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Is There an Off-Ramp for Civilization?
Is There an Off-Ramp for Civilization? Our high-tech civilization is like an ageing man in full denial of his mortality. It is eating his children just to live a day longer, rather than admitting that its craving for immortality is founded on nothing more than magical thinking. In its firm belief that technology can save […]
An Empire of Denial
An Empire of Denial Is there a rise from the dead? Despite claims to the contrary, we still live in an age of empires. The only difference this time is that the one dominating this planet is in full denial of this fact. No empire can avoid its fate however, and this one is of […]
William E. Rees: The Fundamental Issue–Overshoot
William E. Rees: The Fundamental Issue–Overshoot
Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet”
Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet” The dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species. A boiler tower surrounded by mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert, Calif., on Aug. […]
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
What Qualities Do the Predicaments We Face Possess?
What Qualities Do the Predicaments We Face Possess? The view from Sunset Rock near Sparta, Tennessee I’d like to address something which has been on my mind quite a bit recently. How we view things or how we judge things has a lot to do with how we see life (our worldview) and the circumstances […]
Economist Steve Keen says the planet cannot sustain 8 billion people | The Business | ABC News
Economist Steve Keen says the planet cannot sustain 8 billion people | The Business | ABC News
Climate Action- Right Way, Wrong Way
Climate Action- Right Way, Wrong Way It seems everywhere I go these days I see signs saying, “Climate Action- Now!”. But what do people mean by climate action? What exactly are they calling for? Are they calling for the right actions? Is our climate message the right one? Are our demands workable? Will the necessary […]
War in a Changing Climate
War in a Changing Climate
It’s Earth Overshoot Day, and Future Generations Are Calling | Opinion
It’s Earth Overshoot Day, and Future Generations Are Calling | Opinion July 28 is Earth Overshoot Day. As of that day, for the rest of 2022, human economic activity will be using the planet’s resources beyond its capacity to renew them. Humans now consume things like wood, water, and soil at nearly twice the rate […]
Collapse and The Exponential Function
Collapse and The Exponential Function This is the Guard Shack at the Washoe Smelter of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company as it looks today (this picture taken in 2020). More info can be found at the Wikipedia page and the park’s page. Most everyone reading these articles probably has a good idea of what collapse is. For anyone […]
The Failure of Imagination — Part 2
The Failure of Imagination — Part 2 Are you sure that this is where we are headed…? Image source: Pixabay Most people living in a high-tech modern society take it as a given that the only way forward is through even more technology. The matter of pollution and sadly the question of sustainability has now been […]
The Failure of Imagination — Part 1
The Failure of Imagination — Part 1 Image credit: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay Up until a warm sunny afternoon in May 2019 I had what I would call a rather ordinary concept of the future. I was 37 back then with two little devils — masquerading as my sons — a wife and decent job. I […]
