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Dozens of reasons why solar power can’t replace fossil fuels
Dozens of reasons why solar power can’t replace fossil fuels Preface. All solar (and wind) do is add to the giant bonfire of burning fossil fuels — which still provide two-thirds of the power for the electric grid. Electricity is just a fraction of how we use energy, over 80% is fossil fueled because electricity […]
Dutch Farmers Livid Over EU’s ‘Green’ Nitrogen Rule Block Border Between Holland And Germany
Dutch Farmers Livid Over EU’s ‘Green’ Nitrogen Rule Block Border Between Holland And Germany Thousands of tractor-driving Dutch protesters came out this week to continue demonstrations against the government’s radical plan to cut nitrogen emissions by 30% – 70% as part of their ‘green’ agenda. Farmers from the world’s 5th largest exporter of food are demanding that the […]
Marti’s Corner – 70
Marti’s Corner – 70 Hi Everyone, NOTES: ** You should be familiar with the website: Alert RivCo | Emergency Management Department | Riverside County Most communities now have a similar alert system to Riverside’s. It’s always an advantage to get a heads-up. From this page, you can sign up to have alerts sent to your phone in […]
Drought-Stricken Lake Mead Less Than 150 Feet From “Dead Pool”
Drought-Stricken Lake Mead Less Than 150 Feet From “Dead Pool” The surface of Lake Mead, North America’s largest artificial reservoir, now stands at 1044 feet above sea level and is dropping fast. If Lake Mead’s water level falls another 149 feet, a dangerous level known as a “dead pool” could wreak havoc across Southwestern US. […]
“Dangerous” Heat Dome Shifts Eastward, Triple-Digit Temps Expected For Southeast
“Dangerous” Heat Dome Shifts Eastward, Triple-Digit Temps Expected For Southeast A heat dome hovering over the northern Plains has begun to shift eastward early this week, expected to bring triple-digit temperatures across southern and eastern regions of the U.S. “Dangerous heat will continue to make headlines from the central U.S. to the Southeast. One more day […]
What are our leaders doing?
What are our leaders doing? What force is powerful enough to synchronize every leader in almost every country to do the wrong thing on almost every covid action without assuming every leader is evil and/or stupid? Why has no one figured out what’s going on, including normally intelligent alt-media? Let’s assume that most of our leaders […]
Australia’s Energy Crisis Worsens As Gov’t Ask People To Keep Lights Off To Avert Blackouts
Australia’s Energy Crisis Worsens As Gov’t Ask People To Keep Lights Off To Avert Blackouts Australia’s energy minister asked Sydney and the New South Wales (eastern part of the country) residents to turn off lights and energy-intensive appliances in the evening to prevent power blackouts due to an ongoing energy crunch, The Independent reports. The federal energy […]
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 […]
