The August 2020 episode of Nature Bats Last featured an excellent discussion with Dr Sid Smith, the episode is “embedded here”
Dr Smith is former co-chair and current secretary of the Green Party of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he is a writer and small-business owner in central Virginia. His website can be found at bsidneysmith.com .
Both of Dr Smith’s You Tube presentations are embedded below.
We discussed Dr Smith’s essay titled “ Socialism and the Green Party”, in it he wrote:
“ The value to the economy of a barrel of oil is an amount that is equivalent to 11 years of human labour. Supposing a minimum wage of $15 per hour that is more than $330,000 worth of work.” I think that observation exposes our addiction clearly.
Central to the discussion we talked about the melt down of 450 nuclear power stations and 1300 spent fuel pool fires and the possibility of our psychopathic owners using a nuclear winter to cool down the planet, I’ve covered that aspect of our predicament here. The Inevitability of Nuclear War and Subsequent Nuclear Winter
The comparison of our predicament to the game “Jenga” was made, I have written previously about that observation. Abrupt Climate Change and Extinction ‘Jenga’. The very last ‘game’ on Earth.
Jenga Art credit Ken Avidor
I mentioned our interview with Arthur Keller and his contention that collapse is the only realistic conclusion, that discussion and Arthur’s incredible You Tube presentation are embedded below.
Collapse, the Only Realistic Scenario:
Further reference for Alice Friedmann who blogs at Peak Energy & Resources, Climate Change, and the Preservation of Knowledge
I'm an anti-imperialist, environmental activist and blue ocean sailor, who is passionate about the earth and all it's inhabitants without favour. Brace for imminent impact as we bare witness to the non-linear unraveling of the biosphere and habitability disappearing for most if not all complex life on the only habitable planet we know of. To quote President Niinistö in North Russia: ‘If We Lose the Arctic, We Lose the World’. Folks we have lost the Arctic.
Kevin Hester 
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Brilliant presentations.
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Chris Hedges reiterates my, Guy’s and Dr Sid Smith’s contention in this months episode of Nature Bats Last that the collapse of the USA is well and truly underway.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-hypernationalism-crisis-cults-signs-united-states-decline/270236/?fbclid=IwAR3c9jqqddBD_quVvIknYdsaWhCuUoOOXfIFRdyg7stUL_pyGXAsv-SixBI
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Excellent interview with Sid Smith!!
(Though I wish y’all would find some music to begin with that is not so disgusting. Really! 🙂
Love you, bro!!
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Your link at the top of the page does not go to the interview. It goes to “Stripchat.”
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Thank you so much for pointing out that the embedded link to our discussion with Sid had somehow, mysteriously disappeared.
I’ve edited the blog and re-embedded the radio discussion.
Merci Madame.
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Thanks Kevin. Very comprehensive. I like S Smith’s Prologue the best for a first intro. Latest pro-offered advise given was to load up on non perishable food, secure good water source, get cash out of institutions. Have barter-able goods or skills. Know your neighbors well and more.
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