Scientists Discover Toxic Microplastics in Every Human Placenta Tested in Study
Scientists Discover Toxic Microplastics in Every Human Placenta Tested in Study Such widespread microplastic prevalence in human tissue could explain the puzzling rise in colon cancer among younger people. Harmful microplastics have been found in human placenta, with some of them known to trigger asthma, damage the liver, cause cancer, and impair reproductive function. The […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXX–Democracy: It’s Not What You Think It Is
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXX October 6, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Democracy: It’s Not What You Think It Is Today’s contemplation stems from a recent article about Canadian politics that has prompted me to reflect further on sociopolitics and belief systems[1], but not so much about the actual content of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXIX–Geopolitics: It’s About Wealth Extraction and Generation For the Ruling Class
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXIX October 2, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Geopolitics: It’s About Wealth Extraction and Generation For the Ruling Class My very short contemplation today is my comment on an article that was posted in a Facebook group (Peak Oil) that I belong to. It is preceded by […]
“We Will Have A Hard Landing At Some Point. I Guarantee You That.”
“We Will Have A Hard Landing At Some Point. I Guarantee You That.” Can you guess who the quote in the article title is from? I will give you a hint. It wasn’t me. I know that it sounds like it could have come from me, but it actually comes from a very big name […]
Europe Is Wargaming a Food Crisis
Europe Is Wargaming a Food Crisis (Bloomberg) — The combined forces of El Niño and La Niña have crippled Latin American soy output. Ukrainian and Russian grain farmers have gone to war. Indonesia has banned shipments of palm oil to Europe, while China is hungry for crops. The Mediterranean region is getting more like a […]
Europe Is Alarmed Enough To Begin Wargaming A Food Crisis
Europe Is Alarmed Enough To Begin Wargaming A Food Crisis Governments of the European Union are engaged in wargames which simulate and foresee a global food crisis. A mix of major factors including the Russia-Ukraine war and impact on grain supplies there, as well as weather events like El Niño and La Niña and their impact on […]
Stragedy Unfolds
Stragedy Unfolds A bitter rant on Europe’s self-implosion The writing is on the wall, but who cares. Photo by Phil Goodwin on Unsplash It is now the second time I’m having afterthoughts upon publishing an article. After writing about how Europe’s well intended but disastrously planned environmental initiative puts us right on track to a […]
Unsustainable Goose Chases
Unsustainable Goose Chases As we look toward the uncertain future, it may occur to some among us that we’ll need energy on Mars. How are we going to get it? Presumably Mars has no fossil fuels—although on the plus side its atmosphere is already 95% CO2, compared to Earth’s 0.04%, so they’re likely to be […]
The Endgame, Part I
The Endgame, Part I The Russo-Ukrainian war and geopolitics of Europe In early February, I posted a poll on X asking whether I should write a geopolitical piece on the Russo-Ukrainian war, adding to my series mapping a worst-case scenario for the war. While the vote count for this particular poll was not very high, an overwhelming majority supported […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXVIII–Growth is Great! Except It Isn’t.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXVIII (originally posted September 21, 2022) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Growth is Great! Except It Isn’t. Today’s contemplation is an open letter I am sending (perhaps presenting in person, I haven’t yet decided[1]) to my local town’s council and a developer regarding a ‘proposed’ development that is moving ahead directly […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXVII–Those Dangerous Complexities of Human ‘Progress’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXVII (originally posted September 16, 2022) Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Those Dangerous Complexities of Human ‘Progress’ Today’s contemplation is a short reflection (and reiteration) on where I believe human ‘energies’ should be focused as we stumble into an unknowable future in light of an article on the topic that was shared […]
Ignorance, Hubris, and Stupidity
Ignorance, Hubris, and Stupidity Artwork from Ken Avidor As I frequently point out, we face a series of predicaments all brought to us as a result of our own behavior of using technology, which has produced the predicament of ecological overshoot. When a species goes into overshoot, it always faces the same outcome: collapse. There is quite literally no way to […]
Telling the Truth About Our Future
Telling the Truth About Our Future Renewable energy is a poor substitute for fossil fuels. That’s because renewables are a diffuse form of energy and produce power only about one-third of the time. That doesn’t stop renewable energy true-believers from trying to bend the laws of physics to tell a story that’s not true. EROI** (energy […]
From Trucker Boycotts To Grid Down – There’s Only One Way To Survive A Food Crisis
From Trucker Boycotts To Grid Down – There’s Only One Way To Survive A Food Crisis If there is one reality that Americans need to accept, it’s that every system has a breaking point and there are no exceptions. Human beings are built to adapt and this has given us incredible resilience, but it also […]
