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The Bulletin: September 3-9, 2025
The Bulletin: September 3-9, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Disruptor: William Rees Knows How to Save the World Slow down or die (degrowth, collapse, strategy) Collapse and the Consensus Trance What Happens After Humans Go Extinct How Water Shapes Our […]
The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025
The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950 A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. – The New York Times IEA Doubles Down On Peak Oil […]
The Bulletin: February 6-12, 2025
The Bulletin: February 6-12, 2025 CLICK HERE The Crises Yet To Come When efficiency becomes a problem: Jevons Paradox in the Age of AI – Conhecimento Hoje Supercharging the Predicaments We Face Please, be a NIMBY – by Elisabeth Robson Nuclear Fusion Is Just More Bullshit Break the Consumption Cycle Why pervasive media propaganda […]
The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024
The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024 The Argument for Assisted Collapse – George Tsakraklides Total Grid Collapse Strikes Cuba (Again) | ZeroHedge Yes, Climate Change Is Probably Going To Kill You Reductionism Doesn’t Work Holistically It was always about the oil #294: The perils of extremes | Surplus Energy Economics Lavrov Warns Europe The New Cold […]
The Bulletin: October 24-30, 2024
The Bulletin: October 24-30, 2024 Scientists warn of ‘societal collapse’ on Earth with worsening climate situation – Irish Star Experts sound alarm over massive threat facing 16,500 US dams — here’s what you need to know No acceptable alternative | All The World’s a Stage: Everything Is Fake Burning Man–The Failure of the Green New […]
Dollar Doom Is a Slow Burn!
Dollar Doom Is a Slow Burn! It will be a LONG time coming. Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash One article highlighted below brings out a point that I made two years ago when everyone in the alternative press was writing (as many still are) about how the BRICS nations were determined to replace the US dollar as […]
Sense and Nonsense on Petrodollars
Sense and Nonsense on Petrodollars Folded dollar bill (featuring George Washington) against a map of Saudi Arabia. Last week several reports suggested the termination of a US-Saudi petrodollar agreement, and speculated a Saudi Arabian move to sell oil on world markets in various currencies, including the Chinese yuan. The accounts were rife with inaccuracies: the […]
Dollar’s Reign May Not Last Much Longer (If History Is Any Guide)
Dollar’s Reign May Not Last Much Longer (If History Is Any Guide) Chart of the Week #6 Today’s chart ties into the de-dollarization trend we’ve been talking about a lot lately in these pages. When most people around the world think about money, they’re probably thinking of the U.S. Dollar. That’s because the greenback is the world’s […]
De-Dollarization Just Accelerated… And You Might Not Even Know About It
De-Dollarization Just Accelerated… And You Might Not Even Know About It BRICS in Nizhny Novgorod, Crickets’ Silence, Saudi Arabia, and Bridges (Away from the U.S. Dollar) This past week has been a real turning point in the de-dollarization trend we’ve been talking about in these pages. Funny enough, the media seems to be completely oblivious to most […]
The End Of The Petrodollar
The End Of The Petrodollar The Saudis, New Chapter in Energy Economics, De-dollarization, and the American-Made Pressure Cooker “Oil is too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.” ~ Henry Kissinger Just last Sunday, one of the most significant economic deals of the century came to an end. The long-standing […]
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change There is much legitimate (as well as dramatic) talk about the failing US, its debased currency and its identity-fractured/inflation-taxed middle-class which has been increasingly described more aptly as the working poor. The End, or Just Change? But is America coming to an end? Will the USD lose its world […]
Why the dollar will lose its status as the global reserve currency
Why the dollar will lose its status as the global reserve currency By the early 400s, the Roman Empire was coming apart at the seams and in desperate need of strong, competent leadership. In theory, Honorius should have been the right man for the job. Born into the royal household in Constantinople, Honorius had been […]
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near World reserve status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The dollar’s petro-status also makes […]
Congress Just Supercharged the Dollar’s Downfall
Congress Just Supercharged the Dollar’s Downfall Confiscation, Weaponization, and De-Dollarization “The dollar’s role as the world’s primary reserve currency is a boon for the United States but a bane for the rest of the world.” ~ Barry Eichengreen The U.S. Senate has predictably voted to give $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, just three […]
