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How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again
How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again If we build them out of wood, large wind turbines could become a textbook example of the circular economy. Illustration: Eva Miquel for Low-tech Magazine. For more than two thousand years, windmills were built from recyclable or reusable materials: wood, stone, brick, canvas, metal. When – electricity producing […]
Alien Planet Earth
Alien Planet Earth The world of just a few lifetimes ago Watching the climate change is like waiting for your hair to grow. You know it’s happening, but you can’t really tell from day to day. However, from a greater chronological distance, the damage humanity is inflicting on our planet is clear. Where I live, […]
“We designed mRNA to kill” – CIA Whistleblower?
“We designed mRNA to kill” – CIA Whistleblower? “In a world without laws, where might alone makes right, all of us will ultimately be the losers.” —Jonathan Cook And this by Scott Ritter: “In a war of attrition, grinding the enemy down is just the first part. Stretching what remains until it breaks is how […]
Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something,’ officials say
Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something,’ officials say Credit: CC0 Public Domain Humanity is ignoring major planetary vital signs as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels soar to all-time highs and Earth records its 12th consecutive month of record-breaking heat, international climate officials warned this week. At […]
Whiff After Whiff
Whiff After Whiff Image by Anne and Saturnino Miranda from Pixabay The word “whiff” is used in baseball to describe when the batter swings and makes no contact with the pitched ball. The term presumably derives from the sound of hitting nothing but air. This off-sequence post acts as a brief update that I wanted […]
Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment
Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment The Great Simplification #126 with Daniel Schmachtenberger Today, I welcome back Daniel Schmachtenberger to unpack a new paper, which he co-authored, entitled Development in Progress, an analysis on the history of progress and the consequences of ‘advancement’. Current mainstream narratives sell the story that progress is […]
N-wrecked
N-wrecked The way that humans have messed with the Earth’s carbon cycle rightly figures as planetary eco-problem No.1 in public debate, but the way we’ve messed with its nitrogen cycle probably ought to get more attention than it does. In the former case, farming often gets a bit too much of the blame in my […]
Bird Flu Triggers Supply Chain Snarls In Dairy Industry As “Farmers Increasingly Culled Cows”
Bird Flu Triggers Supply Chain Snarls In Dairy Industry As “Farmers Increasingly Culled Cows” The latest US Department of Agriculture data shows bird flu has infected at least 80 dairy herds across ten states. There are growing concerns about rising cow mortalities from the virus and the risk of farmers culling cows to stop the spread. This could […]
Scientists sound the alarm on pharmaceutical pollution crisis
Scientists sound the alarm on pharmaceutical pollution crisis Credit: Unsplash Our increasing dependency on pharmaceuticals comes at a major environmental cost, researchers have warned. In an article published in the journal Nature Sustainabilty, researchers warn that discharges to the environment during drug production, use, and disposal have resulted in ecosystems around the globe being polluted with […]
Power outage-causing storms are on the rise. That’s already impacting food insecurity
Power outage-causing storms are on the rise. That’s already impacting food insecurity Major power outages have increased tenfold since 1980 Straw bales and storm (Getty Images/BalazsKovacs) As rounds of severe weather — complete with thunderstorms, hail and flooding — continue to pummel Dallas and surrounding Texas counties, many of the over 650,000 people who were left without power are […]
Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification
Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification Third of world’s ocean surface particularly vulnerable to threats driven by burning fossil fuel and deforestation, new research finds The world’s oceans are facing a “triple threat” of extreme heating, a loss of oxygen and acidification, with extreme conditions becoming far more intense in […]
It Leaked From a US-Backed Lab
It Leaked From a US-Backed Lab For The New York Times, which started this whole fiasco dating from Feb. 27, 2020, with a podcast designed to drum up disease panic, it’s been a drip, drip, drip of truthiness ever since. A fortnight ago, the paper finally decided to report on vaccine injury from shots that […]
Is the Electric Vehicle Panacea Crashing in California and America?
Is the Electric Vehicle Panacea Crashing in California and America? The idea that the panacea of electric vehicles will end “climate change” may have finally crashed into the wall of reality. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was interviewed on May 26 by host Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” The full interview is on YouTube. Ms. […]
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy. Bombs also make people rich. When a […]
