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The Quiet Part Out Loud

By olduvai in Environment, Liberty, Survival on October 22, 2022

Tags: frankly, nate hagens, social psychology, sustainability

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The Bulletin: March 25-31, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXIV–Collapse Is Baked Into Our Future.
The Bulletin: March 18-24, 2026
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXII–We’re Saved! ‘Renewables’ and Energy Security.
The Bulletin: March 11-17, 2026
The Bulletin: March 4-10, 2026
The Bulletin: February 25-March 3, 2026
The Bulletin: February 18-24, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXI– We’re Saved! Ecomodernism.
The Bulletin: February 11-17, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXX– Revisited: Collapse = Prolonged Period of Diminishing Returns + Significant Stress Surge(s)
The Bulletin: February 4-10, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIX– We’re Saved! Pulling It Together…So Far.
The Bulletin: January 28-February 3, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVIII– We’re Saved! Steel Production Without Coal.
The Bulletin: January 21-27, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVII– We’re Saved! Wave Energy.
The Bulletin: January 14-20, 2026
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVI–We’re Saved! Hydrogen Energy.
The Bulletin: January 7-13, 2026
The Bulletin: December 31-January 6, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXV– We’re Saved! Carbon Emissions Have Decoupled From Economic Growth.
The Bulletin: December 24-30, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIV– We’re Saved! Thorium-Fuelled and Molten Salt Reactors.
The Bulletin: December 17-23, 2025
We’re Saved! A Collection of ‘Solution’ Critiques, Volume 1.
The Bulletin: December 10–16, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIII– We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 4.
The Bulletin: December 3-9, 2025
The Bulletin: November 26-December 2, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXII–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 3.
The Bulletin: November 19-25, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXI–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 2.
The Bulletin: November 12-18, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXX–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 1.
The Bulletin: November 5-11, 2025
The Bulletin: October 29-November 4, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXIX– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 3.
The Bulletin: October 22-28, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVIII–We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 2.
The Bulletin: October 15-21, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVII– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 1.
The Bulletin: October 8-14, 2025
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The Bulletin: September 24-30, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVI–We’re Saved! Fusion Energy Is Imminent.
The Bulletin: September 17-23, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXV–We’re Saved! Bamboo and Hemp.
The Bulletin: September 10-16, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXIV–We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panels.
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIX– Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 2
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVII–‘Collapse’: It May Not Be What You Think It Is.
The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025
The Bulletin: June 12-18, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVI–A ‘Great Simplification’ Is On Our Doorstep.
The Bulletin: June 5-11, 2025
The Bulletin: May 29-June 4, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCV–Do You Believe ‘Renewables’ Are ‘Clean’ And Can ‘Save the Planet’?
The Bulletin: May 22-28, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIV– Canada’s Housing ‘Crisis’ Revisited: Looking Into Why Housing Is Not Affordable For Most
The Bulletin: May 15-21, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIII–We Must Destroy the Earth To Save It
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLII–Housing ‘Crisis’: Real or Contrived?
The Bulletin: May 8-14, 2025
The Bulletin: May 1-7, 2025
The Bulletin: April 24-30, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCII– Hydrocarbons: Our Finite, Master Energy Resource and the Implications Of Its Peak For Modernity
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The Bulletin: April 10-16, 2025
The Bulletin: April 3-9, 2025
The Bulletin: March 27-April 2, 2025
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCI– Peak Oil, Economic Growth, and Wildlife Conservation: Envisioning An Alternative Future
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCVIII–Beyond Peak Oil: Will Our Cities Collapse?
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The Bulletin: February 6-12, 2025
The Bulletin: January 30-February 5, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCVII–‘Renewable’ Energy: See, Hear, and Speak No Evil, Part 3
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXLIX–Carbon Tunnel Vision and Resource/Energy & Ecological Blindness, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXXXI–Sociopolitical Agency, Narrative Management, And Collapse
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXLVIII–What Do Previous Experiments in Societal Complexity Suggest About ‘Managing’ Our Future
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXXXV–Collapse Now To Avoid the Rush: The Long Emergency
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The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXC–Beyond Collapse: Climate Change and Causality During the Middle Holocene Climatic Transition
The Bulletin: November 7-13, 2024
The Bulletin: October 31-November 6, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVIX–Problem Solving: Complexity, History, Sustainability
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The Bulletin: October 17-23, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVII–Collapse = Prolonged Period of Diminishing Returns + Significant Stress Surge(s), Part 3
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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVI– Collapse = Prolonged Period of Diminishing Returns + Significant Stress Surge(s), Part 2
The Bulletin: October 3-9, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXV– Collapse = Prolonged Period of Diminishing Returns + Significant Stress Surge(s), Part 1
The Bulletin: September 26-October 2, 2024
It Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 2
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The Bulletin: September 13-19
The Bulletin: September 6-12
The Bulletin: August 30-September 5, 2024
The Bulletin: August 23-29, 2024
The Bulletin: August 16-22, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXIV– ‘Renewables’: The Great ‘Solution’ (NOT)
The Bulletin: August 8-15, 2024
The Bulletin: August 1-7, 2024
July 12-31 Articles of Interest
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXIII–Complexity and Sustainability
Taking a Break…
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‘It Bears Repeating: A Best Of…’
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About
Index–Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh
Index–Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh, Multipart Posts
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Readings (Summary Notes) February 27, 2025 update
Readings & Video: Olduvai Theory, Peak Oil, Collapse, & more…
Stouffville Corner
Today’s Contemplation Essays: Compilation, Volume 1
Video