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The Bulletin: March 18-24, 2026
The Bulletin: March 18-24, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Start Small: Building a “Just in Case” Savings Fund Letter to Environment Southland re Hormuz and impending Fuel Shortages The Plastic Detox: Reducing Endocrine Disruptors for Better Fertility and Human Health The […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXI– We’re Saved! Ecomodernism.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXI– We’re Saved! Ecomodernism. Using the ‘questionnaire’ for evaluating supposed ‘solutions’ to humanity’s various predicaments that I proposed in my previous We’re Saved! Contemplation (see: Website Medium Substack), I thought it might be appropriate to assess the environmental philosophy that tends to lead the way in pushing ‘technological problem-solving’: Ecomodernism. Let’s […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXV– We’re Saved! Carbon Emissions Have Decoupled From Economic Growth.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXV– We’re Saved! Carbon Emissions Have Decoupled From Economic Growth. In a recent article, energy analyst Art Berman critiques a report put out by The Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) regarding the notion of ‘decoupling’. I found this a timely article given I had already begun to think about doing […]
The Bulletin: December 10–16, 2025
The Bulletin: December 10–16, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Aussie Data Centers Could Swallow 40 Million Litres Of Water Per Day, That’s About 80,000 Households | ZeroHedge U.S. Army Looks to Build Small Refineries for Critical Minerals | OilPrice.com White House Draws […]
The decoupling canard won’t die…
The decoupling canard won’t die… aka, ‘Green Growth is an oxymoron’! I keep coming across people contending that decoupling will allow continued economic expansion, whilst reducing emissions. I put together this summary of rebuttals: This is a great starting observation from Tim Morgan at Surplus energy economics: “At the same time, we should dismiss the […]
Decoupling is dead! Long live degrowth!
Decoupling is dead! Long live degrowth! If making the degrowth case was like baking a cake, disproving the plausibility of green growth would be the equivalent of turning the oven on. Decoupling is only “a myth” or “a fantasy,” some would say, a notorious fallacy that requires as much attention as the confabulations of Flat […]
Defending degrowth at ecomodernism’s home
Defending degrowth at ecomodernism’s home In June, I was invited to speak at the eight annual Breakthrough Dialogue, an annual invite-only conference where accomplished thinkers debate how to achieve prosperity for humans and nature. The Breakthrough Institute, anecomodernist think-tank, welcomed my presence as a provocateur. I was to participate in a panel called “Decoupling vs. Degrowth”. My […]
Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling
Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling Some people claim that humans—called breatharians—can live on air alone. Others claim we can have economic growth without increasing our resource use, so-called decoupling. Neither claim withstands scrutiny though here I am only going to deal with the second one. Hidden beneath the claim of decoupling is the […]
