Was 2021 the Peak for Davos?
Was 2021 the Peak for Davos? Reliable sources have confirmed that Klaus Schwab and even attendees have been getting such threats of violence and death that he has postponed Davos in January for the first time, claiming it is due to the pandemic, which is not true. Schwab is, at last, starting to realize that there […]
The Lack of Independent Thought
The Lack of Independent Thought I find it really disturbing that people you thought were capable of independent thought turn out to be like a drone just maneuvering through life without a clue. Geraldo Rivera actually said: “If I’m in your room with my grandchildren who are not vaccinated because they are too young and […]
La Nina To Blast Europe With Cold Snap Amid Energy Crisis
La Nina To Blast Europe With Cold Snap Amid Energy Crisis Energy prices in Europe are expected to increase as new weather models forecast a plunge in temperatures to begin by the late weekend. A weather phenomenon known as La Nina will bring below-normal temperatures for continental Europe and the Nordic region by Sunday. The […]
World Scientists’ Warnings Into Action, Local to Global
World Scientists’ Warnings Into Action, Local to Global Abstract ‘We have kicked the can down the road once again – but we are running out of road.’ – Rachel Kyte, Dean of Fletcher School at Tufts University. We, in our capacities as scientists, economists, governance and policy specialists, are shifting from warnings to guidance for […]
EU Official Warns Of ‘Rolling Blackouts’ As Energy Crisis Worsens
EU Official Warns Of ‘Rolling Blackouts’ As Energy Crisis Worsens Europe’s energy crisis is about to get a whole lot worse as the Northern Hemisphere winter is just weeks away. New risks are emerging across the continent that households and companies might have to scale back on power use or even plan for rolling blackouts. […]
Green Technologies Have a Glaring Problem of Scale
Green Technologies Have a Glaring Problem of Scale In the context of the massive attention paid to climate change, nations around the world have committed to substantially reducing and even eliminating their carbon emissions by 2050. Achieving these goals relies on several ‘green’ technologies that would form the basis of a future energy system. As […]
Could The Fed Trigger The Next “Financial Crisis”
Could The Fed Trigger The Next “Financial Crisis” Could the Fed trigger the next “financial crisis” as they begin to hike interest rates? Such is certainly a question worth asking as we look back at the Fed’s history of previous monetary actions. Such was a topic I discussed in “Investors Push Risk Bets.” To wit: “With the entirety […]
Critical minerals problem: Supply chain issues come to the fore
Critical minerals problem: Supply chain issues come to the fore It seems that all of a sudden there is talk of mineral shortages and two metals which are thought to be plentiful in the Earth’s crust, nickel and zinc, have been added to the list of minerals now deemed critical to the United States, a list recently […]
Protesting Permaculture: the last five weeks and the last five decades
Protesting Permaculture: the last five weeks and the last five decades On Saturday 13th and 20th November, my partner Su Dennett and I joined others from central Victoria travelling by train to the “Kill the Bill”/anti-lockdown/anti-mandate protests in Melbourne. This essay documents the experience, and reflects on the relationship between permaculture and oppositional activism over […]
Today’s Round-Up of Economic News
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The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Russian Civil War memorial on Unity Day, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on November 4, 2021. (Photo: Mikhail Metzel / Sputnik / AFP via Getty Images) The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine Americans should beware of romanticizing the “old” Cold War as a time […]
The Energy Transition Will Be Impossible Without Fossil Fuels
The Energy Transition Will Be Impossible Without Fossil Fuels OPEC members and other participants of ADIPEC2021 are calling on governments and international institutions to be realistic about the global energy transition While countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia are ready to embrace the energy transition, they argue that nations need to accept the role […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXIV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXIV Athens, Greece (1984) Photo by author ***** Supply chain disruptions and the product shortages that result have become a growing concern over the past couple of years and the reasons for these are as varied as the people providing the ‘analysis’. Production delays. Covid-19 pandemic. Pent-up consumer demand. Central bank […]
Seeing the Big Picture | Nate Hagens
Seeing the Big Picture | Nate Hagens Understanding the critical connections between our values, our economy and our world Welcome to the era of generalists, of the big picture thinkers who translate concepts into action. These are the people who join the dots to get a better sense of how our world fits together—and how […]
The Biden Crackdown on Thought Crimes
The Biden Crackdown on Thought Crimes The Biden administration is seeking to radically narrow the boundaries of respectable American political thought. The administration has repeatedly issued statements and reports that could automatically castigate citizens who distrust the federal government. We may eventually learn that the new Biden guidelines spurred a vast increase in federal surveillance and […]
