Shale oil and gas fraud: A sign of a peak in oil supplies?
Shale oil and gas fraud: A sign of a peak in oil supplies? Those of us who watched incredulously as investors shovelled more and more money into what we were sure were money-losing shale oil and gas drillers do not find the current spate of fraud lawsuits against these drillers surprising. The gargantuan claims about shale hydrocarbon reserves—which were […]
UK: Food Shortages ‘Inevitable’ – “The real food crisis for food supplies starts now.”
UK: Food Shortages ‘Inevitable’ – “The real food crisis for food supplies starts now.” Industry experts are warning that food shortages are “inevitable” in the UK as crops rot without reaching retail. Imports of beef from the EU are to be cut 85% under Brexit, leaving Brits asking “Where’s the beef?” and seeing absurdly high […]
How to Buffer the Fallout from America’s Third World Death Spiral
How to Buffer the Fallout from America’s Third World Death Spiral “What the hell?!” – President Joe Biden, June 16, 2021 Out of Control American workers are trying to make their way in an economy that’s rigged against them. We made this claim many years ago. Today, for fun and for free, we revisit this assertion…starting with the […]
Catch my Drift? Herbicide Drift, Curling Tomato Leaves, and Food Safety
Catch my Drift? Herbicide Drift, Curling Tomato Leaves, and Food Safety There’s all kinds of maladies that can strike your garden plants throughout the season- diseases, insects, negligence, and more. But one common issue we are seeing more and more here in the corn belt and other places with lots of crop production is herbicide […]
Four Scenarios for a Catastrophic Future (part II)
Four Scenarios for a Catastrophic Future (part II) This is the second part of the series of posts by “Rutilius Namatianus” (RN) that re-examines the 4 scenarios of the future proposed by David Holmgren in 2009 (first part). In general, you may find that RN’s interpretations are rather extreme, but I do believe that there is some […]
The Unmistakable Impact Of The IEA’s ‘Fantasy’ Report
The Unmistakable Impact Of The IEA’s ‘Fantasy’ Report In an effort to adapt to Trudeau’s recent green policies and owing to pressure from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Canadian oil sand producers have formed an alliance to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This would see a huge shift from current practices as, at present, oil sands […]
Depleted Gas Stocks Force Europe To Use More Coal
Depleted Gas Stocks Force Europe To Use More Coal With power demand recovering from the pandemic, European utilities are using more coal as natural gas inventories are unusually low for this time of the year due to a cold snap in late winter and early spring. This year, despite the record-high carbon price in Europe, […]
The everything death spiral
The everything death spiral Inflation is back in the establishment media headlines, as prices are rising across the economy. But rather like generals fighting the last war, business and economic journalists are dusting off models of inflation last used in the early 1980s. The idea, for example, that “inflation is always a monetary phenomenon” worked well […]
The long history of money
The long history of money We are approaching a critical turning point in the history of financial systems. Since the Great Financial Crisis, central banks have exerted control over the financial markets through their QE-programs and plan to extend their influence over the monetary system through the introduction of national digital currencies. Opposing forces include, as […]
Megadrought Could Force California’s Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power Plant To Shut Down
Megadrought Could Force California’s Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power Plant To Shut Down One of California’s most critical hydroelectric plants is at risk of closing for the first time in five decades as water levels continue to sink. A megadrought and scorching heat, both worsened by La Nina weather effects, have depleted some of the water […]
Finding meaning in the hard work of farming and growing: What will drive the next generation?
Finding meaning in the hard work of farming and growing: What will drive the next generation? My husband Nathan and I run a small-scale organic farm in West Wales that specialises in edible horticulture and we are currently looking for an assistant grower. Having lost our last assistant grower after about a year and half […]
The Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow’s Hierarchy
The Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow’s Hierarchy How Indigenous Ways of Life May Offer Us a Way Forward Siksika (“Blackfoot”) tipis. Photo from Siksika Nation. Some months ago, I was telling my friend and GatherFor Board Member Roberto Carlos Rivera that I had come across unpublished papers by Abraham Maslow suggesting changes to his famous Hierarchy of Needs. Roberto, Executive Director […]
A circular food system can withstand crises like COVID-19 — and provide delicious meals
A circular food system can withstand crises like COVID-19 — and provide delicious meals There are many hard lessons learned from the pandemic. One is that our food system needs a serious reboot. Luckily, we need only look to nature’s cycles for clues on how to fix it. In a circular food economy, food waste becomes valuable, affordable […]
More Myths – This Time With Some Reality
More Myths – This Time With Some Reality Nate Hagens recently produced a new video here regarding myths and reality and it is very well done. The video goes into precise detail about many core myths and beliefs, and I have the video queued up to the part about the myth of “technology solving it” for anyone who still thinks […]
USA 2021: Capitalism for the Powerless, Crony-Socialism for the Powerful
USA 2021: Capitalism for the Powerless, Crony-Socialism for the Powerful The only dynamic that’s even faintly “capitalist” about America’s Crony-Socialism is the price of political corruption is still a “market.” The supposed “choice” between “capitalism” and “socialism” is a useful fabrication masking the worst of all possible worlds we inhabit: Capitalism for the powerless and Crony-Socialism for […]
