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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLI–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLI–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 2 discoverthewetiko.com In Part 1 (see: Website, Medium, Substack), I attempted to lay the groundwork for understanding our predicament. I relied on some of the key scientists and researchers I have read. William Catton’s Overshoot argues that our species has greatly overshot the carrying capacity of our […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCL–Smoke Without Borders: Politicians Without Conscience
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCL–Smoke Without Borders: Politicians Without Conscience Had some “quality” indoor time the past few days as wildfire smoke made it dangerous to be outside — or in my gardens — here north of Toronto. And rather than get to the myriad of chores I could have been doing in the house, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIX–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIX– The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 1 The Mechanics of Our Predicament We are peculiar creatures, we humans. I have spent much of my recent years — since that jarring viewing of Collapse more than fifteen years ago — watching our species with a mixture of bewilderment and a strange, sorrowful […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVIII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVIII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 2. “…the economy is an energy system, and not a financial one. Money is a human artefact used to exchange the goods and services that constitute economic output, but all of these are products of energy. Our economic history is a narrative of how […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLXIII–We’re Saved! Artificial Intelligence.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLXIII–We’re Saved! Artificial Intelligence. One of the latest and greatest techno-fixes to our ecological overshoot predicament and its myriad of symptom predicaments–artificial intelligence (AI)–is another in a growing list of oxymoronic “solutions”, doing the exact opposite of “saving” our societies and planet. Our various “solutionists” are shouting from the rooftops incessantly […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVIII–We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panel Recycling.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVIII We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panel Recycling. One of the more common rebuttals to my attempts to highlight the limitations of solar photovoltaic energy as a “drop-in” substitute for hydrocarbons is that these wondrous technologies are completely recyclable. In the minds of true believers, this means the finiteness of mineral inputs […]
The Bulletin: April 15-21, 2026
The Bulletin: April 15-21, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve | ZeroHedge The Avatar and the Entropy Dump: Why the ‘Deep State’ Needs a Mad King Consciousness Of Sheep News: Spring 2026 Means Of Extinction: Global […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXIV–Collapse Is Baked Into Our Future.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXIV–Collapse Is Baked Into Our Future. Looking back at the past few years of my essays on societal collapse I’ve noted a number of consistent messages and wanted to reiterate them here as I believe we are firmly on the downslope of societal complexity and moving ever faster towards a state […]
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 CCXXXIII–We’re NOT Saved! We’re Making Our Predicaments Worse.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXIII We’re NOT Saved! We’re Making Our Predicaments Worse. This Contemplation is the sharing of the foreword to my latest collection of critiques of technological ‘solutions’ to our various predicaments. Foreword: We’re Saved! Summing Up Volumes 1 & 2. The need to believe tomorrow will be like today and yesterday is […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVII– We’re Saved! Wave Energy.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVII– We’re Saved! Wave Energy. A relatively recent article and some social media click-bait site posts have me exploring the potential of wave energy-harvesting technologies. But as with every such technological promise examined in the last dozen or so Contemplations, a close scrutiny of wave energy shows that it does not […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVI–We’re Saved! Hydrogen Energy.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXVI– We’re Saved! Hydrogen Energy. There exists a variety of justifications surrounding the potential of using a hydrogen-based energy system to play a much larger role in supporting human societies and their array of complexities and growth. As seems typical, the claims made by the energy industry and supporters of such […]
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 […]
We’re Saved! A Collection of ‘Solution’ Critiques, Volume 1.
We’re Saved! A Collection of ‘Solution’ Critiques, Volume 1. It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure but just ain’t so. For example, beliefs such as the idea that we can replace fossil fuels with ‘clean’ alternatives or that infinite growth is possible on a finite […]
