California Gas Prices Reach New Record High
Gas prices nearing $5.00 a gallon are displayed at Chevron and Shell stations in San Francisco, Calif., on July 12, 2021. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California Gas Prices Reach New Record High The average price of a regular gallon of gasoline in California reached a record high on Monday as sticker shock continues to anger drivers paying more […]
Coal Demand Booms Under Biden As Prices Hit 2009 Levels
Coal Demand Booms Under Biden As Prices Hit 2009 Levels US coal is experiencing a massive boom under President Biden despite the administration trying to kill fossil fuels by touting net-zero goals at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. On Monday, S&P Global Market Intelligence released data that showed prices for coal from Central Appalachia jumped more […]
Kyle Rittenhouse, Project Veritas, and the Inability to Think in Terms of Principles
Kyle Rittenhouse, Project Veritas, and the Inability to Think in Terms of Principles Those whose worldview is bereft of universally applied principles, and based solely on tribal allegiances, assume everyone else is plagued by this very deficiency. James O’Keefe meets with supporters during the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative […]
Vancouver is now completely cut off from the rest of Canada by road
Vancouver is now completely cut off from the rest of Canada by road There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada. The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley are now completely cut off from the rest of British Columbia and the country by road. Photo Credit: Linda Corscadden The southbound […]
Who Would Survive the Collapse of Civilization?
Who Would Survive the Collapse of Civilization?
Turkey On Verge Of Currency Collapse As Lira Implodes, Crashes 4% In Minutes
Turkey On Verge Of Currency Collapse As Lira Implodes, Crashes 4% In Minutes In recent weeks we have had our share of humorous hot takes on the current state of Turkey’s currency, which thanks to the “sage” economic despotism of the country’s authoritarian ruler has been in freefall for much of the past decade. folks, […]
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests Biomass projects entail wood chips. Image: @john_kinnander, Unsplash Is green hydrogen yet another spin with catastrophic consequences for the environment? Sue Arnold looks behind the greenwash to find wide-scale plans for logging for wood-chips. Dominic Perrottet and his new Treasurer, Matt Kean, […]
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress?
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress? Resource depletion, ecosystem disruption, population growth, and technological change are interacting with each other in a tsunami of changes that always take us by surprise. The surprises that technological progress may be bringing are among the most unpredictable drivers of change. Yet, it is not impossible to […]
The Future According to Andrew Nikiforuk
The Future According to Andrew Nikiforuk He gives the Southam Lecture at UVic Wednesday. It’s sold out in person but sign up for free to watch his talk live online. Journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk speaks Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. The Tyee contributing editor will discuss myths about how we’re tackling climate change, and […]
Collapse in a Nutshell: Understanding Our Predicament
Collapse in a Nutshell: Understanding Our Predicament
Emergency #Permaculture: Are You Prepared?
Emergency #Permaculture: Are You Prepared?
Third of UK’s remaining energy suppliers are at imminent risk of collapse
Third of UK’s remaining energy suppliers are at imminent risk of collapse About a third of the UK’s dwindling number of domestic energy suppliers are at imminent risk of collapse amid soaring wholesale energy prices, new analysis suggests. © Provided by The Telegraph Wind turbinesFourteen electricity and gas suppliers are deemed “maximum risk” under their credit […]
Marti’s Corner – 42
Marti’s Corner – 42 Hi Everyone, NOTES: * If you want to store some food for emergencies and are looking for some low-carb ideas, check out this site: 30 Low-Carb And Keto Emergency Food list – get the printable lists NOW * Want to try dehydrating but don’t want to buy a dehydrator? Try the oven. How […]
George Monbiot champions wealth taxes on ultra-rich as best way to prevent environmental collapse
George Monbiot champions wealth taxes on ultra-rich as best way to prevent environmental collapse Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. — George Monbiot “Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions […]
US Coverup Of Syria Massacre Shows The Danger Of The Assange Precedent
US Coverup Of Syria Massacre Shows The Danger Of The Assange Precedent Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The New York Times has published a very solid investigative report on a US military coverup of a 2019 massacre in Baghuz, Syria which killed scores of civilians. This would be the second investigative report on civilian-slaughtering US airstrikes […]
