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Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy
Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy The decline in the world’s oil supply offers no sudden dramatic event that would appeal to the writer of “apocalyptic” science fiction: no mushroom clouds, no flying saucers, no giant meteorites. The future will be just like today, only tougher. Oil depletion is basically just a matter of overpopulation — […]
3 Ways to Grow Lettuce Even if You Don’t Have a Garden
3 Ways to Grow Lettuce Even if You Don’t Have a Garden Fresh salad is a recommended mainstay of healthy eating. But, salad can get expensive. Lettuce seeds, however, are cheap. You can grow lettuce, throughout the year, even if you don’t have a garden with one of these three indoor techniques. If you’re new […]
What is Degrowth?
What is Degrowth? C.R. “Doodle” White Overlook, Hampton, Tennessee I’m going to start this article with a song from Billy Joel. Those outside the United States might find the song somewhat difficult to understand. When the song came out, even I didn’t fully comprehend the implications the song brings to the forefront. The song is basically […]
Wick Watering: Simple and Efficient
Wick Watering: Simple and Efficient Set up a wick system to water your potted and in-ground plants with hands-free efficiency. by Adobestock/detry26 Use wick watering to keep your plants hydrated. Self watering wick systems are simple to assemble, and they use less water than other methods. Wick watering is a lesser-known method of efficient irrigation. […]
USDA Reveals US Corn-Harvested Acres At 2008 Levels Amid Megadrought
USDA Reveals US Corn-Harvested Acres At 2008 Levels Amid Megadrought Last year was a bad year for corn — the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report shows drought conditions and extreme weather wreaked havoc on croplands. USDA unexpectedly slashed its outlook for domestic corn production amid a severe drought across the western farm belt. […]
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe Contents People of the Hazel: Europe’s indigenous cultures return after the glaciers retreat, bringing their most cherished tree with them The Continent-Wide Orchard: Mesolithic people create Europe’s post-glacial ecosystems as vast forest gardens A Changing Climate: millennia of drastic fluctuations in the climate lead to the creation and spread […]
William E. Rees: The Fundamental Issue–Overshoot
William E. Rees: The Fundamental Issue–Overshoot
Renewables Are Slowly Approaching Diminishing Returns
Renewables Are Slowly Approaching Diminishing Returns Photo by Ryan Grice on Unsplash Once a source of hope for maintaining our modern lifestyle, renewables are close to hit diminishing returns (i.e.: providing less and less benefit to society with every addition of a new solar panel or wind turbine). For the record: fossil fuels have long passed the same […]
Who Will Save Us From Ourselves?
Who Will Save Us From Ourselves? We have the capacity to learn from previous civilization’s errors–rising inequality, hubris, over-reach, decay of production and trade, parasitic elites, and so on–yet we go right ahead and repeat those same errors. After listening to my explanation of the many cycles human civilizations track first to glory and then […]
The Human Eco-predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum
The Human Eco-predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum This article was originally published by Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2023, Vol. 21, pp. 1–19 Abstract: The human enterprise is in overshoot, depleting essential ecosystems faster than they can regenerate and polluting the ecosphere beyond nature’s assimilative capacity. Overshoot is a meta-problem that is the cause […]
How agriculture hastens species extinction
How agriculture hastens species extinction This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on something scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction. There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet, when at least 75 percent of the known species disappear. The last mass extinction was 66 million years ago, when an asteroid […]
Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions
Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions Photo Credit: Getty Thanks go to Tony Heller, who first collected many of these news clips and posted them on RealClimateScience. SUMMARY Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates […]
One Great Big Nasty Prediction for 2023
One Great Big Nasty Prediction for 2023 Welcome to 2023! The New Year’s edition of the Economic Prism is a place of wild conjecture and rough suppositions. A place where abstract thinking is celebrated. Imaginative cycle theories, deep metaphysics, fractal wave patterns, happy accidents, and amateur fortune tellers of all stripes are invited too. Today, […]
Austrian Defense Minister Warns Europeans Are Unprepared For Days-Long Blackouts
Austrian Defense Minister Warns Europeans Are Unprepared For Days-Long Blackouts Leaving one third of citizens unable to “supply themselves.” SOPA Images via Getty Images The Austrian defense minister has warned that Europeans could face blackouts that go on for days, leaving one–third of citizens unable to “supply themselves.” Klaudia Tanner made the comments during an […]
