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How Might We Undermine the PMC?
How Might We Undermine the PMC? Fourteen years ago, I wrote a very long article that became the lion’s share of Chapter Two of Keith Farnish’s book Underminers. My article was about the Tools of Disconnection — the cultural mechanisms by which we became disconnected from each other and the more-than-human world, and hence willing and able […]
California Governor Escalates the War on Gasoline Impacting Neighboring States
California Governor Escalates the War on Gasoline Impacting Neighboring States Prepare to pay another $1 per gallon in California with higher prices in Nevada and Arizona too. The War on Gasoline a Gift to Trump The Wall Street Journal says Gavin Newsom’s War on Gasoline Is a Gift to Donald Trump. California’s prices are the highest […]
An Empire Self-Destructs
An Empire Self-Destructs Empires are built through the creation or acquisition of wealth. The Roman Empire came about through the productivity of its people and its subsequent acquisition of wealth from those that it invaded. The Spanish Empire began with productivity and expanded through the use of its large armada of ships, looting the New […]
JPM Predicts Global AI Data Centers Will Consume 681 Olympic-Sized Pools Of Fresh Water Daily
JPM Predicts Global AI Data Centers Will Consume 681 Olympic-Sized Pools Of Fresh Water Daily Wall Street banks are in a frenzy over “The Next AI Trade,” piling into the ‘Powering up America’ investment themes, whether that’s power grid companies, commodities, such as copper, gold, silver, and uranium, and artificial intelligence chipmakers, to accommodate the explosion of generative artificial intelligence […]
Truth or CONsequences?
Truth or CONsequences? When your government cons you daily with its statistical “facts,” it’s hard to keep your balance. Conned-sumers are feeling the cognitive disconnect from reality. For years, I’ve been saying it appears the BLS (Bureau of Lying Statistics) publishes fake labor statistics. The numbers always look like the seasonal adjustments are used by […]
US Power Grid May Become Unreliable This Summer, Watchdog Warns
US Power Grid May Become Unreliable This Summer, Watchdog Warns A third of the country is facing an ‘elevated risk of blackouts’ soon, an industry expert said. Parts of America could face difficulties in meeting electricity demand during the summer season, with renewable energy sources like wind and solar power posing a potential risk to […]
Small-scale farmers in Ethiopia: First came conflict, then devastating drought
Small-scale farmers in Ethiopia: First came conflict, then devastating drought Kalayu and other farmers can now harvest up to four times a year, instead of relying only on rain and harvesting only once a year. All photos: Sarah Easter/CARE Kalayu, 70, was once a self-sufficient farmer, but “last season,” he says, “there was no harvest […]
Mike Walden: Is it ‘greedflation’ or something more keeping prices high?
Mike Walden: Is it ‘greedflation’ or something more keeping prices high? Photo by Adam Nir on Unsplash Although the pace at which prices are rising has moderated, prices are still going up. In 2021, average consumer prices surged 7%; in 2022 they jumped 6.5%; in 2023 prices went up a more tolerable 3.4%, and the latest […]
This Is the Proverbial Ball You Should Be Keeping Your Eye On…
This Is the Proverbial Ball You Should Be Keeping Your Eye On… Gold, the Brief History of U.S. Debt, Not a Great Club, and the U.S.’ Debt-to-GDP Surpassing Venezuela’s “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.” ~ Herbert Hoover If you’re like me, you probably sometimes come across an important economic […]
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed. When I took over as the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, I […]
Tracking toward mass extinction
Tracking toward mass extinction Where “Two plus two equals five if the party says so” (George Orwell) and when drilling methane wells reduces global warming Having turned a blind eye to climate science, ignoring the evidence that extreme atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) rise and ocean acidification have led to mass extinctions of species through time, humanity allows an […]
The All-Important Doorman
The All-Important Doorman Picture this: A tribal leader from a distant country visits the US. He’s brought to a large apartment building in New York City. When he gets out of the car, he looks up at the great building and is quite impressed. A uniformed doorman exits the foyer and comes out on the […]
Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes on the Horizon?
Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes on the Horizon? Peter’s back to recap the last week in markets and economic news. This episode starts with April’s dismal stock performance and also discusses Jerome Powell’s most recent appearance. Peter wraps up the episode by recounting the Bitcoin debate he participated in on Friday. Peter notes that April’s losses in the stock market […]
Discovering Power’s Traps: a primer for electricity users
Discovering Power’s Traps: a primer for electricity users In magazines like Mother Jones and Sierra Club, environmentalists who aim to reduce harmful impacts to public health, wildlife habitats and climate systems propose “electrifying everything.” I don’t get it. Already, most of our food, shelter, communications and transportation systems depend on electricity. Replacing vehicles, stoves, heaters, water heaters and […]
