The Corruption of Science | An International Issue
The Corruption of Science | An International Issue Censorship of scientists and the manipulation, distortion, and suppression of scientific information are a threat to science. Editor’s note: Last week, Mexico’s chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for 31 scientists, researchers and academics formerly employed by Conacyt on corruption charges — or, as Dr. Toledo might say, diversion […]
The Looming Energy Crisis: People Are Going To Die This Winter
The Looming Energy Crisis: People Are Going To Die This Winter For many months myself and many of the investors I work with have become increasingly concerned at the growing instability and insecurity of energy markets. The 4 times spike in Gas prices this year has been a shocking wake-up call, highlighting energy insecurity in […]
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 2
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 2 Sheep in Extremadura, Spain Despite the climate change mitigation emphasis on carbon sequestration, building soil carbon is first about food security, second about atmospheric carbon drawdown. By working with nature’s natural cycles to provide nutritious food with a low environmental footprint, Regenerative Agriculture will provide the […]
‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe
‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment ‘Combined impacts are laying waste to entire living systems.’ A dead North Atlantic right whale washed up on a beach in […]
Bristol Food Producers: Who feeds us?
Bristol Food Producers: Who feeds us? A significant proportion of people are disconnected from where their food comes from. Where once there were strong relationships between farmers and consumers, many people now have little idea where the food they eat is produced or who the people are who are growing and raising it. This disconnection […]
The Market Crash Nobody Thinks Is Possible Is Coming
The Market Crash Nobody Thinks Is Possible Is Coming The banquet of consequences is being served, and risk-off crashes are, like revenge, best served cold. The ideal setup for a crash is a consensus that a crash is impossible–in other words, just like the present: sure, there are carefully measured murmurings about a “correction” but nobody […]
“Transitory” is the New Spandex: Powell Admits it, Still Denies its Cause. Why this Inflation Won’t Go Away on its Own
“Transitory” is the New Spandex: Powell Admits it, Still Denies its Cause. Why this Inflation Won’t Go Away on its Own Blames tangled-up supply chains but not what’s causing supply chains to get tangled up in the first place: The most grotesquely overstimulated economy ever. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, during a panel discussion hosted by […]
Head Wind: When the Crisis Became a Business
Head Wind: When the Crisis Became a Business
UK Energy Crisis Shows Danger of Net Zero Emissions Policies: Aussie Senator
The United Kingdom from space. (Anton Balazh/Adobe Stock) UK Energy Crisis Shows Danger of Net Zero Emissions Policies: Aussie Senator The push for Australia to legislate a net zero emissions target has spurred discord from some government officials who firmly believe the climate policy could harm Australia’s energy security and industry amid the UK’s own unravelling energy crisis. Australia has […]
Richard Heinberg’s POWER: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival
Richard Heinberg’s POWER: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival If you know Richard Heinberg for his many previous writings on energy, you may initially assume that the title of his latest book refers to power strictly in its physics sense. But as you begin reading, it becomes apparent that he’s using a vastly broader definition […]
A crisis of affordability
A crisis of affordability Western capitalist economies don’t really do shortages. There are a few stand alone exceptions such as a music festival or a sporting event, where demand so outstrips supply that queues form. But for the most part – as we saw last week with the eye-watering rise in wholesale gas prices – […]
The World’s Sustainable Development Goals Aren’t Sustainable
The World’s Sustainable Development Goals Aren’t Sustainable There are big problems with the most important metric used to assess progress toward the U.N.’s environmental goals. Art for the Global Goals campaign at Liu Bolin Studio in Beijing on Aug. 28, 2015. JAMES WASSERMAN/GETTY IMAGES FOR GLOBAL GOALS/UNITED NATIONS In 2015, the world’s governments signed on to […]
Military leaders saw pandemic as unique opportunity to test propaganda techniques on Canadians, Forces report says
Military leaders saw pandemic as unique opportunity to test propaganda techniques on Canadians, Forces report says A plan devised by the Canadian Joint Operations Command relied on propaganda techniques similar to those employed during the Afghanistan war. Lt.-Gen. Mike Rouleau PHOTO BY ADRIAN WYLD /The Canadian Press Canadian military leaders saw the pandemic as a unique opportunity […]
Evergrande Contagion Threatens to Collapse the Everything Bubble
Evergrande Contagion Threatens to Collapse the Everything Bubble Photo by Hyunwon Jang “Evergrande, a real-estate colossus in China, is collapsing. Don’t expect the collapse to be contained to China. The global macro implications are huge.” – Mike Shedlock The U.S. economy is staring down the barrel of a financial shotgun thanks to the Chinese real estate bubble that […]
UK To Deploy Reserve Tanker Fleet And Military To Ease Energy Crisis
UK To Deploy Reserve Tanker Fleet And Military To Ease Energy Crisis Gas stations in English metro areas are running dry after six days of buying panic worsened shortages caused by insufficient truck drivers. For days, the UK government has contemplated the use of military truck drivers to replenish gas stations. Now there’s word the government’s reserve tanker fleet will […]
