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What Farmers Say About Climate Change
What Farmers Say About Climate Change This is probably the most honest assessment of the current state of farming and our future food supply. Photo by Rob Mulder / Unsplash People seem to misunderstand the connection between atmospheric CO2, climate predictability and industrialized agriculture. The number of times a “climate skeptic” has told me “plants […]
Study identifies atmospheric and economic drivers of global air pollution
Study identifies atmospheric and economic drivers of global air pollution Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Carbon monoxide emissions from industrial production have serious consequences for human health and are a strong indicator of overall air pollution levels. Many countries aim to reduce their emissions, but they cannot control air flows originating in other regions. A new […]
Only 57 producers are responsible for 80% of all fossil fuel and cement CO2 emissions since 2016 – new report
Only 57 producers are responsible for 80% of all fossil fuel and cement CO2 emissions since 2016 – new report Just 57 companies and nation states were responsible for generating 80% of the world’s CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and cement over the last seven years, according to a new report released by the thinktank InfluenceMap. This finding […]
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S.
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S. The EPA can change that. Your hotdogs and burgers may be doing more than feeding friends at a barbeque. Large-scale factory farms and confined feedlot operations have become the biggest source of water pollution in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to […]
Is nuclear energy the answer?
Is nuclear energy the answer? probably not Nuclear power is one of the most polarizing topics in any discussion of our energy future. As someone who appreciates the potential of nuclear energy, I am torn about its prospects. On one hand, nuclear energy offers an always-on, low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. On the other, its […]
Biggest Corporate Welfare Scam of All Time
Biggest Corporate Welfare Scam of All Time President Joe Biden keeps lecturing corporate America to “pay your fair share” of taxes. It turns out he’s right that some companies really are getting away scot-free from paying taxes. But it isn’t Big Tech companies in Silicon Valley or the Wall Street financial company “fat cats” or […]
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bulldozer
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bulldozer The mainstream environmental movement is unintentionally re-creating Dr. Strangelove, a cautionary tale about the perils of unexamined beliefs and one of the greatest films in cinematic history In Spring of last year, I was sitting on top of an excavator in Nevada as part of a protest […]
We’re Supposed To Be Done Finding New Oil and Gas. We’re Not.
We’re Supposed To Be Done Finding New Oil and Gas. We’re Not. Oil and gas reserves discovered and approved just since 2021 would add an entire year of China’s emissions to the atmosphere. That’s according to a new analysis from Carbon Brief, using Global Energy Monitor Data, and boy is it grim. A total of 14 billion tons […]
Post-Modernity
Post-Modernity As sketched in the previous post, I believe modernity to be an unsustainable flash that will not persist into future millennia. Uncomfortable with untethered speculation, I have said little about what might come after, but feel I owe something in this vein. Semantically, what follows the modern age must be the post-modern age, right? Except […]
Yale Study Unveils Asteroid Strikes As Possible Trigger for Earth’s Ice Ages
Yale Study Unveils Asteroid Strikes As Possible Trigger for Earth’s Ice Ages A Yale-led research team has proposed that large asteroid impacts could have abruptly triggered “Snowball” Earth periods, where the planet was encased in ice, resolving a long-standing debate about these dramatic climate shifts. Their study, using sophisticated climate models, suggests that under certain […]
‘Devastating to See’: Russia’s Orenburg Region Battles Historic Flood
‘Devastating to See’: Russia’s Orenburg Region Battles Historic Flood Experts say the floods, which have caught the authorities off-guard and left many people to fend for themselves, are just a preview of what is yet to come in the climate crisis. A view of a flood-hit area in the town of Orsk.Yegor Aleyev / TASS […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVI–Technological ‘Breakthroughs’, Ponzi Schemes, and ‘Green’ Energy
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVI February 3, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Technological ‘Breakthroughs’, Ponzi Schemes, and ‘Green’ Energy A collection of my recent comments on posts/articles that have been shared with me via FB groups/pages. I share these to provide further ‘insight’ into where I am coming from in my […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV–We All Believe What We Want To Believe
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV January 31, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. We All Believe What We Want To Believe The following Contemplation is my comment in response to a thought-provoking post I read by Dave Pollard at his site How to Save the World. Great read, thanks for sharing. A […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIV–‘Representative’ Democracy: A Ruse To Convince Citizens That They Have Agency In Their Society
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIV January 29, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Representative’ Democracy: A Ruse To Convince Citizens That They Have Agency In Their Society A friend recently posted on my FB timeline the link to an article about the plans of our provincial government in opening up sections of […]
India’s most innovative cities including Bengaluru run out of water
India’s most innovative cities including Bengaluru run out of water Tech professionals are leaving India’s IT hub of Bengaluru amid an intensifying drought that has gripped the city as it sweats through another torrid pre-monsoon season A thirsty growth engine | Photo: Bloomberg At the time Egypt’s pyramids were being constructed, one of the cradles […]
