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Earth tipping points could destabilize each other in domino effect: Study
Earth tipping points could destabilize each other in domino effect: Study A new risk analysis has found that the tipping points of five of Earthâs subsystems â the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the El NinĚoâSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Amazon rainforest â could interact with […]
Donât Go Picking Up Quarters in Front of a Steamroller
Donât Go Picking Up Quarters in Front of a Steamroller Photo by Leroy Evans How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly. â Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Winning the lottery sounds like a dream come true, until you understand most people who win end up broke a few years later. (Most donât invest their money properly to […]
Systemic Risks Abound
Systemic Risks Abound If you wanted to design a system guaranteed to collapse in a putrid heap, you’d make moral hazard ubiquitous and you’d make the system 100% dependent on a hubris-soaked faux savior. For the past 22 years, every time the stock market whimpered, wheezed or whined, the Federal Reserve rushed to soothe the […]
COLLAPSE! â Think of collapse as a drastic and chaotic reduction in energy and resource use
COLLAPSE! â Think of collapse as a drastic and chaotic reduction in energy and resource use â⌠my fundamentally conservative core requires a default position that collapse is the most likely outcome,â says physicist Tom Murphy. â Tom Murphy âThe first thing I should say is that the word âcollapseâ freaks me out. I donât use […]
Rabo: Please Donât Make Us Look At The Inflation
Rabo: Please Donât Make Us Look At The Inflation Markets continue to reel: âRisk crumblesâ, says Bloomberg. Why? Because there is a plaintive plea from everyone from the Fed and the Treasury down to simple peddlers of exotic derivatives: please donât make us look at the inflation! Yes, itâs US inflation-data day – and nobody wants to see […]
Oil Tanker Spotted in Risky Active Pass Alarms Activists
Oil Tanker Spotted in Risky Active Pass Alarms Activists Officials promise no repeats. But advocates say the incident raises new concerns about regulation of tankers in BCâs waters. Narrow, twisting and busy Active Pass is no place for oil tankers, say advocates. But a loaded tanker travelled through the busy pass last month. Photo by Ruth Hartnup, […]
Live Now
Live Now “If youâre in your last 10 percent of time with someone you love, keep that fact in the front of your mind when youâre with them and treat that time as what it actually is: Precious.” ~ Tim Urban I am about to post the 1000th “Live Now” post in the Prepping for […]
Our rapid ascent in energy and resource use has distorted our view of ânormalâ
Our rapid ascent in energy and resource use has distorted our view of ânormalâ The new reality warns we are on a collision course with Earthâs finite limits ââ Tom Murphy âThe delirious ascent in energy and resource use witnessed over the past few centuries has been accomplished via the rapid, accelerating expenditure of a one-time […]
Mette Frederiksen, Boris Johnson: Reject Industry PR, Ban Glyphosate, Protect Public Health!Â
Mette Frederiksen, Boris Johnson: Reject Industry PR, Ban Glyphosate, Protect Public Health! On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason wrote to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA). She wanted to draw the agencyâs attention to the findings that indicate the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact […]
Want To Invest In Farmland? Hereâs How
Want To Invest In Farmland? Hereâs How There are now more options than ever (without having farm the land yourself!) Farmland is a âholy grailâ asset class for many investors. Itâs tangible, produces income, and has inherent underlying value â making it a great inflation hedge. Itâs supply constrained. Mother Nature isnât making any more […]
Brace, Brace, Brace: Global Supply Chains, Instability and Archegos
Brace, Brace, Brace: Global Supply Chains, Instability and Archegos You could not make this up; an unimaginably complex WW3 Techno-thriller unfolding as markets stumble and global supply chains hover on the edge of anarchy. On the other hand, maybe thatâs just the way it was planned. âThe supreme art of war is to subdue the […]
Are We Staring At A Coming Systemic Breakdown & The End Of Capitalism?
Are We Staring At A Coming Systemic Breakdown & The End Of Capitalism? Michael Every of Rabobank is concerned we are For any problems they face, governments all over the world are now conditioned to simply deficit spend or issue new $trillions in âthin airâ currency. So how in danger are we of that recklessness […]
On The Verge Of A Global Crisis: One Bank Warns Of A “Biblical” Surge In Food Prices
On The Verge Of A Global Crisis: One Bank Warns Of A “Biblical” Surge In Food Prices Biblical, Lean, and Mean: ‘Dreams’ of an agri-commodity super-cycle Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: âBehold, in my dream I stood on the bank of the river. Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and […]
Ben Hunt: Inflation Ahead!
Ben Hunt: Inflation Ahead! Why the investing world is about to change Ben Hunt â highly respected fund manager, author, and former professor/entrepreneur/venture capitalist â says that to be successful in managing your wealth, thereâs only one question that matters: Are we entering a deflationary future, or an inflationary one? The strategies and appropriate investment […]
