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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLVII–Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Denial: Avoiding the Pain
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLVII Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Denial: Avoiding the Pain I share an ongoing conversation with others in my town of Stouffville regarding a post on a local Facebook Group discussing ongoing expansion of our suburban community. Note the common thinking along the lines of growth being a […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLVI–Peak Oil, Complexity, Psychology, Magical Thinking, and War
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLVI Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Peak Oil, Complexity, Psychology, Magical Thinking, and War Again, some sharing of my comments and others’ on a couple of recent FB Group posts. First, a post from the Peak Oil Group I am a member of where some great conversations happen. In this particular situation, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIV–Climate Change and Narratives to Support Continued Economic Growth
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Climate Change and Narratives to Support Continued Economic Growth The following commentary was once again prompted by an online media article, this one discussing the necessary paradigm shift required to confront the existential dilemma of climate change, particularly how we view our relationship with nature […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIII–‘Clean Energy’ and the Stages of Grieving
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author ‘Clean Energy’ and the Stages of Grieving Today’s thought was motivated by another Tyee article that carries on the notion of ‘clean energy’ and the ‘magical thinking’ needed to buy into such narratives. As long as language is being manipulated (e.g., ‘clean energy’ is a […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIX–Fossil Fuels: Contributing to Complexity and Ecological Overshoot
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIX June 7, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Fossil Fuels: Contributing to Complexity and Ecological Overshoot Andrew Nikiforuk is an author and contributing editor of the online media site The Tyee. He has been writing about the oil and gas industry for close to 20 years. In his most recent […]
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 […]
