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Thomas Murphy: “Physics and Planetary Ambitions”
Thomas Murphy: “Physics and Planetary Ambitions”
Deforestation and world population sustainability: a quantitative analysis
Deforestation and world population sustainability: a quantitative analysis Abstract In this paper we afford a quantitative analysis of the sustainability of current world population growth in relation to the parallel deforestation process adopting a statistical point of view. We consider a simplified model based on a stochastic growth process driven by a continuous time random […]
Texas Power Grid Warns Of Record Demand Amid Back-To-Back Triple-Digit Heatwaves
Texas Power Grid Warns Of Record Demand Amid Back-To-Back Triple-Digit Heatwaves An early summer heatwave pattern continues to boil parts of the Central and Southern Plains. This means parts of Texas will continue to roast with temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits next week. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power grid […]
It’s the End of the World’s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won’t Save Us (Episode 55 of Crazy Town)
It’s the End of the World’s Fair as We Know It: Why Technology Won’t Save Us (Episode 55 of Crazy Town) Back in the day, the World’s Fair was a global showcase of innovation and a peerless cultural event where visitors envisioned a neon future filled with technological wonders. These international expos featured miracle inventions […]
Our Impending Impasse and Sid Smith’s New Series
Our Impending Impasse and Sid Smith’s New Series Keowee Toxaway State Park, South Carolina I have a backlog of articles I have started but haven’t yet finished, so I’m starting with this one which has to do with our impending impasse. I think William Catton, Jr. worded that very well. It actually comes from his […]
Digging In: Why powering a green future means more mines
Digging In: Why powering a green future means more mines “It’s absolutely ironic. But to save the planet, we are going to need more mines.” Government geoscientist Around Australia new mining operations are being established and old sites, shuttered decades ago, are being brought back to life. These miners aren’t digging for coal or gold, […]
Whispers of the Fall
Whispers of the Fall It’s been sixteen years now since I first started posting these weekly essays to the internet. Though I didn’t originally intend them to focus on the crisis of industrial society, that theme was impossible for me to evade, and I soon gave up trying; there was too much that had to […]
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023 The world’s largest fertilizer company warned supply disruptions could extend into 2023. A bulk of the world’s supply has been taken offline due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This has sparked soaring prices and shortages of crop nutrients in top growing areas worldwide; […]
GeoDestinies 2022
GeoDestinies 2022 Walter Youngquist (1921-2018) was a petroleum geologist, a University of Oregon professor, and my friend. His life’s masterpiece is a 600 page book that’s now available to everyone as a free PDF download [HERE]. Geologists study Earth resources, many of which are being degraded and depleted — aquifers, topsoil, hydrocarbons, minerals, etc. These […]
The Coming Removal of the Mandate of Heaven, Part 2: Water
The Coming Removal of the Mandate of Heaven, Part 2: Water Water, water everywhere but all of it polluted Before I started I wanted to address my last post. I wrote it a little too hastily due to a sick daughter and I plan to go back and clean it up somewhat. The political infighting […]
The Coming Removal of the Mandate of Heaven, Part 2: Water
The Coming Removal of the Mandate of Heaven, Part 2: Water Water, water everywhere but all of it polluted Before I started I wanted to address my last post. I wrote it a little too hastily due to a sick daughter and I plan to go back and clean it up somewhat. The political infighting […]
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water”
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water” Following the U.S. Department of the Interior’s call to limit water deliveries from Lake Powell, Arizona’s top water official warned of an impending water crisis that could affect the drinking water for millions of people. “This is really getting to (be) a health and […]
Will We Have Food Shortages In America?
Will We Have Food Shortages In America? Aerial shot of a milling tractor (Tom Fisk/Pexels). Higher Food Prices And Shortages? Our system has been betting on higher food prices since earlier this year, and of course the war in Ukraine has put upward pressure on food an energy. But now one of our Twitter correspondents […]
Desert Apocalypse: What Are We Losing?
Desert Apocalypse: What Are We Losing? White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a very unique gypsum sand desert How much thought have you given to the deserts globally? I have a special love for deserts because of the fact that they are so different from the landscape I grew up in. Many people tend […]
The Mineral Supply Crisis That’s Rarely Talked About
The Mineral Supply Crisis That’s Rarely Talked About
