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So It Turns Out ‘Overpopulation’ Was Always A Stupid Patriarchal Myth
So It Turns Out ‘Overpopulation’ Was Always A Stupid Patriarchal Myth A new study published in the Lancet confirms what people like myself have been saying over and over again for years: that the human population is unlikely to get much bigger than it is right now, and will in fact begin declining in the latter half of this century as […]
Siberian Heat Wave Was Made 600x More Likely by the Climate Crisis, Scientists Say
Siberian Heat Wave Was Made 600x More Likely by the Climate Crisis, Scientists Say Scientists say that a record-breaking Arctic heat wave was made 600 times more likely by the man-made climate crisis. PBS NewsHour / YouTube The record-breaking heat in the Arctic saw temperatures soar above 100 degrees for the first time in recorded history. Now, a new […]
The Sky Is Falling – Yes – No
The Sky Is Falling – Yes – No Image Source: Joseph Pennell – Public Domain The sky is falling is one of the more disturbing thoughts in society today, as to whether climate change is on a fast track collision course with doomsday amidst a collapsing society. In that regard, according to the details of […]
Heat Dome Roasts US With Temps Forecast To Approach 100°F
Heat Dome Roasts US With Temps Forecast To Approach 100°F A massive heat dome is set to intensify this weekend, expected to roast hundreds of millions of Americans with temperatures in some regions approaching 95-100°F. A portion of the same weather system, a large area of high pressure, that has been building and broiling the south-central United States […]
How to Build a Rain Garden to Capture Runoff
How to Build a Rain Garden to Capture Runoff There are many reasons to build a rain garden. Rain gardens help filter out pollutants like bird guano from stormwater and turn them into nutrients for your garden. They help reduce the draw on local aquifers to irrigate our gardens and allow those aquifers to be […]
Should No-Till Farming Be Adopted by All to Help the Earth?
Should No-Till Farming Be Adopted by All to Help the Earth? Farmers around the world are looking for innovative methods to save water, reduce costs and produce higher yields. No-till farming is a popular practice to improve soil quality and reduce soil erosion. Instead of using a plow to disturb soil before planning, it employs […]
The Revolution Will Not Be “Green”
The Revolution Will Not Be “Green” A truly equitable and sustainable conservation movement must abandon both green capitalism and the idea of pristine nature Our planet is dying, and conservation as we know it isn’t helping. In fact, it’s making things worse. Long imagined as a bulwark against ecological destruction, players in the mainstream conservation […]
THE GREEN ELECTRIC CAR MYTH: 772 Pounds Of Petro-Chemical Plastics In Each Vehicle
THE GREEN ELECTRIC CAR MYTH: 772 Pounds Of Petro-Chemical Plastics In Each Vehicle How can an electric car be called “Green” when it contains more than 700 pounds of plastic?? Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are using more plastic to lower the weight of the car due to the massive battery used, weighing more than 1,000 […]
It’s the preppers who are laughing now
It’s the preppers who are laughing now Since the crash of 2008 much has been made of the fact that the world did not end or the sky fall in on us – unless of course you are one of the people who have been touched by bankruptcy, homelessness, addiction or even suicide as a […]
Too Much Faith in Models
Too Much Faith in Models Source: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Between 2 million and 3 million Americans will die! That was the prediction from “experts” at London’s Imperial College when COVID-19 began. They did also say if there was “social distancing of the whole population,” the death toll could be cut in half, but 1.1 million to 1.46 million […]
As warming approaches 1.5°C, talk of a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional
As warming approaches 1.5°C, talk of a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional There’s a lot of delusional talk about how much “carbon budget” (or new emissions) are allowable that would still keep global heating to the Paris target of 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C). The reality is that over the last year, global […]
Business-as-usual porn – or, We need to talk about collapse
Business-as-usual porn – or, We need to talk about collapse I think we need to talk openly and calmly about the possibility of societal or civilizational collapse arising from humanity’s present predicaments. And that’s mostly what I want to pursue in this post – not so much what the likelihood or the underlying mechanisms of […]
Cogs in the climate machine
Cogs in the climate machine A short course in planetary time, for planetary survival This is less of a blog post, and more of a howl. The planetary climate clock, in human time Let’s start by some human and planetary timescales. I don’t know why we don’t learn them in grade school (I never learned […]
Redesigning the World – The Great Reset
Redesigning the World – The Great Reset COMMENT: Melbourne is getting locked down again. 5 million people on lockdown for 6 weeks at least! People will only be allowed to leave home to go to work (if they can’t work online), grocery shopping, or for medical reasons.All because of 191 alleged virus cases. Catalunya is now […]
