Not enough fossil fuels left to trigger another mass extinction
Not enough fossil fuels left to trigger another mass extinction Preface. Since both conventional and unconventional oil peaked in 2018, we clearly won’t be burning fossils at exponentially increasing rates until 2400 as the IPCC expected. Quite the opposite, currently the decline rate of oil is 8% a year, which can be reduced to 4% […]
Summer 2021 Hotter Than ‘Dust Bowl’ Of The 1930s, NOAA Says
Summer 2021 Hotter Than ‘Dust Bowl’ Of The 1930s, NOAA Says The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed in a new report that the average temperature during this summer for the contiguous U.S. was hotter than the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. The meteorological summer between June 1 to Sept. 1 averaged 74F for the U.S., or […]
Desperate Money Printing Leads to Depression – Dr. Marc Faber
Desperate Money Printing Leads to Depression – Dr. Marc Faber Legendary investor, economist and market forecaster Dr. Marc Faber thinks central banks (CB) are not going to cut back the money printing. Just the opposite. He predicts CBs are going to print even more money at a faster pace to hold the failing economic system […]
Lake Mead – The Largest Reservoir in the United States – Drops to a Record Low
Lake Mead – The Largest Reservoir in the United States – Drops to a Record Low August 7, 2000 August 9, 2021 The reservoir stands at its lowest level since the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States and part of a system that supplies water to at least 40 million […]
Gratuitous self-promotion!
Gratuitous self-promotion! Here is a pic of ecologist and author Richard Heinberg signing copies of his most recent book: Power. On the bookshelf behind him you can find a copy of my novel, Olduvai, if you zoom in two books to the right of Dmitry Orlov’s The Five Stages of Collapse and next to The […]
What Should We Want to Hold Onto?
What Should We Want to Hold Onto? The ongoing debates in many different groups (and on social media in general) are really beginning to show that some people have a good comprehension and grasp of the predicaments we face. On the other hand, I still see so many folks who want to try to hold […]
Who determines prices?
Who determines prices? One of the consequences of the response to the pandemic and the disruption from Brexit is that labour shortages are appearing across the low-paid sectors of the economy. So much so that even the metropolitan liberal Guardian has begun to wonder whether the benefits of higher wages for the low-paid might outweigh the cost […]
Record-Breaking Energy Prices Could Soar Even Higher In Europe
Record-Breaking Energy Prices Could Soar Even Higher In Europe The European electricity market is in crisis as a perfect storm is driving up prices to ever greater heights. The timing couldn’t have been worse as countries across the continent are reopening and energy demand is rising. Most signs point towards the likely continuation of the […]
Reporters May Face 14 Years In Prison For ‘Embarrassing’ UK Government Officials
Reporters May Face 14 Years In Prison For ‘Embarrassing’ UK Government Officials People who believe President Obama abused his powers by cracking on journalists are about to be even more shocked by new rules being implemented in the UK. According to the Daily Mail, journalists could face prison sentences of up to 14 years for stories that […]
Everything is chemicals: the myth and fear of “chemical-free” gardening
Everything is chemicals: the myth and fear of “chemical-free” gardening “Chemical-free” – a term I’ve seen several times attributed to many products, especially food and produce at farmers markets and even in gardening circles these days. This term is often misused to describe plants grown without the use of any pesticide, either conventional or organic. […]
Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Fully Completed – Russia Celebrates ‘Failure’ Of US Efforts To Stop It
Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Fully Completed – Russia Celebrates ‘Failure’ Of US Efforts To Stop It Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom has announced on Friday it has completed construction on the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline that the United States has long warred against through sanctions leveled by the Trump and Biden administrations. “Chairman […]
A problem shared is a problem doubled
A problem shared is a problem doubled At seven minutes to five on the afternoon of 9 August 2019, a lightening strike caused the loss of 150MW of distributed power (i.e., a large number of small wind, diesel and solar generators) from the National Grid. This sudden loss triggered the safety system on the giant Hornsea […]
