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Collapse Is An Outcome, Not A Problem To Be Solved
Collapse Is An Outcome, Not A Problem To Be Solved Technology as dinosaur. Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash There is a rule in ecology called the maximum power principle formulated by Lokta in 1925. It can be summarized as follows: “The systems that survive in competition are those that develop more power inflow and use it best […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLV–Planetary Boundaries, Narrative Management, and Technology
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLV October 23, 2023 Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Planetary Boundaries, Narrative Management, and Technology As I continue to work on Part 4 of my multipart Contemplation regarding energy blindness (see: Part 1 Medium, Part 2 Medium, Part 3 Blog Medium), I offer a handful of recent comments I shared on a […]
The System Isn’t Designed to Help You
The System Isn’t Designed to Help You If climate change doesn’t kill you, it will bankrupt you. It’s been about two months since the Lahaina fire, and the long term nature of their recovery is just starting to set in — for some at least. I know from first-hand experience that it takes months for […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVI–Finite Energy, Overconsumption, and Magical Thinking Through Denial
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVI May 24, 2021 Knossos, Greece (1993) Photo by author Finite Energy, Overconsumption, and Magical Thinking Through Denial Another quick thought on our impending energy cliff situation and comment on an article suggesting overconsumption is our greatest threat and that we can be happy without it. This is an excellent article. The threats […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XV–Finite Energy, ‘Renewables’, and the Ruling Elite
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XV May 21, 2021 Rome, Italy (1984) Photo by author Finite Energy, ‘Renewables’, and the Ruling Elite Energy. It’s at the core of everything we do. Everything. Yet we take it for granted and rarely think about it and what the finiteness of our various energy sources means for us. As Gail Tverberg […]
World’s Electric Grids Incapable of Supporting Renewable Energy Goals: Agency
World’s Electric Grids Incapable of Supporting Renewable Energy Goals: Agency While investments in renewable energy have doubled since 2010, power grid funding has remained ‘static.’ Electricity grid capacity available in the world isn’t keeping pace with the rapid growth of “clean energy” technologies, possibly putting governments’ climate goals at risk, according to a recent report […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIV–Reducing Population: Degrowth or Enrich Everyone?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIV Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Reducing Population: Degrowth or Enrich Everyone? Part of an ongoing conversation with another regarding globalisation and whether it is a beneficial or detrimental endeavour of humanity. You can find the entire back and forth here. The notion that to address our overshoot dilemma by bringing […]
Fukushima Daiichi adds Insult to Injury for the Pacific’s Coral Reefs.
Fukushima Daiichi adds Insult to Injury for the Pacific’s Coral Reefs. As the El Niño builds to a terrifying crescendo, that won’t peak before April 2024, the Pacific’s Coral Reefs will become stressed, and a bleaching event will unfold as it did in the 2016 El Niño. What is our response? TEPCO and the Japanese government […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII–‘Net Zero’ Policies: Propaganda to Support Continued Economic Growth
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII June 22, 2021 Knossos, Greece (1993) Photo by author ‘Net Zero’ Policies: Propaganda to Support Continued Economic Growth A personal view of the ‘Net-Zero’ policy being implemented by governments around the world, particularly those of the ‘West’. As happens so often (always?), the ruling elite are manipulating what is possibly one […]
The World’s Top Industrial Countries Are in Treacherous Waters
The World’s Top Industrial Countries Are in Treacherous Waters Sometimes, after reading a slew of news articles from around the world, I feel confused and weary. But occasionally patterns seem to emerge. I say “seem” because the human brain is all too eager to see patterns where there are none (hence humanity’s fascination with false […]
The Disastrous Inseparability of Western Science and Capitalism
THE DISASTROUS INSEPARABILITY OF WESTERN SCIENCE AND CAPITALISM The following is an exert from Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World, by Jonathon Crary. [Verso, 2022] Any effective imagination of a post-capitalist material culture must confront the inseparability of modern technology from the institutional formations of modern science. We are currently overwhelmed from all […]
Offshore Wind is an Economic and Environmental Catastrophe
Offshore Wind is an Economic and Environmental Catastrophe California project would be one of the most egregious cases of environmental destruction in human history When it comes to “renewables” wreaking havoc on the environment, wind turbines have stiff competition. For example, over 500,000 square miles of biofuel plantations have already replaced farms and forests to replace a mere […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX–Climate Emergency Action Plan: Electrification and Magical Thinking
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX June 9, 2021 Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Climate Emergency Action Plan: Electrification and Magical Thinking Today’s contemplation is once again generated by way of an article from the online media site The Tyee. It’s topic is the city of Vancouver’s (British Columbia, Canada) attempts to require ‘electrification’ of all […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII–‘Renewables’, Electrify Everything, and Marketing Propaganda
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII June 5, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author ‘Renewables’, Electrify Everything, and Marketing Propaganda As per usual, my comment on an article in The Tyee that gives an interesting perspective on the idea of ‘Carbon Footprint’ and individual verses collective actions in addressing the behavioural/consumption changes necessary for effective action […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVII–‘Renewables’ and the Overton Window That Ignores Biophysical Realities
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVII June 1, 2021 Teotihuacan, Mexico (1986) Photo by author ‘Renewables’ and the Overton Window That Ignores Biophysical Realities ‘Renewables’. They will save us! This is one of the most common beliefs being bandied about by the ruling class and especially those that stand to profit from a shift to them in […]
