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Growth or Scale?
Growth or Scale? Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay Demonstrating that growth can’t continue on a finite planet has been a favorite sport of mine in the past (e.g., here, here, and here). But it’s child’s play, really: not a difficult accomplishment. Still, as blatantly obvious as it is, a surprising number of people are surprised […]
Ukraine Biolab Watchtower
Ukraine Biolab Watchtower An attempt to triangulate something approximating truth about Ukraine and Biolabs This was first published in March 2022. It has withstood the test of time. It is helpful to look back at the early days of the Ukrainian hot war and remember that this all started with a series of USG lies. […]
How Much Of India’s Wastewater Is Left Untreated?
How Much Of India’s Wastewater Is Left Untreated? As is the case with rapid population growth and urbanization in many so-called developing nations, waste management becomes a problem not only in rural areas but also in densely populated cities. As Statista’s Florian Zandt details below, a textbook example of this growth outpacing infrastructural capacities is the situation in […]
Hidden Food Threat: Experts Warn of Dangers of RNAi Crops
Hidden Food Threat: Experts Warn of Dangers of RNAi Crops Imagine a technology that could genetically rewire organisms in real-time, silencing critical genes across entire ecosystems with unknown effects. Imagine a technology that could genetically rewire organisms in real-time, silencing critical genes across entire ecosystems with unknown effects. Sounds like science fiction? It’s not. It’s […]
German Minister admits ruinous home heating ordinances were merely a “test” to determine “how far society is prepared to go in terms of climate protection”
German Minister admits ruinous home heating ordinances were merely a “test” to determine “how far society is prepared to go in terms of climate protection” We are governed by crazy lunatics, Part 2436502345. The Greens really are every inch as crazy as they seem to be. Climate policies have long been a source of annoyance […]
The Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Getting a grip on energy, materials and civilisation I like trying to get to the internal organs of the matter. Not just the heart, but also the brain, the kidneys, the stomach, the lungs, the skeleton. My conversation with Tim Garrett last week did just that, centring the matter of the universe alongside energy […]
🔥🐸💦🔥 Rising Global Sea Surface Temperatures: Consequences, Causes, and the Faustian Bargain [Science Sunday][May 2024]
🔥🐸💦🔥 Rising Global Sea Surface Temperatures: Consequences, Causes, and the Faustian Bargain [Science Sunday][May 2024] Myth’s Note: At first, it was supposed to be a quick joke image; months later down the research rabbit hole, and especially with recent updates, this article has become a bit of an unwieldy monster at nearly nine thousand words. […]
Four die of leptospirosis, Brazil authorities warn of other diseases following floods
Four die of leptospirosis, Brazil authorities warn of other diseases following floods São Paulo, Brazil – Four people have died from leptospirosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, which has been hit with heavy rains and flooding since the beginning of May. The victims were all men, aged between 33 and 67, who lived […]
Mexico is about to experience its ‘highest temperatures ever recorded’ as death toll climbs
Mexico is about to experience its ‘highest temperatures ever recorded’ as death toll climbs The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has killed dozens of people across multiple states The sun rises amid high temperatures in Mexico City on Thursday. Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions […]
The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty And A Bird Flu Crisis Are Both Arriving At The Same Time
The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty And A Bird Flu Crisis Are Both Arriving At The Same Time Health officials are issuing very ominous warnings about the potential for an H5N1 pandemic among humans at the same time that the WHO is preparing for a vote on the global pandemic treaty at the 77th World Health Assembly […]
The Thermodynamics of Degrowth | Tim Garrett
The Thermodynamics of Degrowth | Tim Garrett Collapse and Recovery What’s the relationship between our energy consumption, our material footprint and our economies? Tim Garrett and I come to refer to these as “the holy trinity”. Tim is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, and over two years ago, he joined me […]
The Renewables Farce
The Renewables Farce The renewals transition is a lie. Here’s why. Photo by CHUTTERSNAP / Unsplash Let me say this loud for the people in the back: RENEWABLES ARE NOT A PANACEA FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Sure, wind, solar or geothermal energy might reduce carbon intensity per unit of output. Indeed, an EV, for example, emits less […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXIX–Archaeology of Overshoot and Collapse
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXIX–Archaeology of Overshoot and Collapse It’s been a few months since I last posted a Contemplation. There are a variety of reasons for this. I’ve been ‘distracted’ by the preparations in my gardens for the upcoming growing season. The unseasonably warm weather here north of Toronto allowed me to get outside […]
A ‘plague’ comes before the fall: lessons from Roman history
A ‘plague’ comes before the fall: lessons from Roman history The ruins of the Colosseum in Rome. Credit: Livioandronico2013. CC BY-SA 4.0. The Pax Romana—the 200-year “golden age” of the Roman Empire—was a marvel of diversity, connectivity, and unchallenged hegemony. By the middle of the second century AD, imperial Rome ruled territory across three different continents. […]
Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models
Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models Draft script: From Popular Mechanics comes this headline on 22 April 2024: Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models. The story begins with three bullet points: (1) While the world’s soils are home to lots of organic carbon—such as leaf litter and animal […]
