not enough cashiers, baggers, and stockers, forcing some supermarket chains to slash hours of operations. Compounding […]
China stockpiling food at historically high levels
China stockpiling food at historically high levels China is stockpiling food at historically high levels and now has more than half of the world’s maize and other grains. By mid-2022, the country is estimated to hold 69% of the world’s corn reserves, 60% of rice, and 51% of wheat. At the end of 2021, NIKKEI […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXVII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Got involved in a discussion after an Facebook Friend (Alice Friedemann, whose work can be seen here) posted a study on the decline of ‘rationality’ over the past few decades. My initial response was as follows: My initial thought is that this shift is more the result […]
Undersea Volcano Eruption Triggers Massive Shockwave, Tsunami Strikes South Pacific Island
Undersea Volcano Eruption Triggers Massive Shockwave, Tsunami Strikes South Pacific Island An undersea volcanic eruption occurred 40 miles off the coast of the South Pacific country of Tonga on Saturday. Satellite imagery shows the eruption unleashed a massive shockwave as a plume of ash was flung 12.4 miles into the atmosphere. US Storm Watch said the […]
The Fed Just Guaranteed a Stagflation Crisis in 2022 – Here’s How
The Fed Just Guaranteed a Stagflation Crisis in 2022 – Here’s How Chair Powell leads a two day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held January 29-30th, 2019. Public domain photo courtesy of the Federal Reserve I don’t think I can overstate the danger that the U.S. economy is in right now as we enter […]
Peter Schiff: The Inflation Freight Train
Peter Schiff: The Inflation Freight Train December Consumer Price Index data came out on Wednesday (Jan. 12). Month-on-month, it was again even hotter than expected. Peter called it an inflationary freight train that the Fed’s “field of dreams” monetary policy will not stop. “Transitory” inflation has now been running hot for a full year. The […]
America’s Attila the Hun moment
America’s Attila the Hun moment In the year 435 AD, after several years of endless menacing from the nomadic Hun tribe, the Roman Empire was ready to make a deal. The Huns were fairly new on the continent; they had originally come from central Eurasia as recently as 370 AD. Yet in the span of […]
“Drumbeat Of War Sounding Loud” US Says After Russia Declares Talks At “Dead End”
“Drumbeat Of War Sounding Loud” US Says After Russia Declares Talks At “Dead End” A top US security official in Europe has warned the “drumbeat of war is sounding loud” amid this week’s series of NATO and Russian talks, also as Washington and Brussels continue to condemn Russia’s troop build-up near Ukraine. “We’re facing a crisis in […]
Oil Producers Aren’t Keeping Up With Demand, Causing Prices to Stay High
Oil Producers Aren’t Keeping Up With Demand, Causing Prices to Stay High OPEC Plus, the United States and others have been slow to ramp up output, lagging production goals. An oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Lagging production of oil worldwide has been sending prices to seven-year highs and driving inflation.Credit…Brandon Thibodeaux for The New […]
We Need a Revolution
We Need a Revolution A recent Washington Post/University of Maryland poll found that 34 percent of Americans think violent action against the government can be justifiable. This view is held by 40 percent of Republicans and 23 percent of Democrats. The result may seem surprising since leftists have been responsible for much of the recent […]
