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The Techno-Fix Won’t Save Us
The Techno-Fix Won’t Save Us Editor’s Note: Unquestioned beliefs are the real authorities of any culture, and one of the central authorities in the dominant, globalizing culture is that technological progress is an unmitigated good. We call this “the lie of the techno-fix.” The lie of the techno-fix is extremely convincing, with good reason. The […]
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is tearing apart the global food system
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is tearing apart the global food system The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation is warning that countries such as Yemen risk a spike in food prices and food insecurity because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. PHOTO: EPA-EFE LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – The global food system is under threat as Russia’s invasion […]
The Great Economic Destruction & COMPLEXITY
The Great Economic Destruction & COMPLEXITY COMMENT #1: OK Marty, it is now becoming obvious that not only Trump reads your stuff but so does Obama. Trump bought a $19 million remote island and Obama bought one for $15 million. This is not a coincidence. Your war cycle goes nuts next year and we have […]
This War Marks the End of Cheap Resources
This War Marks the End of Cheap Resources Image credit: Miguel Bruna via Unsplash It’s time to bust some myths. Ones, like “we have all the natural resources we want” and “we live in an a world of abundance”. Or if something does become unavailable, then surely a replacement will come online and magically scale up […]
The Revolt of the Imagination, Part Three: Co-Creating the Future
The Revolt of the Imagination, Part Three: Co-Creating the Future As I write these words, the Russo-Ukrainian war has raged for a week. To a great many people, crises like these make the theme of my recent posts here—the potential of the human imagination—seem wholly irrelevant. That’s a common mistake, but it’s still a mistake. […]
How To Prepare For and Prevent Cyberattacks
How To Prepare For and Prevent Cyberattacks The United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an unusual warning to businesses due to the concerns occurring from the Russia/Ukrainian conflict. “Every organization—large and small—must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity,” the agency says in its warning. The United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure […]
Food Crisis About To Get Worse After China Says Winter Wheat Condition Could Be Worst In History
Food Crisis About To Get Worse After China Says Winter Wheat Condition Could Be Worst In History The condition of China’s winter wheat crop could be the “worst in history,” the agriculture minister said on Saturday according to Reuters, raising concerns about grain supplies in the world’s biggest wheat consumer. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines […]
Marti’s Corner – 55
Marti’s Corner – 55 NOTES: * I thought I’d share some gardening adventures. I planted tomatoes on Jan 5, and have been babying them along. They are still small. But the tips of the leaves are turning yellow. Sometimes that means they need to be fed. So I thought I would “pot-up” and feed at the same […]
Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
Putin’s energy shock is becoming a world food crisis. Brace for rationing.
Putin’s energy shock is becoming a world food crisis. Brace for rationing. The world was facing a grain supply crunch even before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations food price index was already higher in real terms than at the height of the global hunger crisis a decade ago, when Tunisian bread protests set […]
Food Crisis Imminent: Hungary Bans All Grains Exports Effective Immediately
Food Crisis Imminent: Hungary Bans All Grains Exports Effective Immediately (Update 1:25pm ET) – Those who have it, are no longer giving it away, and those that don’t will soon find themselves in the middle of an epic food crisis. Just hours after we reported that Russia effectively banned exports of fertilizers, moments ago Hungary – […]
Russia bans ammonium nitrate exports until April to support domestic farmers
Russia bans ammonium nitrate exports until April to support domestic farmers Russia has banned the export of ammonium nitrate (AN) from Feb. 2 to April 1, in a widely-expected move by the government as it seeks to guarantee affordable supplies for domestic farmers following the spike in global fertilizer prices. Ammonia gas, one of the […]
China To “Immediately” Replenish Pork Supplies As World Short Commodities
China To “Immediately” Replenish Pork Supplies As World Short Commodities China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced Monday to “immediately” increase pork stockpiles around the country after prices fell last week, according to Bloomberg. NDRC said the country’s staple meat stockpiles are being replenished as an index monitoring pork prices […]
Post collapse, just what will we eat…..?
Post collapse, just what will we eat…..? Further to my post where I explained how Australia’s poor soils are largely incapable of growing much more than meat, this article landed in my news feed… Here’s a list of what Australian farmers produce: Each year, on average each Australian farmer feeds 600 people. Agriculture powers 1.6 million Australian jobs. Australian […]
How to Enjoy the End of the World
How to Enjoy the End of the World
