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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCI–Mainstream Green Narratives: It’s About Selling More Industrial Products
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCI January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Mainstream Green Narratives: It’s About Selling More Industrial Products A follow-up to Contemplation LXXXIX that responded to the idea that if enough people found true contentment and happiness by cooperating with others, humanity would discover a ‘oneness’ that could […]
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 4
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 4 January 13, 2023 (original posting date) While I take a break from my Contemplation posts and specifically the energy series I began (see here for Part 1, Part 2), here is the fourth installment of chapters from the fourth book in my fictional novel series (that […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XC–A Societal Phase Transition This Way Comes
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XC January 10, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. A Societal Phase Transition This Way Comes The following contemplation shares my thoughts/response to The Honest Sorcerer’s latest article (another very worthwhile read) regarding the diminishing returns being increasingly encountered by non-renewable, renewable energy-harvesting technologies (aka ‘renewables’) — and, yes, I […]
From the Recycling Bin to the Landfill: The Major Flaw in Plastic Recycling
From the Recycling Bin to the Landfill: The Major Flaw in Plastic Recycling Reports estimate that less than 6 percent of plastic in the United States is recycled, pointing to the impracticality of recycling on a large scale. People may be putting plastic into recycling bins, but most of it generally ends up in landfills […]
The Road Worrier
The Road Worrier Final preparations for moving the donkey foals are upon me, which has me sorting out the logistics of getting them safely home. The breeder lives less than a kilometre away, which originally made me wonder if they could be walked over but the open road is just too dangerous. If it was […]
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 3
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 3 January 7, 2023 (original posting date) Common Grackle Fledgling, Whitchurch-Stouffville. (2022) Photo by author. While I take a break from my self-indulgent Contemplation posts and specifically the energy series I began (see here for Part 1, Part 2), here is the third installment of chapters from the […]
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 2 January 4, 2023 (original posting date) Going to ‘try’ and take a bit of a break from my self-indulgent Contemplation posts and specifically the energy series I began (see here for Part 1, Part 2). I do attempt to take time to reflect upon and do […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVIII–Collapse: Just Like Boiling A Frog
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVIII January 2, 2023 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Collapse: Just Like Boiling A Frog As I continue to work on my multipart contemplation regarding our energy future (Part 1; Part 2), thought I would throw out this ‘brief’ one that shares my comment on the most recent […]
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different…
Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different… January 1, 2023 (original posting date) A corner of our property after a typical February snowstorm. As I work upon the multi-part series regarding my thoughts on our energy future, thought I would throw together something a little different for this initial contemplation of 2023. My journey […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVII–Limitless, ‘Clean’ Energy: More Magical Thinking
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVII December 29, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Limitless, ‘Clean’ Energy: More Magical Thinking A brief contemplation that shares my comment on the latest post by The Honest Sorcerer regarding the recent fusion energy ‘breakthrough’ that has been making the rounds on many media sites. My current […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVI–Energy Future, Part 2: Competing Polities and Geopolitical Stress
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVI December 28, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 2: Competing Polities and Geopolitical Stress Part 2 of my multi-part contemplation on our energy future. It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. -various attributions (e.g., Niels Bohr, Samuel Goldwyn, Yogi Berra, Mark Twain, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXV–Energy Future, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXV December 21, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 1 A short introductory contemplation to a multipart one on our energy future[1]. It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. -various attributions (e.g., Niels Bohr, Yogi Berra, Mark Twain) Energy[2]. It is the fundamental […]
Geoengineering Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Solving the ‘Climate Crisis’ Is Bad for Business and Worse for Politics
Geoengineering Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Solving the ‘Climate Crisis’ Is Bad for Business and Worse for Politics The article “Harvard Shuts Geoengineering Project” by Cauf Skiviers, explains Bill Gates, funder of the project, stopping Harvard from carrying out the study to preserve the climate narrative, see this. How is this relevant? That Bill Gates calls the […]
Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city
Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city Residents of the township of Soweto, South Africa, queue for water on March 16, 2024 as Johannesburg experiences severe water shortages. Jerome Delay/AP JohannesburgCNN — When Duane Riley turns on his taps, they shudder loudly from the air flowing through the pipes. […]
