“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to truly understand the exponential function”, Albert Bartlett. I see a lot of hand wringing over DJT describing our predicament as a ‘Hoax.’ The man child at the helm of…
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Navigating the Descent, into the Abyss!
I first became interested in the collapse of complex societies when back packing in Southeast Asia in 1980, then when visiting Mayan ruins in Central America in 1982.I was in Berlin one week before the wall came down in 1989,…
Life at the End of Empire
A middle-class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, ClimateChange, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of theAmerican Lifestyle.That sub-head could almost be about me or perhaps you? But it’s also the position of the author of the…
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Nobel Prize Winning Economist William Nordhaus Sealed Our Collective Fate
Clearly neither the 1.5C nor the 2C Rubicon’s of anthropogenic warming were ever safe. Nor was 350ppm of CO2 in the Atmosphere for that matter. How did we get ourselves into this nightmare? Nobel Laurate William Nordhaus is quite possibly…
Financial system supply-chain cross contagion – a study in global systemic collapse
As we watch the US banking system totter and begin to collapse, like the proverbial Jenga stack, we need to consider the implications this has for the global financial system and its supply chains.I’ll begin with the stellar work of David…
Tagged with: Contagion, David Korowicz, Dr. Guy McPherson, Runaway Abrupt Climate Change, Supply Chain Breakdown
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“If We Lose the Arctic We Lose the Globe” We’ve Lost the Arctic
“Changes will happen decades earlier than previously thought.” Now where have we heard that before? “More rain than snow will fall in the Arctic and this transition will occur decades earlier than previously predicted, a new study led by the…
Climate tipping points: The Arctic is a Bellwether for Irreversible Change
“The Arctic is iconic for maintaining year-round ice and snow, but in the last decade, it has begun to transition to wetlands and open ocean. Emblematic of this change, in July 2020, the last intact ice shelf in the Canadian…
Tagged with: Dr Andrew Glikson, Dr. Guy McPherson, Runaway Abrupt Climate Change
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The Soon to Erupt Climate Change Fuelled Wars
There are 195 countries in the world, and 148 of them emit a lot less hothouse gas than the U.S. Army alone.”
Tagged with: Climate Wars, Collapse, Dr. Guy McPherson, Kevin Lister, Nuclear War, Runaway Abrupt Climate Change
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CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science
Mercifully, the charade known as Cop 26 has drawn to it’s ignominious end.Almost all commentators are describing this latest Cop as a near total failure. As I have mentioned previously in this space it’s a near total success. The USA…
Tagged with: Dr. Guy McPherson, IPCC, Nature Bats Last, Runaway Abrupt Climate Change
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It’s Time to Acknowledge the Spectacular Success of the IPCC.
“US support was probably critical to IPCC’s establishment. And why did the US government support it? Assistant Undersecretary of State Bill Nitze wrote to me a few years later saying that our group’s activities played a significant role. Among other…
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