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Today Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CI–Theory Is Great, In Theory: More On Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Future

Today Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CI February 13, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Theory Is Great, In Theory: More On Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Future Quite often I get involved in online discussions with others about our predicament(s). Most of the time these are quite friendly in nature and a sharing of ideas […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh C–Grieving: A Natural Response To Recognition Of Growth Limits

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh C February 11, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Grieving: A Natural Response To Recognition Of Growth Limits Denial, anger, bargaining, and depression in the face of grievous reality is everywhere; and we all do it to some extent. Some move through the stages more quickly while others […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIX–Energy Future, Part 4: Economic Manipulation

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIX February 9, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 4: Economic Manipulation In Part 1, I argue that energy underpins everything, including human complex societies. In Part 2, I suggest that the increasing need for diminishing resources, especially finite or limited ‘renewable’ ones, invariably leads […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII–‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII February 7, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping The following are two brief comments (followed by a couple of shorter responses to others) I put out on one of my town’s FB pages regarding the ongoing conversation/debate […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV–We All Believe What We Want To Believe

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCV January 31, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. We All Believe What We Want To Believe The following Contemplation is my comment in response to a thought-provoking post I read by Dave Pollard at his site How to Save the World. Great read, thanks for sharing. A […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIV–‘Representative’ Democracy: A Ruse To Convince Citizens That They Have Agency In Their Society

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIV January 29, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Representative’ Democracy: A Ruse To Convince Citizens That They Have Agency In Their Society A friend recently posted on my FB timeline the link to an article about the plans of our provincial government in opening up sections of […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIII–Energy Future, Part 3: Authoritarianism and Sociobehavioural Control

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCIII January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 3: Authoritarianism and Sociobehavioural Control In Part 1, I argue that energy underpins everything, including human complex societies. In Part 2, I suggest that the increasing need for diminishing resources, especially finite or limited ‘renewable’ ones, […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII–Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCII January 22, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. Ecological Overshoot and Collapse: Rearranging the Deck Chairs On the Titanic My comments prompted by two recent articles by The Honest Sorcerer (whose writing I highly recommend). January 13 post: I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head […]

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Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 4

Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different, Part 4 January 13, 2023 (original posting date) While I take a break from my Contemplation posts and specifically the energy series I began (see here for Part 1, Part 2), here is the fourth installment of chapters from the fourth book in my fictional novel series (that […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XC–A Societal Phase Transition This Way Comes

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XC January 10, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. A Societal Phase Transition This Way Comes The following contemplation shares my thoughts/response to The Honest Sorcerer’s latest article (another very worthwhile read) regarding the diminishing returns being increasingly encountered by non-renewable, renewable energy-harvesting technologies (aka ‘renewables’) — and, yes, I […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXIX–We’re Knee Deep In Ecological Overshoot

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXIX January 3, 2023 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. We’re Knee Deep In Ecological Overshoot Another brief contemplation this morning that I put together in response to a post that appeared on a Facebook Group I help to administer. One of our moderators works diligently within the ‘system’ […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVIII–Collapse: Just Like Boiling A Frog

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVIII January 2, 2023 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Collapse: Just Like Boiling A Frog As I continue to work on my multipart contemplation regarding our energy future (Part 1; Part 2), thought I would throw out this ‘brief’ one that shares my comment on the most recent […]

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Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different…

Today’s Contemplation: And Now For Something Completely Different… January 1, 2023 (original posting date) A corner of our property after a typical February snowstorm. As I work upon the multi-part series regarding my thoughts on our energy future, thought I would throw together something a little different for this initial contemplation of 2023. My journey […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVII–Limitless, ‘Clean’ Energy: More Magical Thinking

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVII December 29, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Limitless, ‘Clean’ Energy: More Magical Thinking A brief contemplation that shares my comment on the latest post by The Honest Sorcerer regarding the recent fusion energy ‘breakthrough’ that has been making the rounds on many media sites. My current […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVI–Energy Future, Part 2: Competing Polities and Geopolitical Stress

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXXVI December 28, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Energy Future, Part 2: Competing Polities and Geopolitical Stress Part 2 of my multi-part contemplation on our energy future. It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. -various attributions (e.g., Niels Bohr, Samuel Goldwyn, Yogi Berra, Mark Twain, […]

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