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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCL–Smoke Without Borders: Politicians Without Conscience
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCL–Smoke Without Borders: Politicians Without Conscience Had some “quality” indoor time the past few days as wildfire smoke made it dangerous to be outside — or in my gardens — here north of Toronto. And rather than get to the myriad of chores I could have been doing in the house, […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIX–The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIX– The Celebration of Our Own Undoing, Part 1 The Mechanics of Our Predicament We are peculiar creatures, we humans. I have spent much of my recent years — since that jarring viewing of Collapse more than fifteen years ago — watching our species with a mixture of bewilderment and a strange, sorrowful […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVIII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 2.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVIII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 2. “…the economy is an energy system, and not a financial one. Money is a human artefact used to exchange the goods and services that constitute economic output, but all of these are products of energy. Our economic history is a narrative of how […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 1.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVII–Monetary Systems, Thermodynamics, and Ecological Overshoot, Part 1. Money, it’s a crime Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie Money, so they say Is the root of evil today -Pink Floyd, Money (1973) One of the interests I’ve developed since falling down the rabbit’s hole of peak oil, societal collapse, and ecological […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVI– Laughing at Our Self-Destruction.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLVI– Laughing at Our Self-Destruction. Today’s Contemplation is a little different. At the start of this year, I was contacted by award-winning author and humourist Scott Erickson, who offered to send me a copy of his recently released book, Laughing at Our Self-Destruction: How to Stop Worrying and Accept the Impending Collapse […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLV–Overlooking the Biophysical Basis of Human Societies.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLV Overlooking the Biophysical Basis of Human Societies. On June 4th, 2026, economist Thomas Piketty and a large team of collaborators unveiled a proposal that is, in its scope and ambition, unlike almost anything in contemporary economic discourse. Outlined in detail on the Global Justice Project’s (GJP) website, the plan is built on three […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIV– We’re Saved! The Finale: All Aboard the Salvation Bus.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLIV– We’re Saved! The Finale: All Aboard the Salvation Bus. Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalising animal. -Robert A. Heinlein Across the almost two dozen We’re Saved! Contemplations I’ve penned over the last ten months in an attempt to analyse “solutions” to humanity’s predicaments a consistent and […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLXIII–We’re Saved! Artificial Intelligence.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCLXIII–We’re Saved! Artificial Intelligence. One of the latest and greatest techno-fixes to our ecological overshoot predicament and its myriad of symptom predicaments–artificial intelligence (AI)–is another in a growing list of oxymoronic “solutions”, doing the exact opposite of “saving” our societies and planet. Our various “solutionists” are shouting from the rooftops incessantly […]
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 […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLI– We’re Saved! E-Waste For Empire.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXLI– We’re Saved! E-Waste For Empire. Just as I was putting the final touches on my last We’re Saved! Contemplation regarding the concept of a circular economy (see: Website Medium Substack) I happened across a RealClearDefense article reposted by Zerohedge under the guise of RealClearWire (see: here) that perfectly reflected a particular aspect of a […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXL We’re Saved! A Circular Economy.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXL– We’re Saved! A Circular Economy. On the heels of my last We’re Saved! Contemplation (see: Website Medium Substack) that deconstructed the idea that solar photovoltaic panels are “fully recyclable”–as many of its supporters argue–I believe it’s logical to take this the next step to the broader concept of a “circular economy”. This is […]
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 […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVIII–We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panel Recycling.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVIII We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panel Recycling. One of the more common rebuttals to my attempts to highlight the limitations of solar photovoltaic energy as a “drop-in” substitute for hydrocarbons is that these wondrous technologies are completely recyclable. In the minds of true believers, this means the finiteness of mineral inputs […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVII– We’re Saved! Massive Buildout of Solar Photovoltaic Energy!
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVII– We’re Saved! Massive Buildout of Solar Photovoltaic Energy! I was starkly reminded of the cult-like belief in the salvation offered via solar photovoltaic energy last week when a Greenpeace International post in my Facebook feed appeared suggesting it. I agreed with the comment of another who was skeptical. That agreement […]
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 […]
