PinnedIt Bears Repeating: Best Of…Volume 2A fresh compilation of writers focused upon our unfolding predicaments.Sep 30, 2024Sep 30, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCV–‘Renewable’ Energy: See, Hear, and Speak No Evil, Part…A recent post on environmentalism as a meme states that ‘renewable’ energy supporters hold that these technologies solve some significant…Jan 123Jan 123
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCIV–US Peak Shale Oil & Gas: When the Walls Come Tumblin’…This Contemplation has been prompted by a publication (see summary below) focused upon the apparent peaking of shale oil and gas production…Dec 30, 20241Dec 30, 20241
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCIII — Societal Collapse, Abrupt Climate Events, and the…This Contemplation comments upon and summarises two short archaeology articles on societal collapse.Dec 13, 20241Dec 13, 20241
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCII–Sorry, folks, but ‘renewables’ are NOT going to save…In a truly stereotypical Canadian way, I begin with an apology to those who might disagree with or be affronted by what I am about to…Dec 1, 2024Dec 1, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCI–The Nexus of Population, Energy, Innovation, and…Nov 28, 2024Nov 28, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXC–Beyond Collapse: Climate Change and Causality During the…This Contemplation comments upon and summarises a paper that considers prehistorical periods of rapid climatic transition and…Nov 15, 20241Nov 15, 20241
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVIX–Problem Solving: Complexity, History…This Contemplation shares my thoughts on and a summary of an article by archaeologist Joseph Tainter that discusses societal problem…Nov 4, 2024Nov 4, 2024
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVIII– Collapse = Prolonged Period of Diminishing…This Contemplation follows from Part 1 (Website; Medium; Substack), 2 (Website; Medium; Substack), and 3 (Website; Medium; Substack) that…Oct 28, 20242Oct 28, 20242
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXXXVII– Collapse = Prolonged Period of Diminishing Returns…This Contemplation follows from Part 1 (Website; Medium; Substack) and 2 (Website; Medium; Substack) that was prompted by the devastation…Oct 23, 20242Oct 23, 20242