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Australian Fuel Security Review ignores peak oil in China 2015 (part 3)
Australian Fuel Security Review ignores peak oil in China 2015 (part 3) Australia increased its internal oil dependency & vulnerability Let’s summarize what we covered in part 1 and 2 Australian oil production peaked in the year 2000 while oil consumption is going up relentlessly 3 Australian refineries closed, resulting in fuel imports dramatically increasing, […]
Australian Fuel Security Review ignores peak oil in China 2015 (part 2)
Australian Fuel Security Review ignores peak oil in China 2015 (part 2) Coming back to the 2019 Liquid Security Reviewhttps://www.environment.gov.au/energy/liquid-fuel-security-review-consultation Figures 9-11 in part 1 show how dependent Australia has become on fuel imports from South Korea and Japan, even China. The Review is aware of this, as shown on this map: Note that any […]
Why We Should Not Be Surprised That Murdoch Tabloid’s Favorite Sydney School Pupil Didn’t Join Climate Strike
Why We Should Not Be Surprised That Murdoch Tabloid’s Favorite Sydney School Pupil Didn’t Join Climate Strike Somewhere in the order of 150,000 students went absent from classes in Australia on Friday afternoon for the global “School Strike 4 Climate” marches. In what might be seen as an afternoon practical lesson in democracy, free speech, and civic engagement, students […]
David Holmgren: A Baby Boomers’ Apology
David Holmgren: A Baby Boomers’ Apology There are days, though all too scarce, when very nice surprises come my way. Case in point: yesterday I received a mail from David Holmgren after a long period of radio silence. Australia’s David is one of the fathers of permaculture, along with Bill Mollison, for those few who […]
As Midwest Freezes, Aussie Heatwave Reaches Record Highs
As Midwest Freezes, Aussie Heatwave Reaches Record Highs While Midwest America hunkers down for the coldest temperatures in a generation, temperature records have also tumbled across South Australia, with the city of Adelaide experiencing its hottest day on record. Life-threatening cold is sweeping across Chicago… As Australians face animal culls, mass fish deaths across the nation, roads […]
If The World Understood Sovereignty, It Could End All Our Problems
If The World Understood Sovereignty, It Could End All Our Problems My own Australia has of course joined the chorus of US lackeys who are refusing to recognize Venezuela’s only legitimate and elected government, recognizing instead the presidency of some guy named Juan who decided to name himself Venezuela’s president with the blessing of the United States government. A […]
Collapse Is Already Here
Collapse Is Already Here It’s a process, not an event. Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse — be it economic, environmental and/or societal — thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time. As if it will be completely obvious, like a Hollywood blockbuster. Complete with clear warnings from scientists, politicians and […]
Yellow Vest Movement Spreads to Australia & Poland
Yellow Vest Movement Spreads to Australia & Poland We are witnessing the Yellow Vest Movement now also spreading to Australia. We are seeing the rise there and in Canada also against Fake News that the media is desperately fighting Trump on who now label him an idiot in headlines. We are also witnessing a backlash against […]
Climate Diary of an extreme heatwave across Australia and climate heat impacts
Climate Diary of an extreme heatwave across Australia and climate heat impacts The Bureau of Meteorology in the lead up to christmas in 2018 showed a heatwave building through the week. The forecast was for severe and extreme heatwave impacts particularly Thursday 27 December to Saturday 29 December. A blocking high in the Tasman and […]
Australia’s House of Cards is Collapsing: Recession Coming Up
Australia’s House of Cards is Collapsing: Recession Coming Up Australia’s housing collapse is now in full swing. A recession will follow shortly. Inga Ting, Geoff Thompson and Alex McDonald provide and excellent set of graphics and information on the bursting of Australia’s housing bubble at House of Cards. Home prices in more than four out […]
“Severe Collapse” of Home Prices Might Trigger a “Financial-Institution Crisis” in Australia: OECD Frets about the Bank
“Severe Collapse” of Home Prices Might Trigger a “Financial-Institution Crisis” in Australia: OECD Frets about the Bank “The authorities should prepare contingency plans.” The big four banks are too exposed to mortgages. Even if the banks don’t topple, the economy will get hit hard. In its latest report on Australia, the OECD focuses to a […]
Australia’s Economy Is A House Of Cards, Set For Sharp Downturn In 2019
Australia’s Economy Is A House Of Cards, Set For Sharp Downturn In 2019 Damien Boey, a research analyst at Credit Suisse, has warned that economic growth in Australia could slow quite sharply next year, raising the prospect that a slowdown could be immient. Boey expects the recent growth spurt driven by strong infrastructure investment, could fade in the first […]
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food There’s a reason that few people are thinking about world grain supplies. Last year saw record worldwide production of grains and record stocks of grains left over. But this year worldwide production slipped about 2 percent, owing in large part to the plunge in Australia’s production […]
