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The Thermodynamics of Collapse
The Thermodynamics of Collapse
The Tipping Point That Will Destroy the World
The Tipping Point That Will Destroy the World
It’s okay to look up
It’s okay to look up I am told I should look into filing a copyright claim against the Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, since I wrote a version of it in my 2015 book, The Consciousness of Sheep, and for exactly the same reason: “We’ve all seen this movie before: A giant asteroid is heading straight for […]
The dark side of Tesla: gigafactories need gigamines
The dark side of Tesla: gigafactories need gigamines The production of electric vehicles requires vast amounts of raw materials such as nickel: Around 32 kg of this metal are needed for the lithium batteries of a mid-range car. To secure access, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is encouraging global nickel mining and is considering investing in […]
Year of Darkness: The Climate Cataclysm of 536 You’ve Never Heard Of
Year of Darkness: The Climate Cataclysm of 536 You’ve Never Heard Of During 536 the world was beset by a long winter. Dubbed “the year of darkness” in the New Scientist , temperatures plummeted and the sun was dimmed by a vast fog which blocked its rays from hitting the earth during 24 hours a day over […]
Another Chinese City Goes Into Lockdown Over Omicron
ANOTHER CHINESE CITY GOES INTO LOCKDOWN OVER OMICRON A major Chinese city near Beijing has placed its 14 million residents on partial lockdown after 40 children and adults tested positive for COVID-19, including at least two with the omicron variant. Remember when this scariant was first announced that it was “mild,” according to “scientists,” so […]
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021 © WFP/Fredrik Lerneryd A rwandese farmer holds a handful of beans after the harvest. The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Thursday. The agency’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes […]
Millions of Americans live near abandoned, toxic oil and gas wells. What does the government plan to do about it?
Millions of Americans live near abandoned, toxic oil and gas wells. What does the government plan to do about it? Stephen Foulger, an environmental scientist with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, uses a Flir gas detection camera during an inspection of an oil pump site near Roosevelt on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Scott G Winterton, […]
Honest Government Ad: We Make Everything Good Sh!t
Honest Government Ad: We Make Everything Good Sh!t
Fukushima Takes a Turn for the Worse
Fukushima Takes a Turn for the Worse Photograph Source: IAEA Imagebank – CC BY 2.0 Tokyo Electric Power Company-TEPCO- has been attempting to decommission three nuclear meltdowns in reactors No. 1 No. 2, and No. 3 for 11 years now. Over time, impossible issues grow and glow, putting one assertion after another into the anti-nuke coffers. […]
Dutch Plan To Boost Gas Output At Earthquake-Prone Site Sparks Anger
Dutch Plan To Boost Gas Output At Earthquake-Prone Site Sparks Anger Residents in the Groningen area in the Netherlands have voiced their anger at a plan by the Dutch government to potentially double this year production from the Groningen gas field, which has been hit by earthquakes in the past. The Dutch government said on Thursday that […]
Weather 2022: New anomalies are growing in the Atmosphere and the Oceans, that will change the weather patterns as we head deeper into the year
Weather 2022: New anomalies are growing in the Atmosphere and the Oceans, that will change the weather patterns as we head deeper into the year Major changes are coming in 2022 across the atmosphere and the oceans, creating different weather patterns into the second half of the year, and especially in the cold season later […]
Vaclav Smil: We Must Leave Growth Behind
Vaclav Smil: We Must Leave Growth Behind Illustration: Stevie Remsberg/Intelligencer. Photo: Andreas Laszlo Konrath On September 23, the United Nations opened its Climate Action Summit here in New York, three days after the Global Climate Strike, led by Greta Thunberg, swept through thousands of cities worldwide. To mark the occasion, Intelligencer will be publishing “State of the […]
Edible Oil Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Worries Persist
Edible Oil Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Worries Persist Edible oil prices continue to surge to record highs amid adverse weather conditions for the world’s oilseed growers, adding to food-inflation worries that will persist through 2022. Rapeseed and canola prices hit another record high on Friday after last year’s harvests in North America […]
