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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCVII–‘Renewable’ Energy: See, Hear, and Speak No Evil, Part 3

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCVII–‘Renewable’ Energy: See, Hear, and Speak No Evil, Part 3   In attempting to bolster the mass rollout of supposed ‘clean/green/sustainable’ ‘renewable’ energy technologies (and the necessary ‘investments’, particularly in terms of finite resources–especially energy), the marketers of these industrial products and their enthusiastic supporters have created and pushed a narrative/mythos […]

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The Sustainable End of History?

The Sustainable End of History? Why California’s 100% renewable energy plan is not a blueprint for our sustainable future. Source: pixabay The Sustainable End of History? Recently, I was a panelist at a forum titled “Tough Talks” which was to eliminate the cozy complacency and tiptoeing of panelists and instead talk die-hard solutions. The topic: […]

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We Are Ruled By Wizards

We Are Ruled By Wizards Bending reality is as simple as bending people’s perception of reality. Throughout history, the mythology of civilizations around the world has been full of tales of men and women who mastered a mysterious, esoteric art which enabled them to use language in a way that bends reality to their will. […]

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Breaking the chains of delusion -Technological progress mythologies and the pitfalls of digitalization

Breaking the chains of delusion -Technological progress mythologies and the pitfalls of digitalization When it comes to technological development, I often hear the words: What can be done will be done – sooner or later. Many people think that technological development follows a path directed by quasi-natural laws that head into one and only one direction […]

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The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was

The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was Photo by Daniel Huizinga | CC BY 2.0 One of the most steadfast beliefs regarding the United States is that it is a democracy. Whenever this conviction waivers slightly, it is almost always to point out detrimental exceptions to core American values or foundational principles. For […]

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What Progress Means

What Progress Means Last week’s post here on The Archdruid Report appears to have hit a nerve. That didn’t come as any sort of a surprise, admittedly.  It’s one thing to point out that going back to the simpler and less energy-intensive technologies of earlier eras could help extract us from the corner into which industrial society has […]

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