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2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
Ida Hit Crushes Crude Output In Gulf Of Mexico, Ranked Worst In 16 Years
Ida Hit Crushes Crude Output In Gulf Of Mexico, Ranked Worst In 16 Years Hurricane Ida’s disruption to the U.S. offshore energy production in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst in 16 years. It has already stressed domestic and global supply chains, further testing the Federal Reserve’s “transitory” inflation narrative. Gulf Coast hurricanes usually cause minor […]
Xeriscape – landscaping whose time has come.
Xeriscape – landscaping whose time has come. With drought conditions or lower than average precipitation becoming more widespread across the country, it’s time to revisit the principles of xeriscape gardening. Let’s take a look at the “classic” principles and we’ll update them, Garden Professor style. Note: If you’re growing food crops to supply your table […]
Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors
Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors In the fight to address climate change, renewable energy companies are often assumed to be Jedi Knights. Valiantly struggling to save the planet, wind and solar interests are thought to be locked in mortal combat with large fossil fuel corporations that continue to mine, […]
It’s Time to Acknowledge the Spectacular Success of the IPCC.
It’s Time to Acknowledge the Spectacular Success of the IPCC. “US support was probably critical to IPCC’s establishment. And why did the US government support it? Assistant Undersecretary of State Bill Nitze wrote to me a few years later saying that our group’s activities played a significant role. Among other motivations, the US government saw the […]
A Prayer for Nonbelievers
A Prayer for Nonbelievers I was ten years old when The Limits to Growth first saw print. I have a dim memory of seeing a newspaper article or two about it, but I had other things on my mind in 1972—my parents got divorced that year, and an already difficult childhood promptly got much worse—and several years […]
The Myth of Climate Smart Agriculture – Why Less Bad Isn’t Good
The Myth of Climate Smart Agriculture – Why Less Bad Isn’t Good The “modern” intensive agricultural system does the climate more harm than good. That’s a fact, no matter how much Big Data or precision farming you throw at it. We need to look outside that system for solutions. In this excerpt from an evidence-based […]
‘The Limits to Growth’ (1972)
‘The Limits to Growth’ (1972) Published in 1972, and shrouded in controversy since that date, ‘The Limits to Growth’ is the most successful econometric projection ever made. The idea of these of blog posts is to introduce people to some ‘historic’ books and reports, which I think should be more widely read. To start, I […]
The Age of Low Tech by Philippe Bihouix: review by Mark Garavan
The Age of Low Tech by Philippe Bihouix: review by Mark Garavan For some time now a simple climate change narrative has been foregrounded in the political and media mainstream. This has been particularly evident in the wake of the most recent IPCC Report. In this narrative, climate change is acknowledged but is seen primarily […]
Tao of Degrowth
Tao of Degrowth I am a degrowther and a doomer but this is not what your first reaction indicates. We are taught to be optimistic and so forth. People loath pessimist and doomers. People tire of people who cry wolf constantly. This is what the doom movement has done for decades now. There is some […]
Our household farming future
Our household farming future Back to the blog cycle about my book A Small Farm Future with a little more about household-based farming. A couple of posts back Greg Reynolds suggested I might write some short declarative sentences about my case for household farming, which struck me as a good idea. So here’s my best shot at […]
Hurricane Ida Shuts Down More Than 90% of Oil and Gas Production in the Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Ida Shuts Down More Than 90% of Oil and Gas Production in the Gulf of Mexico Experts say the oil refineries that have been shut down account for 9% of the country’s total. A gas pump with gas selling for $1.04 a gallon is shown on May 07, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo: Rob Carr (Getty […]
The Earth Is Going to Run Out of Oil Someday — but Not in Our Lifetimes
SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES The Earth Is Going to Run Out of Oil Someday — but Not in Our Lifetimes Created when fossilized organic compounds break down over time, crude oil, in particular, has become a necessary part of daily living for nearly every person on the planet. Fossil fuels are the most effective and destructive natural […]
Study Bolsters Case That Climate Change Is Driving Many California Wildfires
Study Bolsters Case That Climate Change Is Driving Many California Wildfires Link Seen to Fivefold Jump in Area Burned Against a backdrop of long-term rises in temperature in recent decades, California has seen ever higher spikes in seasonal wildfires, and, in the last two years, a string of disastrous, record-setting blazes. This has led scientists, politicians […]
Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses As 2,000 Miles of High-Voltage Lines Damaged
Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses As 2,000 Miles of High-Voltage Lines Damaged More than a million customers across Louisiana are without power on Tuesday morning. Some reports indicate it could take weeks for the lights to come back on as thousands of miles of transmission lines were damaged after Hurricane Ida rolled through on Sunday. […]
