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Black Swan Event? Top US Fertilizer Producer Hit With Rail Delays To Midwest
Black Swan Event? Top US Fertilizer Producer Hit With Rail Delays To Midwest A fertilizer supply shock is imminent for US farmers as CF Industries Holdings, Inc. warned Thursday that rail shipments of crop nutrients would be reduced to top agricultural states, which couldn’t come at the worst time as the Northern Hemisphere spring planting season is […]
The Bee Project
The Bee Project “The Bee Project” installation in Historical Bohemian District in Cedar Rapids Iowa April-November 2021 Photograph by Brendan Pole If you drive through the historical Bohemian Village in Cedar Rapids, you can see large bright yellow hexagonal structures covered with hundreds of bees made from recycled materials. One might see children playing around the […]
The Failure of Global Elites
The Failure of Global Elites In the 1970s, global political and corporate elites had all the information they needed to put the world on a path toward long-term stability. Systems science was sufficiently advanced that a team of its practitioners organized a scenario study to see how trends in industrial production, population, food, pollution, and resource usage […]
Will Famine Emerge by Year End? Yes.
Will Famine Emerge by Year End? Yes.
Methane emissions jumped by record amount in 2021, NOAA says
Methane emissions jumped by record amount in 2021, NOAA says Carbon dioxide emissions also rose more than 2 parts per million for the 10th consecutive year Pump jacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field near McKittrick, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2021. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Global methane emissions soared by a record […]
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins The EU is expected to deliver another shock to its agricultural sector by capping Russian imports of potash, a crucial ingredient for growing food, according to Bloomberg, citing a Dow Jones report. The European Commission is expected to imminently unveil broad new sanctions on Russia. Much of […]
The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm
The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm iStock/Warren_Price The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would expand a program that pays farmers to leave […]
‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign
Scientists hold a sign reading, “Climate Revolution Or We Will Lose Everything” at a rally. This week, scientists around the world will occupy universities to demand a “Climate Revolution” following the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Photo: Twitter/@ScientistRebel1) ‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign “Scientist Rebellion will […]
Limits to Growth: Natural gas fertilizer that feeds 4 billion of us
Limits to Growth: Natural gas fertilizer that feeds 4 billion of us Preface. In chapter 4 of my book “Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy“, I explain how it came to be that fertilizer is made out of natural gas, using the energy of natural gas, and why it allows at least […]
As oil declines, the threat of a greenhouse earth & extinction from climate change decline
As oil declines, the threat of a greenhouse earth & extinction from climate change decline Carbon sequestration, wind, solar, geo-engineering, and other remedies are trivial compared to the effect declining fossil fuels will have on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The natural rate of decline today is 8.5%, exponentially increasing, and offset by 4%, so the […]
“Fertilizer Is Out Of Control” – US Farmers Ditch Corn For Soy To Save On Costs
“Fertilizer Is Out Of Control” – US Farmers Ditch Corn For Soy To Save On Costs Fertilizer prices are at record highs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine puts massive pressure on American farmers to transition to crops that need less fertilizer. A Bloomberg survey found that farmers will plant 2 million more acres of soybeans and about […]
Unsafe Water Kills More People Than Disasters And Conflicts
Unsafe Water Kills More People Than Disasters And Conflicts Fewer people around the world lack access to basic drinking water services than when the data was last published in 2015. Yet, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz explains below, several countries, especially in Africa, still have a way to go to provide their citizens with safe drinking water. You will […]
Farmers on the Brink
Farmers on the Brink “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower It was a spooky time to be out at sea off the US East Coast on Halloween in 1991. A strong storm system over the maritime provinces in […]
No one will win in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
No one will win in the Russia-Ukraine conflict Most people have a preconceived notion that there will be a clear winner and loser from any war. In their view, the world economy will go on, much as before, after the war is “won” by one side or the other. In my view, we are basically […]
Climate Impacts From a Removal of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions
Climate Impacts From a Removal of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions Abstract Limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2.0°C requires strong mitigation of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Concurrently, emissions of anthropogenic aerosols will decline, due to coemission with GHG, and measures to improve air quality. However, the combined climate effect of GHG and aerosol emissions over […]
