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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXI–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 3.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXI 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 CCXX–We’re Saved! A Nuclear Renaissance Is Upon Us, Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXX 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 CCXVIII– We’re Saved! ‘Good Government’ Has Humanity’s Back. Part 3.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXVIII– 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 […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIX– Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 2
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCIX– Keep Calm and Carry On… Human Ingenuity and Technology Will Save Us! Part 2 CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. In Part 1 of this Contemplation (Website Medium Substack) I discuss how our species seems to be responding to the signals our planet and […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVII–‘Collapse’: It May Not Be What You Think It Is.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCVII– ‘Collapse’: It May Not Be What You Think It Is. cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net This Contemplation is the result of my beginning to put together a different one that’s focussing upon an academic article I’ve been reading (Collapse, Environment, and Society) but that got me thinking about the academic ‘debate’ regarding what ‘societal […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCV–Do You Believe ‘Renewables’ Are ‘Clean’ And Can ‘Save the Planet’?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCV– Do You Believe ‘Renewables’ Are ‘Clean’ And Can ‘Save the Planet’? Photo by author. CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this synopsis. While carrying out some research on one of Canada’s big players in the environmental ‘protection’ racket (Environmental Defence Canada (EDF)), I posed some questions to […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CC–‘Olduvai’: What’s It All About?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CC– ‘Olduvai’: What’s It All About? Permit me some self-indulgence by way of sharing what my writing is all about for this my 200th Contemplation. This is especially intended for those relatively new to my writing but might also provide some ‘insights’ for those who have been following me for some […]
