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The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable
The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable This is an article (or in science speak a paper) review. My method is to start with a copy pasted into the Medium editor unread and boil it down to key bits [and add comments in brackets as I read/assess/vet the offering, which […]
The Second and Final Gilded Age
The Second and Final Gilded Age New data shows that the total wealth of the top 1% of Americans just hit a record $44 trillion. Corporate profits are also hitting record highs, raking in $2.8 trillion in the last three months of 2023 alone. And that’s after taxes. It won’t surprise you to hear, given these massive numbers, […]
The End Of Fossil Fuels Will Be The End Of Modern Capitalism
The End Of Fossil Fuels Will Be The End Of Modern Capitalism That which is unsustainable can not be sustained Ed Yourdon from New York City via Wikimedia Commons None of us are ready for the chaos of the we are stoking, caused by the rapacious growth of what Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to as […]
The Energy Transition Will Run Through the Copper Gauntlet
The Energy Transition Will Run Through the Copper Gauntlet And it may not survive Image by Dijana from Pixabay Since the 2018 IPCC climate report laid out the calamitous consequences of our unbridled carbon emissions, every pathway published by academics and think tanks that claim to save us from ourselves involves the expansion of solar and wind […]
You’re Not Going to Homestead Through Collapse
You’re Not Going to Homestead Through Collapse No matter how self-sufficient you become Photo by Roger Darnell on Unsplash “By collapse, I mean a drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity over a considerable area, for an extended time.” — Jared Diamond in Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) People […]
Problems, Predicaments, and Technology
Problems, Predicaments, and Technology We often see people bring out certain ideas that they claim are some sort of “solution” or that “they work” and I want to try to explain why (once again) these ideas are nothing more than ideas and not “solutions” of any sort. One of the things I most would like to […]
The show is over.
The show is over. Climate strike in Lausanne Tomorrow 150 weeks will have passed since we started to school strike for the climate. During this time more and more people around the world have woken up to the climate- and ecological crisis, putting more and more pressure on you — the people in power. Eventually […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author This contemplation was prompted by an article regarding an ‘independent’ think tank’s report that presented the argument that government funding of the oil and gas industry needed to be shifted towards ‘green/clean’ alternatives. I’ve included a few hyperlinks to sites that expand upon the concepts/issues discussed. […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Today’s thought was motivated by another Tyee article that carries on the notion of ‘clean energy’ and the ‘magical thinking’ needed to buy into such narratives. * * * As long as language is being manipulated (e.g., ‘clean energy’ is a gargantuan oxymoron), magical […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXII Knossos, Greece (1993) Photo by author A personal view of the ‘Net-Zero’ policy being implemented by governments around the world, particularly those of the ‘West’. * * * As happens so often (always?), the ruling elite are manipulating what is possibly one of our more (most?) existential dilemmas so […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Today’s contemplation is once again generated by way of an article from the online media site The Tyee. It’s topic is the city of Vancouver’s (British Columbia, Canada) attempts to require ‘electrification’ of all new buildings as part of their Climate Emergency Action Plan and the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIX Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Andrew Nikiforuk is an author and contributing editor of the online media site The Tyee. He has been writing about the oil and gas industry for close to 20 years. In his most recent article he writes about the lies being told by the Canadian government regarding its […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author My comment on an article in The Tyee about our federal government’s latest throne speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/24/Throne-Speech-Stew/). _____ The idea that a sovereign nation can never run into trouble financially because it can create its own currency is certainly the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author. My response to an ongoing discussion regarding debt-/credit-based fiat currency and it’s impact on our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. _____ Yes, credit-/debt-based fiat is certainly one of the most significant causes of our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. Not the only one, […]
Cogs in the climate machine
Cogs in the climate machine A short course in planetary time, for planetary survival This is less of a blog post, and more of a howl. The planetary climate clock, in human time Let’s start by some human and planetary timescales. I don’t know why we don’t learn them in grade school (I never learned […]
