Interview in Canada Censored by YouTube
Interview in Canada Censored by YouTube I did an interview in Canada with Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson and it was censored by YouTube because the information violated their political agenda. Subtracting the total deaths in nursing homes shows that the actual number of deaths in Canada from COVID was only 165. They really will not tolerate […]
Peak Oil is Suddenly Upon Us
Peak Oil is Suddenly Upon Us A year ago, if anyone in the petroleum business had suggested that the moment of Peak Oil had already passed, they would have been laughed right off the drilling rig. Then 2020 happened. Planes stopped flying. Office workers stayed home. “Zooming with the grandkids” replaced driving to see family. A […]
This Was All Predicted 10 Years Ago
This Was All Predicted 10 Years Ago In 2010, the scientific journal Nature published a collection of opinions looking ahead 10 years, i.e., where we are right now. Nature then published a short response from zoologist Peter Turchin in its February 2010 issue. Quantitative historical analysis reveals that complex human societies are affected by recurrent — and predictable — waves of political […]
Why this Vancouver suburb is putting 950 new homes right next to a farm
Why this Vancouver suburb is putting 950 new homes right next to a farm This ‘agrihood’ integrates suburban living with farming, so people are more connected to their food. [Image: courtesy Southlands] Since 1989, Sean Hodgins’s development company Century Group has owned about 500 empty acres of agricultural land in the Vancouver suburb of Tsawwassen, and […]
A global movement for localised food and farming: The beginning of agriculture in Europe
A global movement for localised food and farming: The beginning of agriculture in Europe Image: Kelly Reed, Reconstructed Neolithic house at Sopot, Croatia The world we inhabit today has changed dramatically since we first began farming thousands of years ago. Yet the challenge to provide food security to all is not new and has been […]
The Streetlight Effect: When People Look Within The System For Solutions To The System
The Streetlight Effect: When People Look Within The System For Solutions To The System A policeman sees a drunk man crawling around on his hands and knees at night and asks what the problem is. The drunk man says he’s trying to find his keys, so the officer gets down and starts searching with him. […]
World Currency Included In The “Endgame” Reset
World Currency Included In The “Endgame” Reset Many Countries Endorse A Single World Currency The idea the world would be better served with a single “World Currency” has been growing and looms as a real possibility in the near future. Many people see this as a major part of the “endgame” or something that will […]
Humans Left Sustainability Behind as Hunter-Gatherers
Humans Left Sustainability Behind as Hunter-Gatherers Many people believe that humans can have a sustainable future by using solar panels and wind turbines. Unfortunately, the only truly sustainable course, in terms of moving in cycles with nature, is interacting with the environment in a manner similar to the approach used by chimpanzees and baboons. Even […]
Dalio- The United States Is At A Tipping Point That Could Lead To Revolution Or Civil War
Dalio: The United States Is At A Tipping Point That Could Lead To Revolution Or Civil War It was almost exactly ten years ago that we first predicted that the Fed’s “moronic” QE which has sparked an unprecedented class, income and wealth divide, “positions US society one step closer to civil war if not worse.” […]
2021 is Already Optimized for Failure
2021 is Already Optimized for Failure One sure way to identify a system “optimized for failure” is if all the insiders are absolutely confident the system is “optimized for my success”. I often discuss optimization here because it offers an insightful window into how systems become fragile and break down. When we optimize something, we’re aiming to get […]
Urban Survival vs. Rural Survival: A WARNING from Selco About Your Plans
Urban Survival vs. Rural Survival: A WARNING from Selco About Your Plans Urban survival vs. rural survival is a near-constant debate in preparedness circles. Those who live on acreage sometimes scoff at those who live in cities for reasons of business, education, or families. Those who live in the cities feel obligated to defend their […]
Low prices batter oil industry (and later the rest of us)
Low prices batter oil industry (and later the rest of us) It is a sign of the times that the largest oil company in the world, Saudi Aramco, the state oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, must borrow money to pay its shareholder dividend. I have written about the twice-delayed and often troubled initial public […]
Facing the Anthropocene: An Update
Facing the Anthropocene: An Update Recent scientific work strengthens and extends the arguments in Ian Angus’s pathbreaking book on fossil capitalism and the crisis of the Earth System I’ve been pleased and deeply honored by the international response to my book Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System (Monthly Review Press, 2016). […]
Economics and the environment
Economics and the environment This is the text, including slides, from a talk given on October 28 2020 during an online event organised by University College Cork’s Economics and Environmental Societies. (I didn’t follow the text word for word during the talk, but it covered the same ground) Thank you very much, I’m delighted to […]
