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Science Snippets: Peak Oil Has NOT Gone Away
Science Snippets: Peak Oil Has NOT Gone Away The video embedded below is scheduled to Premiere on YouTube at noon Eastern time on 13 June 2022. An online conversation will ensue shortly before, during, and slightly after the video is shown. Professor Guy McPherson’s AVID Audio Course Described and Available Here The Washington Post, 7 […]
This is how civilisations collapse
This is how civilisations collapse Last week, in an attempt to explain away the supply chain woes that are increasingly leading to goods shortages in America, President Biden cited a popular neoliberal fable. He observed that to make a pencil, wood and graphite must be sourced from the other ends of the world before the finished product can […]
Why The Biden Admin Wants Censorship Of Renewable Energy Critics
Why The Biden Admin Wants Censorship Of Renewable Energy Critics National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy calls on Big Tech to censor renewable energy critics in the name of “public health” Biden Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy last week demanded that Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies crack down on those who are “seeding doubt about […]
Nuclear waste from small modular reactors
Nuclear waste from small modular reactors Significance Small modular reactors (SMRs), proposed as the future of nuclear energy, have purported cost and safety advantages over existing gigawatt-scale light water reactors (LWRs). However, few studies have assessed the implications of SMRs for the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The low-, intermediate-, and high-level waste […]
Wide Awake
Wide Awake “Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” – Carl Sagan Carl Sagan was a brilliant scientist, gifted orator, skilled teacher, and effective advocate for his strongly held beliefs. It is no exaggeration to say that Sagan is likely responsible for inspiring more people to pursue a career in the sciences than any […]
UN Warns of ‘Total Societal Collapse’Due to Breaching of Planetary Boundaries
UN Warns of ‘Total Societal Collapse’Due to Breaching of Planetary Boundaries Photo: Diana Tolkunova A landmark report by the United Nations concludes that ‘global collapse’ is becoming more likely. But was it watered-down before being published? When the United Nations published its 2022 ‘Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction’ (GAR2022) in May, the world’s […]
Supply Chain Failures Prove Growing Need for Localized Economies
Supply Chain Failures Prove Growing Need for Localized Economies Organizations fighting for local food sovereignty are among the largest social movements in the world, representing more than 200 million small farmers.TOM WERNER / GETTY IMAGES The mainstream media — television, print and digital — routinely cycle through the litany of crises gripping the world. One […]
The Struggle For What’s Essential
President of the Pueblo Shuar Arutam of Ecuador, Josefina Tunki, during a protest along with other Shuar women. (Photo: Comunicación PSHA) THE STRUGGLE FOR WHAT’S ESSENTIAL Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break […]
Climate change, energy, and an unstable grid: The mainstream belatedly gets the connections
Climate change, energy, and an unstable grid: The mainstream belatedly gets the connections Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer in the United States as the temperate breezes of spring give way to an enveloping heat that has become more and more intense each year due to climate change. This summer forecasters are expecting […]
By Gaia Gardener: On Suffering
By Gaia Gardener: On Suffering Buried in the comments of the last post we discussed human overshoot and what should be done about it. I proposed our goal should be to minimize suffering and that the best path to achieving this goal is awareness of Ajit Varki’s Mind Over Reality Transition (MORT) theory. My view, in summary, is […]
Summer Heat Could Wreak Havoc On Texas’ Grid
Summer Heat Could Wreak Havoc On Texas’ Grid Experts warn that Texans should be prepared for another massive grid failure. While Texas has made some progress in increasing surplus energy flow to the grid, high demand may overwhelm embattled ERCOT. Despite warnings, ERCOT remains confident that it can manage the increase in energy demand this […]
Social tipping points of the 2020s
Social tipping points of the 2020s Anyone who reads the news and walks the earth with open eyes sees that in this day and age “all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned.” But we are only at the beginning of epochal changes. Our ecosystem and socio-economic system are already flickering and it’s […]
Home Soil
Home Soil We need more geology in school. Or perhaps ecology. Probably both. If we are to survive, we need to understand who and what we are, and for that we need to understand this world that made us. We are earthly beings. We are small parts of a small planet on an average star […]
Honeybees: A holistic perspective on a superorganism
Honeybees: A holistic perspective on a superorganism It is a great privilege to call myself a beekeeper. Having bees in my life, constantly reminds me to notice the sheer wonder of the world around me and often leaves me with a visceral sense of my place within this world. Honeybees have seen a dramatic rise […]
Reduce Waste: How To Make The Most Of Your Autumn Leaves
Reduce Waste: How To Make The Most Of Your Autumn Leaves The end of the summer garden is always bittersweet for me. I miss my daily fresh cut lettuce but I also love the falling leaves and bright reds and oranges of autumn. Luckily, those fallen leaves are more than just pleasing to look at. […]
