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Modernity’s Long Twilight
Modernity’s Long Twilight Photo source wongaboo | CC BY 2.0 While Marx expected the industrial proletariat to spearhead the socialist revolution, it is now left to those who resist the burning of the last of the planet’s fossil fuel – which continues to engorge the hyper-capitalism of the early twenty-first century – to usher us […]
Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air
Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air The last time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were this high, millions of years ago, the planet was very different. For one, humans didn’t exist. On Wednesday, scientists at the University of California in San Diego confirmedthat April’s monthly average atmospheric carbon […]
The ninety percent and the tithe
The ninety percent and the tithe I think it likely that 90% of our working time creates what we don’t need and also damages work to preserve what we do need. That is: most of our time is not only wasted but destructive. Of course, I’m speaking of the so-called First World and of the […]
Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts
Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts We’re not cutting emissions as much as we should, and we’re dependent on an increasingly expensive source of oil. Canada’s energy twilight: Canada can’t meet emission targets and expand bitumen or shale gas production at the same time, according to energy expert David Hughes. Photo by Jeff Peischl/NOAA. Canadians are […]
As Rest of World Moves Towards Renewables, US Keeps Offering Exclusive Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuels
As Rest of World Moves Towards Renewables, US Keeps Offering Exclusive Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuels About a half decade ago, as the shale drilling rush was sweeping across the U.S., drillers needed upfront cash — and quick — to let them snap up acreage, drill and frack exploratory wells, and hone their skills at […]
Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff
Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff There is no denying the utility of fossil fuels, which meet 85% of the world’s energy needs. And consumption is rising along with emissions. Even in Canada, the second largest hydropower producer in the world, 76% of end use energy is provided by fossil fuels. We are told […]
Why the Standard Model of Future Energy Supply Doesn’t Work
Why the Standard Model of Future Energy Supply Doesn’t Work The most prevalent view regarding future oil supply, as well as total energy supply, seems to be fairly closely related to that expressed by Peak Oilers. Future fossil fuel supply is assumed to be determined by the resources in the ground and the technology available for […]
Natural Gas Is Under Attack
Natural Gas Is Under Attack Natural gas has been billed as the key “bridge fuel” that will help the energy transition, replacing coal while buying time for renewable energy to scale up. However, even as gas is triumphing over coal in the U.S., it is increasingly under attack by policymakers. Gas claims a carbon emissions […]
The World Oil Supply is Infinite: I Know That Because I Believe It
The World Oil Supply is Infinite: I Know That Because I Believe It Earth scientists have been making the case for years that the present level of human activity is not sustainable. We’re rapidly depleting resources, degrading ecosystems, altering the atmosphere, etc. What earth scientists are saying is generally not covered by the mainstream media, […]
The great agricultural resettlement or the next chapter of the fall
The great agricultural resettlement or the next chapter of the fall Here’s my own picture. I am a farmer and that is where my world begins. What is an agriculture? I say it is a culture of cities, towns and villages, bridges, roads, canals, harbours – of trades’ people and the trades, which have been […]
Dr. Charles Hall: The Laws Of Nature Trump Economics
Dr. Charles Hall: The Laws Of Nature Trump Economics It’s all about Energy Retun On Energy Invested (EROEI) Dr. Charles Hall may not be a name you instantly recognize, but it should be. Now a Professor Emeritus of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Dr. Hall is a rigorous researcher of energy, oil, biophysical […]
Thoughts of a Modern-day Slaveholder
Thoughts of a Modern-day Slaveholder For all intents and purposes, we are the beneficiaries of a slave economy. We may have exchanged human chattel for the energy slaves contained in a barrel of oil and the machines that consume it, but the economics work out the same and we can’t walk away without giving up […]
The Colorado Gas Wars: Where Things Fall Apart, for There is No Center
The Colorado Gas Wars: Where Things Fall Apart, for There is No Center Things stay mostly the same in Colorado, where climate change doesn’t exist in the minds of many politicians and some captains of industry. The marvels of fracking are a constant. Wells explode with regularity; each week thousands of barrels of toxic liquids […]
Someone Tell a Reporter: the Rich are Destroying the Earth
Someone Tell a Reporter: the Rich are Destroying the Earth “I Said Why? They Said They Didn’t Know” Let history record that on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017, 14 days after climate change-fueled Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and 4 days before Hurricane Irma hit southern Florida, the climate-denying President of the United States Donald […]
