Climate Disaster Is Here—and the State Will Never Save Us
Climate Disaster Is Here—and the State Will Never Save Us “States demonstrate, again and again, that not only do they not protect the Earth, they facilitate its destruction.” Dean Spade on the promise of speculative fiction and a review of The Ministry for the Future and The Deluge. The Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana […]
What Are GeoDestinies?
What Are GeoDestinies? Lover’s Leap Overlook, Virginia How are you doing? Are you feeling alright? If you answered in a positive fashion, then great! If not, then I’m sorry to hear that things aren’t going so well for you and that you aren’t feeling good right now. Why do I ask? Well, because I’ve […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIII–Keep Calm and Carry On
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXIII Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Keep Calm and Carry On Today’s Contemplation is my comment on a recent post by Allan Urban that speaks to his experiences attempting to share his learnings on ‘collapse’. For those that have read it, you can likely recognise similar reactions from others; I certainly did. After […]
The Apocalypse Is Not What I Expected
The Apocalypse Is Not What I Expected Hollywood movies gave me the idea that if the apocalypse were imminent, people would spring into action. The reality is much more grim. “What looks like apocalypse in prospect often feels more like grim normality when it arrives in the present.” – David Wallace Wells When I was […]
The Debt Reaper
The Debt Reaper Debt is an integral aspect of modern economies and has long been hailed as a catalyst for growth. When wielded judiciously, it stands as a potent tool for economic development, providing the means to finance projects, expand operations, and invest in essential sectors like education, health, and housing. In the right context, […]
Doug Casey on the Imminent Bankruptcy of the US Government
Doug Casey on the Imminent Bankruptcy of the US Government International Man: Everyone knows that the US government has been bankrupt for many years. But we thought it might be instructive to see its current cash-flow situation. The US government’s budget is the biggest in the history of the world and is growing at an uncontrollable […]
Europe Is Burning
Europe Is Burning The only lessons the Old World offers to America these days are cautionary. Ever since the earliest days of the Republic, American intellectuals, artists, and statesmen looked to Europe for models. Conservatives felt attracted to the continent’s sense of continuity and tradition, and as the base for Christianity. More recently, progressives saw in European social democracy […]
“UK Files” Reports Show: Both Left and Right Can Be Targets of Censors
“UK Files” Reports Show: Both Left and Right Can Be Targets of Censors American audiences may struggle with the particulars, but leaked Labour Party documents detail how “anti-disinformation” can be weaponized in all directions Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn was undone, among other things, by accusations of antisemitism Just as some denizens of George Orwell’s Animal Farm were more […]
The Psychological Pain of Inflation
The Psychological Pain of Inflation The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tomorrow morning will report its Consumer Price data from October. The Producer Price Index (PPI) appears the following day. There will likely be no real surprise here: inflation will still be running hot around 3.7 percent, confirming what I and many have suspected. Inflation […]
Our Energy “Needs” Are Driving a Mass Extinction
Our Energy “Needs” Are Driving a Mass Extinction Nuclear, fossil fuels, and renewable energy all cause major harm to ecosystems. Are we willing to accept these limits? Clouds of smoke from record wildfires rise above the Russian Arctic in summer 2010 — at that time, the hottest on record in the region. Photo by the […]
Watchdog Has Grim Winter Warning: There May Be Blackouts
Watchdog Has Grim Winter Warning: There May Be Blackouts North American Reliability Corp: As much as two-thirds of the United States could experience blackouts in peak winter weather. Earlier this year, NERC issued a blackout warning for some parts of the U.S. over the summer, citing extreme temperatures. The regulator points to the lack of […]
White (Hydrogen) Lies
White (Hydrogen) Lies Photo by Carlos Torres on Unsplash Geologists, while searching for oil and gas in France, have found the biggest deposit of pure naturally occurring hydrogen yet. A source of fuel which “burns clean” and hot, and thus can “replace” fossil fuels in “hard to decarbonize” areas of the industry like steel, glass or cement manufacturing, not […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXII–Reality is an Inconvenience to Beliefs
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXII Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Reality is an Inconvenience to Beliefs Today’s brief Contemplation was prompted by The Honest Sorcerer’s latest article that looks at the latest energy ‘breakthrough’ (seems there is one every other week) and how it’s going to save modern civilisation, our species, and the planet. In this […]
The Polycrisis
The Polycrisis Back in 2017 when I composed this graphic of overlapping crises, the word polycrisis was not yet in common use. Polycrisis has various definitions, for example: “the simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events.” But this doesn’t explain the truly dangerous dynamic in polycrisis, which is the nonlinear, mutually reinforcing potential of disparate crises to generate effects much larger […]
