The Collapse Chronicle-December 13, 2021
The Collapse Chronicle-December 13, 2021
The Energy Cliff: The End of Oil
The Energy Cliff: The End of Oil https://youtu.be/PBEVolvFXqg
Get in Crash Positions
Get in Crash Positions When the market goes bidless, it’s too late to preserve capital, never mind all those life-changing gains. Everyone with some gray in their ponytails knows the stock market has ticked every box for a bubble top, so everybody get in crash positions: Let’s run through the requirements for a bubble top: […]
G-7 Warns Russia of ‘Massive Consequences’ of Ukraine Incursion
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks at a press conference at the G-7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Jon Super/AP Photo) G-7 Warns Russia of ‘Massive Consequences’ of Ukraine Incursion The Group of Seven (G-7) major industrialized countries warned Russia on Dec. 12 that any invasion of Ukraine would have “massive consequences” and would […]
Seeing the Big Picture: Nate Hagens
Seeing the Big Picture: Nate Hagens
An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice
Image by Local Food Initiative, flickr. Permaculture practitioners manage their gardens or farms in ways inspired by the sustainability and resilience of healthy natural ecosystems. An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods and soil degradation threaten crop yields. […]
Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems
Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems If you’re wondering why the media, markets and mandates are making less sense despite a constant flow of hard facts contradicting their message, it’s critical to watch what is done rather than said by the policy makers behind the fear and inflation “new normal.” The Latest Fed-Speak Translation: […]
A Simple Plan to Prepare for the Most Likely Winter-Related Emergencies
A Simple Plan to Prepare for the Most Likely Winter-Related Emergencies Many overestimate their abilities to withstand winter-related emergencies and fail to adequately prepare, thus leaving themselves exposed. The following are the five most-likely winter emergencies and some tips and resources to help you prepare. Whenever temperatures drop decidedly below normal and as wind speed […]
Biden’s New “Regressive” Methane Tax Will Raise Average American’s Gas Bill By 17%: Op-Ed
Biden’s New “Regressive” Methane Tax Will Raise Average American’s Gas Bill By 17%: Op-Ed At a time when the Biden administration is panicking in an attempt to keep energy prices down, the House has slapped a “fee” on methane that is being called a “stealth tax” on natural gas and everyone who uses it. The […]
Human extinction: Are we already too late?
Human extinction: Are we already too late? As I was reading Henry Gee’s “Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct,” I was reminded of an iconic scene from one of the many “Star Trek” movies. In “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” the ship’s captain, James Kirk, rushes to the engine room to discover that his friend Spock is […]
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose In October 2021 Sustain, the UK-based alliance working for food and farming system change, published ‘Beyond the farmgate – Unlocking the path to farmer-focused supply chains and climate-friendly, agroecological food systems’. The report explores the results of a survey of 500 farmers in England and Wales, with […]
Why is Civilization Unsustainable?
Why is Civilization Unsustainable? Top picture: Civilization; Pikeville, Kentucky Bottom picture: Nature; Birch Knob, Virginia So, what is it about civilization being unsustainable that people do not understand? I often wonder why this is and have come up with the idea that it is mostly cultural programming and indoctrination by industry that technology is good […]
The Waste
The Waste I make some broad statements about work. These are my opinions generally, but most of my opinions are based in recorded — and therefore verifiable — fact and direct experience. To say how I arrived at these statements would take up a library of books and perhaps a good deal of “walking in […]
John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping
John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping Julian Assange’s High Court judges offered no mitigation, no suggestion that they had agonised over legalities or even basic morality, writes John Pilger. “Let us look at ourselves, if we have the courage, to see what is happening to us” –- Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre’s words should echo in all our minds […]
Modern Grand Solar Minimum will lead to terrestrial cooling
Modern Grand Solar Minimum will lead to terrestrial cooling In this editorial I will demonstrate with newly discovered solar activity proxy-magnetic field that the Sun has entered into the modern Grand Solar Minimum (2020–2053) that will lead to a significant reduction of solar magnetic field and activity like during Maunder minimum leading to noticeable reduction […]
