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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 […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIV– We’re Saved! Thorium-Fuelled and Molten Salt Reactors.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIV– We’re Saved! Thorium-Fuelled and Molten Salt Reactors. There always seems to be an acceptance-pushback response (e.g., “Yeah, but…” ) by someone when I raise the alarm about a trumpeted energy ‘solution’ that is making legacy media headlines and/or the rounds on social media–then is invariably overhyped by a click-bait site […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIII– We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 4.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXIII– We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 4. In Part 3 of this multipart Contemplation on the supposed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ (see: Part 1 Website Medium, Substack; Part 2 Website Medium Substack); Part 3 Website Medium Substack), I present a critical examination of the waste ‘dilemma’ surrounding nuclear reactors […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXII–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 3.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXII We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 3. In Part 2 of this multipart Contemplation (see: Part 1 Website Medium, Substack; Part 2 Website Medium Substack) I present a critical perspective on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) that have become the latest and greatest nuclear power-based ‘solution’ to humanity’s […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXI–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXI We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 2. In Part 1 of this multipart Contemplation on the nuclear energy ‘renaissance’ (see: Website Medium, Substack), I argue that energy has been the fundamental driver behind the growth and complexity of human societies, from hunter-gatherer bands to modern industrial civilisation. An […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXIX– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 3.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXIX– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 3. Eat the Rich redbubble.com In Part 1 of this multi-part Contemplation (see Website Medium Substack) I challenge the belief that governments are benevolent institutions in service of the masses and argue that this is not only a dangerous myth but that […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVIII–We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVIII We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 2. dreamstime.com In the first part of this multi-part Contemplation (see Website Medium Substack) I laid out my reason for examining critically the commonly-held belief that humanity’s major ‘problems’ and/or ‘predicaments’ can be ‘solved’ by governments. Using the Canadian constitutional principle of ‘peace, order, and […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVII– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 1.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVII– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 1. Canadian federal parliament building. Ottawa, Ontario. (gettyimages.ca) Many (most?) people believe that the problems/predicaments that humanity finds itself having to deal with can be addressed by our governing institutions–especially if the ‘right’ individual and/or political party gets to hold the reins […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVI–We’re Saved! Fusion Energy Is Imminent.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVI– We’re Saved! Fusion Energy Is Imminent. This Contemplation has been prompted by a Zerohedge article (reposting of a The Epoch Times one) that highlights ‘progress’ by China towards achieving fusion energy. CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. My initial reaction just to the article […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXV–We’re Saved! Bamboo and Hemp.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXV–We’re Saved! Bamboo and Hemp. CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Not long ago a Facebook Friend (someone I know through my brother) shared one of those clickbait FB Group posts that I couldn’t help but comment on (you can read the exchange at the […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXII–A ‘Great Simplification’ Is On Our Doorstep, Redux
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXII–A ‘Great Simplification’ Is On Our Doorstep, Redux klementoninvesting.substack.com A couple of months ago, I penned an article summarising a handful of resources that had helped to inform and guide my thinking on our various predicaments. Those five resources were just a sampling of the ones I’ve been exposed to over […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CV–That Uncertain Road, Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CV–That Uncertain Road, Part 2 March 6, 2023 (original posting date) Teotihuacan, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. That Uncertain Road, Part 2 The set of possible futures includes a great variety of paths. There may be abrupt collapse; it is also possible there may be a smooth transition to sustainability. But […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXI–Collapse, Environment, and Society
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXI–Collapse, Environment, and Society Collapse, Environment, and Society is a 2012 article by geographer Karl Butzer (see: here and here) whose academic career focussed upon the relationship between humans and their environment. In this article (summarised in more detail below), Butzer takes issue with often oversimplified narratives regarding societal ‘collapse’. He argues that societal decline […]
