The Future of Fire in Canada
The Future of Fire in Canada We’re on the brink of a ‘runaway fire age.’ Here’s why. And how to respond. A motorist watches from the Trans-Canada Highway as a wildfire sweeps down a mountain near Lytton, BC, destroying the town on July 1. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press. Five days after wildfire destroyed […]
Microprocessor Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7
Microprocessor Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7 Preface. I explain in both of my books, When Trucks Stop Running and Life After Fossil Fuels why heavy duty transportation and most manufacturing can’t be electrified, as well as why the electric grid can’t stay up without natural gas to balance intermittency and provide baseload and long-term power […]
Why Isn’t the US Preparing for EMP War Like the Rest of the World?
Why Isn’t the US Preparing for EMP War Like the Rest of the World? You’re likely already familiar with the 2009 EMP Commission Report. It was this report that raised the issue of EMP-preparedness for the American public. It’s notorious stating that just one year after an EMP attack, 90% of the American population would be dead, […]
A bombshell report from closely followed International Energy Agency
A bombshell report from closely followed International Energy Agency (Photo: Courtesy of IEA) Climate researchers and policy experts around the world are singing praise of a study just released by the stodgy International Energy Administration in Paris. “Quite amazing,” said one. “Heartening,” said another. A third one called it, “one of the most important climate […]
Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem
Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem This week, the NSW government announced almost A$500 million towards boosting the uptake of electric vehicles. In its new electric vehicle strategy, the government will waive stamp duty for cars under $78,000, develop more charging infrastructure, offer rebates […]
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future Suburban affluence is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. Yet with the […]
The Looming Stagflationary Debt Crisis
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images The Looming Stagflationary Debt Crisis Years of ultra-loose fiscal and monetary policies have put the global economy on track for a slow-motion train wreck in the coming years. When the crash comes, the stagflation of the 1970s will be combined with the spiraling debt crises of the post-2008 era, leaving […]
Cornered Fed Weighs Dilemma: Market Crash or Runaway Inflation?
Cornered Fed Weighs Dilemma: Market Crash or Runaway Inflation? Image via Science Photo Library The U.S. economy is at a fork in the road. One route leads to the return of market fundamentals and sane stock valuations, at the cost of a historic market correction. The other route leads to runaway hyperinflation that eats up […]
Marti’s Corner – 23
Marti’s Corner – 23 Hi Everyone, NOTES: * I tried to post a video last week that was taken down because the person who created it was just besieged with people wanting to share it! Now, she has created a YouTube video. It is almost 45 minutes long. At the 7:53 mark, she begins to […]
Exxon Mounts Feeble Walkback After Lobbyist Caught on Camera Telling Truth About Anti-Climate Agenda
Exxon Mounts Feeble Walkback After Lobbyist Caught on Camera Telling Truth About Anti-Climate Agenda The oil giant would like you to know that statements from its “Senior Director for Federal Relations” in no way represent its position on federal climate policy One of ExxonMobil’s top lobbyists has been caught on camera revealing what many critics […]
More on the thermodynamic black hole…
More on the thermodynamic black hole… I recently wrote about the thermodynamic black hole; articles about ERoEI keep popping up in my in tray that truly baffle me…… As Alice Friedemann told Chris Martenson in the podcast I discussed in the aforementioned blog post, “everyone disagrees on what to leave in or out of their ERoEI […]
Myth #19: Nate Hagens dismisses the insistence we can achieve Net Zero!! (by 2050 or any date)
Myth #19: Nate Hagens dismisses the insistence we can achieve Net Zero!! (by 2050 or any date) “When people use the term “Net Zero” it’s mostly shorthand for maintaining economic growth while doing some magical technological salvation in the future.” — “There is an increasingly popular theme in climate change media called “Net Zero emissions.” The […]
The System Isn’t There To Protect Us From Criminals, It’s To Protect Criminals From Us
The System Isn’t There To Protect Us From Criminals, It’s To Protect Criminals From Us Listen to a reading of this article: Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld has died. Not in a prison cell in The Hague, not murdered by bombs or bullets, but peacefully in his home, surrounded by loved ones, a week and a […]
Who is Professor Thomas W. Murphy, Jr. and What Does He Know About Energy and Resource Decline?
Who is Professor Thomas W. Murphy, Jr. and What Does He Know About Energy and Resource Decline? I have mentioned Tom Murphy many times in this blog precisely because facts don’t lie. If anyone wants to truly know where we are as a species on this planet, Tom can definitely tell you. Don’t get me […]
