{"id":65456,"date":"2023-07-05T06:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=65456"},"modified":"2023-07-05T06:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T11:01:55","slug":"global-peak-oil-remains-an-existential-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=65456","title":{"rendered":"Global Peak Oil Remains an Existential\u00a0Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinhester.live\/2023\/05\/17\/global-peak-oil-remains-an-existential-threat\/\">Global Peak Oil Remains an Existential\u00a0Threat<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-entry\">\n<p>\u201cI have reported on the dire impacts of global peak oil at guymcpherson.com for many years. My reports from August 2007 onward indicate the potential for peak oil to terminate industrial civilization. Information I discovered a few years later indicates that stopping or even\u00a0<em>slowing<\/em>\u00a0industrial activity will cause our extinction. Our extinction could result from a reduction in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinhester.live\/2016\/06\/17\/global-dimming-keeping-the-planet-habitable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aerosol masking<\/a>\u00a0or the meltdown of some of the world\u2019s nuclear facilities. The latter phenomenon would cause stratospheric ozone to be stripped away, thereby causing extremely rapid planetary heating. Again,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/science-snippets-peak-fossil-fuels\/\">I have reported these findings previously in this space<\/a>. Responses to my freely available work, rooted in evidence, have included denial, non-evidentiary argumentation, and a coordinated defamation campaign that effectively removed me from public service. But enough about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA reduction in aerosol masking has caused\u00a0<em>regional<\/em>\u00a0increases in temperature that have led to regional increases in precipitation, as indicated by peer-reviewed research I have shared in this space. Fortunately, these impacts have not yet gone global. Rather, they have remained regional in scope, beginning in the area around Wuhan, China, where the pandemic broke out. Regional increases in temperature and subsequent increases in precipitation followed the pandemic to India, Europe, and the northeastern United States.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>All\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0<strong>analysis above<\/strong>\u00a0is via Professor Guy McPherson\u2019s Substack post Titled:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.substack.com\/p\/science-snippets-global-peak-oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Science Snippets: Global Peak Oil Remains an Existential Threat<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3RWUOwJIRj4?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-ratio=\"0.5636363636363636\" data-width=\"605\" data-height=\"341\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Science Snippets: Global Peak Oil Remains an Existential Threat<\/p>\n<p>Colleagues and I in the dynamic group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2213264857\/?multi_permalinks=10159773664664858&amp;notif_id=1684204034882578&amp;notif_t=group_highlights&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peak Oil<\/a>\u00a0have previously debated this subject. Join us for the latest developments as we circle the drain of Peak Oil triggered collapse.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZ0AjTbhsB4?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-ratio=\"0.5636363636363636\" data-width=\"605\" data-height=\"341\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More reference material embedded in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/science-snippets-peak-oil-has-not-gone-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Science Snippets: Peak Oil Has NOT Gone Away<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Readers of this blog know that I concentrate on the climate and extinction crises and the contemporaneous issue of the re-rise of fascism and unfolding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinhester.live\/2019\/09\/05\/collapse-the-only-realistic-scenario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collapse<\/a>. Collapse isn\u2019t an event, it\u2019s a process, a process that is clearly underway.<br \/>\nAotearoa New Zealand has just closed it\u2019s one and only oil refinery, yes, you read that right! I filled out an Official Information Act submission to find out what are NZ\u2019s strategic reserves. The government department responsible refused to divulge what we have in reserve! We are led by Donkeys.<br \/>\nNot having a refinery means we\u2019d suffer societal collapse in a matter of weeks of a blockade of our territorial waters being enforced, by whoever, \u201cFriend or Foe\u201d. Remember France was supposedly our ally when they blew up the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior murdering Fernando Pereira in downtown Tamaki Makaurau.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinhester.live\/2022\/04\/13\/the-insanity-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-closing-its-one-and-only-oil-refinery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Insanity of Aotearoa New Zealand Closing it\u2019s One and Only Oil\u00a0Refinery<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Peak Oil Remains an Existential\u00a0Threat \u201cI have reported on the dire impacts of global peak oil at guymcpherson.com for many years. My reports from August 2007 onward indicate the potential for peak oil to terminate industrial civilization. Information I discovered a few years later indicates that stopping or even\u00a0slowing\u00a0industrial activity will cause our extinction. 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