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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IX–Hear, Speak, See No Evil: Sociopolitical Collapse
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IX November 7, 2020 Chichen Itza, Mexico (1986) photo by author Hear, Speak, See No Evil: Sociopolitical Collapse Once more a comment posted in the Tyee in response to ongoing ‘debate’ with others in regard to the 2020 U.S. presidential election and some of the accusations of irregularities surrounding the process. While not […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIII–Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 3
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIII October 6, 2023 Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 3 As ecologist Howard T. Odum argues in the quote above, human ‘progress’ has been the result of our species’ leveraging of available ‘power’[1]. Humans are not unique in this but for a […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VIII–Peak Oil and Sociopolitics
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VIII Oct 30, 2020 Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Peak Oil and Sociopolitics Once again, a comment I posted in response to an article on The Tyee. Where to begin? I realise this article is primarily about a federal political party and its future but there are two underlying […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VII–Science: It May Not Be All You Think It Is
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VII Oct 12, 2020 Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Science: It May Not Be All You Think It Is Ha! It’s poetry in motion Now she’s making love to me The spheres are in commotion The elements in harmony She blinded me with science (She blinded me with science!) And […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI–Infinite Growth, Finite Planet; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI October 9, 2020 Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Infinite Growth, Finite Planet; What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Tyee commentary…(https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/09/Australian-Invasion-Big-Coal-Plans-Alberta/) _____ It’s truly unfortunate that our society pursues such self-evidently egregious exploits on our environment. You can’t continue to pollute your backyard without eventually destroying the complex ecological systems that […]
Ukraine Was Always the UK’s War First
Ukraine Was Always the UK’s War First “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” — Verbal Kent, the Usual Suspects For more than a year we’ve been regaled with headline after headline about how the War in Ukraine is a US war. It’s easy to think that, certainly. We’re […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh V–Electrify Everything: The Wrong ‘Solution’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh V Oct 2, 2020 Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Electrify Everything: The Wrong ‘Solution’ Yet another of my comments for an article on The Tyee regarding energy and how we should approach our coming dilemmas. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/02/BC-Needs-Wartime-Approach-Climate-Emergency/ _____ While I certainly appreciate the need to ‘correct’ our global industrial civilization’s path from […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IV–Fiat Currency: Debasement and Infinite Growth
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Fiat Currency: Debasement and Infinite Growth Sep 24, 2020 My comment on an article in The Tyee about our federal government’s latest throne speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/24/Throne-Speech-Stew/). _____ The idea that a sovereign nation can never run into trouble financially because […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh III; Grieving: There Are No ‘Solutions’ to Overshoot
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh III August 14, 2020 Athens, Greece (1993) Photo by author Grieving: There Are No ‘Solutions’ to Overshoot My comment posted on The Tyee in response to an article highlighting the increased occurrence of earthquakes as a result of hydraulic fracturing by the oil and gas industry in an area of British Columbia, Canada, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II; Feeding the Growth Monster: Fiat Currency and Technology
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II August 8, 2020 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author. Feeding the Growth Monster: Fiat Currency and Technology My response to an ongoing discussion regarding debt-/credit-based fiat currency and it’s impact on our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. _____ Yes, credit-/debt-based fiat is certainly one of the most significant causes […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh–Mythical Narratives Everywhere to Avoid Reality
NOTE: Beginning to post these thoughts of mine here. I began a couple of years ago posting them on Medium but have found that the subscription practices there are somewhat restrictive. I will attempt to post one per day until I am caught up…and then will be posting in both locations. _____ Today’s Contemplation: Collapse […]
Oil Can Push Higher As Cushing Stockpiles Collapse
Oil Can Push Higher As Cushing Stockpiles Collapse Crude prices will likely get a fresh boost this week, as stockpiles at the key US storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, risk collapsing to the lowest level (aka “tank-bottoms”) in almost a decade. Such a move would embolden those aiming for a return of $100 oil by […]
Governments Start Calling For Price Controls – Rationing And CBDCs Come Next
Governments Start Calling For Price Controls – Rationing And CBDCs Come Next Last month in the middle of the surreal “Bidenomics” hype I published an article titled ‘Nothing Is Over: Inflation Is About To Come Back With A Vengeance.’ I outlined the misconceptions surrounding CPI and how it is not an accurate model for the effects […]
