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Why we must talk about population
Why we must talk about population A Response to David Roberts’ Self-Censorship on Overpopulation Reading David Roberts’ recent explanation of why he never writes on overpopulation, I felt compelled to reply. While Roberts made a set of superficially convincing arguments, ultimately he’s wrong not to focus directly on the population pressures we’re facing. Not confronting […]
You’re Likely A Lot Less Prepared For Crisis Than You Realize
rangizzz/Shutterstock You’re Likely A Lot Less Prepared For Crisis Than You Realize Lessons from the recent rash of natural disasters It seems as if Mother Nature is waking up. Either she’s trying to send humans an important warning, or perhaps she’s just out to kill us all. Massive storms across the globe, earthquakes, and collapsing ecosystems […]
Massive Government Preparations and Stockpiling Point To One Thing: “An Event Is Going To Happen”
Massive Government Preparations and Stockpiling Point To One Thing: “An Event Is Going To Happen” The question is subtly Malthusian in nature: how to deal with the world’s teeming billions in one fell swoop while maintaining the existing social and political orders in all of the countries? That order needs only to have one facade […]
Earth Overshoot: How Sustainable is Population Growth?
Earth Overshoot: How Sustainable is Population Growth? For decades people have been predicting overpopulation would wipe out energy resources if not the entire planet. Every year the population bomb and peak oil crowd have been proven wrong. But how long can the status quo of generating growth by population explosion last? Every year the population bomb […]
2017: The Year When the World Economy Starts Coming Apart
2017: The Year When the World Economy Starts Coming Apart Some people would argue that 2016 was the year that the world economy started to come apart, with the passage of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Whether or not the “coming apart” process started in 2016, in my opinion we are going to see […]
As We Enter 2017, Keep The Big Picture In Mind
As We Enter 2017, Keep The Big Picture In Mind The new era of adjustment has only just begun A big, gigantic, heart-felt Thank You! to everyone who supported this website and our activities in 2016! Really. Thank you. We did a lot of great things in 2016 in terms of reaching new audiences and extending our message […]
Why We Are So Bad at Solving Problems
Why We Are So Bad at Solving Problems Before you raise your voice, please allow me to say that I do indeed know this starts to feel like a set of Russian dolls, and this is a re-run of a re-run. It’s just, I didn’t start it. Got a mail yesterday from the people at […]
Could an Economic Collapse be in Our Near Future?
Could an Economic Collapse be in Our Near Future? Climate scientists and others have in the past few years issued a steady stream of analyses showing that without immediate remedial actions, a disastrous future is headed our way. But is it a four-decade-old study that will prove prescient? That study, issued in the 1972 book The […]
We’re Not Going To Make It…
We’re Not Going To Make It… …without real sacrifice Right now I’m on a Metro North train heading the NYC. I’ve been invited to sit on an advisory council at the UN on building a sustainable energy future. I’ll let you know how the meeting goes, after I take a few selfies to immortalize the experience in […]
Why did the environmental movement drop the issue of overpopulation?
Why did the environmental movement drop the issue of overpopulation? Roy Beck & Leon Kolankiewicz. The Environmental Movement’s Retreat from Advocating U. S. Population Stabilization (1970-1998): A First Draft of History [This is most of the 27 page report. Beck and Kolankiewicz have written this excellent paper explaining why the environmental movement abandoned the goal […]
