Heat domes, wet spells, and the weather patterns that tie them together
Heat domes, wet spells, and the weather patterns that tie them together Do you have a favorite kind of weather that you love to experience? For me, it’s the first warm evening of spring, when the air is just warm enough and the wind just strong enough for the air to feel as though it […]
The Necessary Climate Solution No-one is Talking About
The Necessary Climate Solution No-one is Talking About For all the talk of renewable energy, electric vehicles and plant-based diets, there’s a gaping hole in the way we’re trying to solve accelerating climate change. We will not stay below 2°C of warming while pursuing economic growth – yet barely anyone talks about it. Since the end of […]
How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch With Reality
How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch With Reality A failure of self-correction in science has compromised climate science’s ability to provide plausible views of our collective future. The integrity of science depends on its capacity to provide an ever more reliable picture of how the world works. Over the past decade or so, serious threats to […]
“Apocalyptic Scenes” – Wildfires Consume Turkey
“Apocalyptic Scenes” – Wildfires Consume Turkey Wildfires have been ravaging Turkey’s Mediterranean coast for the past few days, killing four, burning thousands of building structures, and affecting more than a dozen provinces. Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin called the wildfires a national disaster. According to Reuters, at least 60 wildfires have broken out across the country’s […]
Problems, Predicaments, and Technology
Problems, Predicaments, and Technology We often see people bring out certain ideas that they claim are some sort of “solution” or that “they work” and I want to try to explain why (once again) these ideas are nothing more than ideas and not “solutions” of any sort. One of the things I most would like to […]
New South Wales’ coal fired power plants operating at close to rated capacity: winter 2021
New South Wales’ coal fired power plants operating at close to rated capacity: winter 2021 This article follows 2 earlier posts on power price spikes in May 2021 (Tomago alu smelter load shedding and Callide C4 explosion) It is easy enough to click on the following link of the National Electricity Market (NEM) to get the percentage […]
Slamming China Won’t Save Fossil Capitalism From Itself
Slamming China Won’t Save Fossil Capitalism From Itself Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Only the mentally impaired now doubt the reality of climate change. Only the ideologically blind question that human burning of fossil fuels has caused it. In just a few weeks, we had once-in-millennium floods in Germany and Belgium, a once-in-a-millennium heat wave […]
Gold Standard and Boom Bust Cycles
GOLD STANDARD AND BOOM BUST CYCLES According to the Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT), the boom-bust cycle emerges in response to a deviation in the market interest rate from the natural interest rate, or the equilibrium interest rate. It is held that the major cause for this deviation is increases in the money supply. Based […]
It’s About The System, Not The Individuals: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
It’s About The System, Not The Individuals: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ If the working class had as much class solidarity as the ruling class has there never would’ve been a ruling class. ❖ Stealing someone’s labor is worse than stealing their property, because […]
How to Make Beef Jerky – DIY – Prepper’s Kitchen
How to Make Beef Jerky – DIY – Prepper’s Kitchen In this blog, we’re going to take you through, step-by-step, showing you how to make beef jerky. We’ll cover the steps, the recipe, and all of the items you’ll need on hand. Nobody has ever been able to eat a whole cow in one sitting […]
Dr Sid Smith Rocks the Boat on Nature Bats Last
Dr Sid Smith Rocks the Boat on Nature Bats Last The August 2020 episode of Nature Bats Last featured an excellent discussion with Dr Sid Smith, the episode is embedded here: Dr Smith is former co-chair and current secretary of the Green Party of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he is a writer and […]
Collective Farming, Community and Connection
Collective Farming, Community and Connection Cédric, Mathieu and Hervé of the collective farm (GAEC) La Ferme des 7 Chemins in Brittany. Image courtesy of La Ferme des 7 Chemins via Facebook What does a socio-ecological transition mean for farmers? Farmers from the Nos Campagnes En Résilience project share their thoughts on social issues in farming, the […]
The Shadow State: Twitter Suspends Commentator for Criticizing Vaccine Policies
The Shadow State: Twitter Suspends Commentator for Criticizing Vaccine Policies I recently discussed how the Biden Administration was actively encouraging corporations to limit speech and impose vaccine mandates as a type of shadow state. Rather than take such actions directly ( and face both legal and political challenges), the Administration is relying on its close alliance with […]
China’s Taishan Nuclear Reactor Shut Down For “Maintenance” Amid Fears Of Radiation Leak Cover-Up
China’s Taishan Nuclear Reactor Shut Down For “Maintenance” Amid Fears Of Radiation Leak Cover-Up Weeks ago the Chinese government sought to downplay – but also admitted – an incident at Taishan nuclear plant near Hong Kong which involved damage to fuel rods, also amid wider suspicions of a radiation leak, mainly being spotlighted by entities based outside […]
Australia Lockdown Sending in Military & Increase Police Powers Without Limitation
Australia Lockdown Sending in Military & Increase Police Powers Without Limitation It is unbelievable that you listen to the things coming from the Australian government talking about two deaths due to COVID, one was 90, and the other 80, who were not vaccinated. They are saying that 25% of the people over 70 are not vaccinated […]
