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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 […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIII–Electrify Everything: Neither ‘Green’ Nor ‘Sustainable’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Electrify Everything: Neither ‘Green’ Nor ‘Sustainable’ Electrifying everything has become a rallying cry for many people concerned with the ecological/environmental impact of humanity. But do such attempts to mitigate/solve such problems/dilemmas actually do what they claim to? I would argue no. They are simply […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII–Growth Greenwashing: A Comforting Narrative
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XII Teotihuacan, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Growth Greenwashing: A Comforting Narrative My comment on an article regarding the cessation of a provincial programme for municipalities in British Columbia meant to support and fund climate change initiatives. Not sure what the situation is like in BC surrounding provincial mandates and municipalities, but […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI–Fiat Currency, Infinite Growth, Finite Resources: A Recipe For Collapse
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XI Knossos, Crete (1993) Photo by author Fiat Currency, Infinite Growth, Finite Resources: A Recipe For Collapse Yet another in an increasing collection of comments I have posted to the online media site The Tyee. This time it is a commentary on an article that reviews a book arguing in favour of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIV–Overreach And Diminishing Returns: Contributing To Complex Society Collapse For 10,000 Years
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIV Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Overreach And Diminishing Returns: Contributing To Complex Society Collapse For 10,000 Years Today’s very brief Contemplation is my comment on The Honest Sorcerer’s latest piece. U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler stated it so clearly in his treatise on war some 100 years ago. War […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh X–Who Do Representative Governments Actually Represent?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh X April 29, 2021 Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Who Do Representative Governments Actually Represent? Circumstances have kept me sidetracked from writing for a few months. As life has settled a bit, although the spring weather keeps me busy working in the food garden, I felt it time to post […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IX–Hear, Speak, See No Evil: Sociopolitical Collapse
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IX November 7, 2020 Chichen Itza, Mexico (1986) photo by author Hear, Speak, See No Evil: Sociopolitical Collapse Once more a comment posted in the Tyee in response to ongoing ‘debate’ with others in regard to the 2020 U.S. presidential election and some of the accusations of irregularities surrounding the process. While not […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIII–Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 3
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLIII October 6, 2023 Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 3 As ecologist Howard T. Odum argues in the quote above, human ‘progress’ has been the result of our species’ leveraging of available ‘power’[1]. Humans are not unique in this but for a […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VIII–Peak Oil and Sociopolitics
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VIII Oct 30, 2020 Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Peak Oil and Sociopolitics Once again, a comment I posted in response to an article on The Tyee. Where to begin? I realise this article is primarily about a federal political party and its future but there are two underlying […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VII–Science: It May Not Be All You Think It Is
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VII Oct 12, 2020 Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Science: It May Not Be All You Think It Is Ha! It’s poetry in motion Now she’s making love to me The spheres are in commotion The elements in harmony She blinded me with science (She blinded me with science!) And […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI–Infinite Growth, Finite Planet; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI October 9, 2020 Teotihuacan, Mexico (1988) Photo by author Infinite Growth, Finite Planet; What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Tyee commentary…(https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/09/Australian-Invasion-Big-Coal-Plans-Alberta/) _____ It’s truly unfortunate that our society pursues such self-evidently egregious exploits on our environment. You can’t continue to pollute your backyard without eventually destroying the complex ecological systems that […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh V–Electrify Everything: The Wrong ‘Solution’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh V Oct 2, 2020 Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Electrify Everything: The Wrong ‘Solution’ Yet another of my comments for an article on The Tyee regarding energy and how we should approach our coming dilemmas. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/02/BC-Needs-Wartime-Approach-Climate-Emergency/ _____ While I certainly appreciate the need to ‘correct’ our global industrial civilization’s path from […]
Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds
Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds Researchers say tire emissions pose a threat to global health, and EVs could make the problem worse. When contemplating the emissions from road vehicles, our first thought is often about the various gases coming out of the tailpipe. However, new research shows that we should be […]
On Being Reasonable
On Being Reasonable Scientists have been in the news of late fretting that their projections about the onset of disasters caused by a warming climate may have been off the mark. It appears that Mother Nature has pushed the “fast forward” button and we are all paddling, choking, and sizzling much sooner than sober science […]
