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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLVI–Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline, Part 3
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLVI–Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline, Part 3 shutterstock.com In Part 1 of this Contemplation (see: Website Medium Substack) I argue that Gail Tverberg’s affordability argument complements my supply-side, EROI one. Extraction costs rise as EROI falls, and the subsequent increase in energy prices erodes affordability for the 90% of income earners […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLV–Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLV–Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline, Part 2 stock.adobe.com In Part 1 of this Contemplation (see: Website Medium Substack) I argue that Gail Tverberg’s affordability argument complements my supply-side, EROI one. Extraction costs rise as EROI falls, and the subsequent increase in energy prices erodes affordability for the 90% of income earners […]
The Bulletin: August 6–12, 2026
The Bulletin: August 6–12, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. BP Retreats Further From Green Energy With Archaea Sale | ZeroHedge How Economic Power Has Shifted Over The Past 200 Years | ZeroHedge De-industrialization | Damn the Matrix The Optimization Trap: Why Too Much […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLIV–Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLIV–Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline, Part 1 US Changes in Real Income Affordability, Collapse, and the Architecture of Hydrocarbon Decline On the heels of my two-part Contemplation that took a look at the supply-side dynamics of hydrocarbons–particularly oil–and the consequences of the geologic reality for our global, industrial […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLIII-Peak Oil and the Architecture of Collapse, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLIII- Peak Oil and the Architecture of Collapse, Part 2 Oil Production’s Seneca Cliff In Part One of this Contemplation (see: Website Medium Substack), I attempted to lay out the foundational components of humanity’s hydrocarbon predicament by looking at the geologic, energetic, and systemic realities. I asserted that hydrocarbons are not just one […]
The Bulletin: May 27-June 2, 2026
The Bulletin: May 27-June 2, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Aluminum Supply Crisis Is About To Get Worse | ZeroHedge The path ahead – by Chris Smaje Towards a Thermoeconomically Viable Food System The Third Attractor and the Bioregional Commons The […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLII–We’re Saved! Well, Canada Is…
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLII– We’re Saved! Well, Canada Is… Before I begin this particular Contemplation, I have a confession. One of my major distractions from the polycrisis our species has led itself into is sports. Primarily hockey (which I follow and continue to play as I travel into my late 60s, skating 4-5 times […]
The Bulletin: May 13-19, 2026
The Bulletin: May 13-19, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. US Unleashes Another Wave Of Crude From Strategic Reserve As Gas Prices Soar | ZeroHedge The Price Isn’t Right: Fundamentals Don’t Support $100 Oil | Art Berman 50+ years of World Models: […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXIX–The Empire As a Depleting Engine
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXIX–The Empire As a Depleting Engine In this Contemplation, I begin with an exploration of the ideas that: the geopolitical actions of the nation state of the United States of America (USA) are reflective of how empires have behaved in general throughout history; there is no international body or coalition capable […]
The Bulletin: May 6-12, 2026
The Bulletin: May 6-12, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. China Openly defies US Sanctions, Strengthens Ties with Canada – Global Research Why Each American Lives Like a 40-Ton Whale: Power, Overshoot, and Climate The Voices of Collapse Denialism | how to […]
The Bulletin: April 22-28, 2026
The Bulletin: April 22-28, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Food, Energy, Capitalism, Collapse Who Owns the Seed? – by Dr. Robert W. Malone America’s Suez Moment Manipulators Understand That Narrative Control Is Everything The Ecological Crisis: An Unsolvable Wicked Problem The […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIIIVI–Everything Is Fine!
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIIIVI–Everything Is Fine! In a recent Energy Bad Boys article arguing that in opposition to the belief that the US environment is getting worse, the authors assert that “[a]ll measurable environmental quality metrics have shown consistent improvement over the last 25 years”. After supporting this assertion with some (limited) data, the authors go on […]
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 […]
The Bulletin: April 8-14, 2026
The Bulletin: April 8-14, 2026 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Canary’s Death Throes Interview with Luke Kemp, and Subsequent Discussion | Webinar Recording Collapse Is Being Hastened Meteorologists Warn About Super El Nino Event | ZeroHedge Oil 101: What You Actually […]
