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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXVI–Confessions Of A Fossil Fuel Shill
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXVI Tulum, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Confessions Of A Fossil Fuel Shill For anyone who has been following my writing over the past couple of years, you will know that I have been critical of non-renewable, renewable energy-harvesting technologies (aka ‘renewables’) and the ‘marketing’ that surrounds them[1]. My critiques are usually focused upon […]
The #1 Reason I Became A Doomer
The #1 Reason I Became A Doomer We’re not doomed because of climate change, resource depletion, or biodiversity loss. We’re doomed because human nature made those things inevitable. There are many reasons I became a doomer. Climate change is accelerating and governments aren’t taking it seriously. The sixth mass extinction event is well underway and most people don’t care. […]
The Delusions of Davos and Dubai – Part Three: Alternatives to Wind & Solar Energy
The Delusions of Davos and Dubai – Part Three: Alternatives to Wind & Solar Energy Can humanity eventually overcome its reliance on fossil fuel? The answer to that is certainly yes in the very long run, but an emphatic no in the next 25 years. If the delusional but dead serious demands coming out of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLVIII–We Are Not Prepared For Shutting Down the Fossil Fuel Industry
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLVIII Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author We Are Not Prepared For Shutting Down the Fossil Fuel Industry To be or not to be, that is the question… Prince Hamlet’s well-known soliloquy in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is apropos to a question I have been pondering: should we shut down immediately the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLII–Criticising ‘Renewables’ is Not a Sin
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLII March 1, 2022 (original posting date) Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Criticising ‘Renewables’ is Not a Sin The following ‘contemplation’ follows on the heels of a discussion I began with another within a Facebook group I am a member of. The post and dialogue can be found here. Suffice it to […]
The Harsh Truth: We’re Using More Oil Than Ever
The Harsh Truth: We’re Using More Oil Than Ever In this age of climate crisis, the world is consuming more crude than ever. Peak oil demand? Not yet. Maybe one day, perhaps even soon, around 2030. For now, however, the global economy still runs on oil. It will take a while before governments certify it, […]
OPEC+ Considering Additional 1 Million Barrel Oil Production Cut Amid Outrage Over Gaza War
OPEC+ Considering Additional 1 Million Barrel Oil Production Cut Amid Outrage Over Gaza War Two days ago, JPMorgan’s head of energy strategy Christyan Malek warned that amid the recent plunge in oil prices, driven as much by shorting CTAs (who today are in full-blown short squeeze panic mode) as the BIden admin, the oil market was underestimating the chances […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII–Ecological Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Biophysical Reality
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXVII July 24, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Ecological Overshoot, Hydrocarbon Energy, and Biophysical Reality Discussing ‘renewable’ energy and its shortcomings with those who hold on to the belief that they offer us a ‘solution’ to the predicaments humanity faces is always ‘challenging’. Today’s contemplation is based on a recent dialogue […]
De-Dollarization? China Completes First Digital Yuan Purchase For Cross-Border Oil Transaction
De-Dollarization? China Completes First Digital Yuan Purchase For Cross-Border Oil Transaction De-dollarization continues accelerating with news of the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange (SHPGX), a Chinese-backed exchange for trading energy-related products, settling its first cross-border transaction in digital yuan. Chinese-based financial news outlet “Yicai” first reported PetroChina International bought one million barrels of crude […]
An Inconvenient Talk
An Inconvenient Talk Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age DAVE HUGHES IS DRIVING north on Highway 2. Headed out of Calgary, where he worked for thirty-two years at the Geological Survey of Canada, mapping the nation’s coal reserves. Bound for Edmonton, where he grew up and earned two degrees in geology. […]
Geopolitical Stakes Are Huge On This Tiny Island
Geopolitical Stakes Are Huge On This Tiny Island The specter of a rumored U.S. military buildup in Cyprus that would draw a major Russian response now adds to the ongoing Greek Cypriot-Turkish conflict over the island and the oil and gas riches it promises. Ever since the massive hydrocarbon discovery in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone […]
How Has the US Fracking Boom Affected Air Pollution in Shale Areas?
How Has the US Fracking Boom Affected Air Pollution in Shale Areas? Urban air pollution in the U.S. has been decreasing near continuously since the 1970s. Federal regulations, notably the Clean Air Act passed by President Nixon, to reduce toxic air pollutants such as benzene, a hydrocarbon, and ozone, a strong oxidant, effectively lowered their abundance […]
Leaked Map Reveals Big Gas Is Setting Its Sights on the Most Biodiverse Place on Earth
Leaked Map Reveals Big Gas Is Setting Its Sights on the Most Biodiverse Place on Earth Part of a map from Pluspetrol, an exploration and production company, showing its interest in areas of Manú National Park in Peru’s Amazon. (Pluspetrol) A leaked map shows that a private energy corporation based in Argentina is eyeing Manú […]
Revolution? More like a crawl
Revolution? More like a crawl The energy visionary Vaclav Smil — Bill Gates’s favorite author — says that when our leaders promise quick energy transformations, they’re getting it very wrong. America in 2015 finds itself almost in a new energy reality. It recently became the world’s second–largest extractor of crude oil, and since 2010 has been the leading producer of natural gas, whose abundant and inexpensive […]
