Israel Warns Iran Of Massive Regional War If Directly Attacked
Israel Warns Iran Of Massive Regional War If Directly Attacked Update(1831ET): With Israel’s embassies around the world on a heightened state of alert, and extra IDF reservists called up, and home and weekend leave for all combat troops having been abruptly canceled Thursday, the Israeli population is anxiously awaiting a response – with some reports saying residents […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIII–Energy Future, Part 3: Authoritarianism and Sociobehavioural Control
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIII January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 3: Authoritarianism and Sociobehavioural Control In Part 1, I argue that energy underpins everything, including human complex societies. In Part 2, I suggest that the increasing need for diminishing resources, especially finite or limited ‘renewable’ ones, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII–Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII January 22, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic My comments prompted by two recent articles by The Honest Sorcerer (whose writing I highly recommend). January 13 post: I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head […]
Distilled Disintegration
Distilled Disintegration Photo by Nigel Brown; licensed under Creative Commons My adult life has run on two diverging tracks. On one, I played science. The other track branched off at age 34—twenty years ago this month—when I started teaching a class on Energy and the Environment. I was eager to piece together our likely energy future: […]
No water, no oil: How the parched western provinces could hamper the oilpatch
No water, no oil: How the parched western provinces could hamper the oilpatch Water shortages could have devastating effect on oil and gas sector, says new report Pumpjacks pull oil from the ground near Three Hills, Alta. Limited water supply could have significant effects on the production of oil and gas, warns a new report. […]
Spring Traditions and Celebrations: The Past, The Present and the Future of Farming. Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
Spring Traditions and Celebrations: The Past, The Present and the Future of Farming. Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin Introduction Eleanor Parker writes in her book, Winters in the World, that “in Anglo-Saxon poetry winter is often imagined as a season when the earth and human beings are imprisoned, kept captive by the ‘fetters of the frost’. Naturally enough, […]
“Wiki-Gate”: Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him
“Wiki-Gate”: Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him Author’s Note and Update We must act decisively in support and in solidarity with Julian Assange. In this regard, we must understand the history: On how Assange was betrayed and misled by those who allegedly supported him. In October 2021, the U.S. government began a legal […]
Dodging The Gator – What Can Be Done?
Dodging The Gator – What Can Be Done? Photo by Dušan veverkolog on Unsplash Humanity is in overshoot, and a major correction is already underway, something, which will only accelerate even further. A runaway energy crisis, together with resource depletion, climate change and ecosystems collapse will upend centuries of growth and prosperity. But what does that mean on […]
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 5
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 5 January 19, 2023 (original posting date) While I take a break from my Contemplation posts and specifically the energy series I began (see here for Part 1, Part 2), here is the sixth installment of chapters from the fourth book in my fictional novel series (that […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCI–Mainstream Green Narratives: It’s About Selling More Industrial Products
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCI January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Mainstream Green Narratives: It’s About Selling More Industrial Products A follow-up to Contemplation LXXXIX that responded to the idea that if enough people found true contentment and happiness by cooperating with others, humanity would discover a ‘oneness’ that could […]
Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert
Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert At this point Israel’s ties with key Gulf countries like the UAE are near breaking point, after only a few short years ago diplomatic normalization was hailed through Trump’s Abraham accords. But international and Israeli press reports are confirming the […]
“IDF At War”: Israel Scrambles GPS Signal As Iran Revenge Attack Imminent
“IDF At War”: Israel Scrambles GPS Signal As Iran Revenge Attack Imminent With ever-present fears, Tehran could launch a missile or drone attack against Israel to avenge the deaths of three commanders and four officers of the Iranian Armed Forces, taken out by a precision Israeli airstrike at the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus earlier this week. […]
The Second and Final Gilded Age
The Second and Final Gilded Age New data shows that the total wealth of the top 1% of Americans just hit a record $44 trillion. Corporate profits are also hitting record highs, raking in $2.8 trillion in the last three months of 2023 alone. And that’s after taxes. It won’t surprise you to hear, given these massive numbers, […]
A Million Simulations, One Verdict for US Economy: Debt Danger Ahead
A Million Simulations, One Verdict for US Economy: Debt Danger Ahead Bloomberg Economics ran a million forecast simulations on the US debt outlook. 88% of them show borrowing on an unsustainable path. The Congressional Budget Office warned in its latest projections that US federal government debt is on a path from 97% of GDP last […]
Israel just raised the risk of a regional war
Israel just raised the risk of a regional war And US troops may suffer the consequences. Iranian protesters burn US flags during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent […]
