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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Peak soil: Industrial agriculture destroys ecosystems and civilizations. Biofuels make it worse.
Alice Friedemann. 2017. Peak Soil. Last update Oct 23, 2017, first 2007 [ Formerly titled: Why Biofuels are Not Sustainable and a Threat to America’s National Security. Shorter versions appear in the following books: Jacqueline Langwith, ed. 2008. “Opposing Viewpoints: Renewable … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Biofuels, Biomass, Energy, Peak Biofuels, Soil, Soil
Tagged aquifer depletion, biodiesel, biofuel, climate change, EROEI, EROI, erosion, ethanol, fertilizer, hunger, peak soil, pollution, topsoil
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Book review of “1493 Uncovering the new world Columbus Created”
[ This book will be included in the “must read” category of my giant booklist when I get around to updating it. This book isn’t just about the past, the implications reverberate into the postcarbon future. Will slavery return without … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, Agriculture, Disease, Pesticides, Soil
Tagged ecology, Famine, pesticides, potatoes, rubber, slavery
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Transportation: How long can we adapt before we fall off the Net Energy Cliff?
[ I first published this in 2014. After re-reading it when damnthematrix republished it recently, I saw corrections and updates that needed to be made, so here is the improved version. Keep in mind that I am wildly speculating, there … Continue reading
Responding to arctic oil spills
Preface. It is nuts to put oil rigs in an area with such vast amounts of ice on the move, and all the additional dangers listed below. No wonder there’s little to no drilling. It’s too expensive to keep oil … Continue reading
Overfishing is driving large marine creatures extinct
[Overfishing is driving marine mammals extinct. Luckily oil will soon begin a relentless decline and fishing boats won’t be able to travel to the ends of the world using spotter planes to net the remaining schools of fish. And it … Continue reading
Posted in Extinction, Fisheries, Scientists Warnings to Humanity
Tagged extinction, fishery, marine, overfishing
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Pigeon towers to cope with peak phosphate and natural gas fertilizer?
[ Natural gas based fertilizers intensified crop production per acre up to 5-fold, yet natural gas, like phosphate, is finite. We are going to be forced to reinvent our fossil-based agriculture, why not start with pigeon towers? Beats going to … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Phosphorus
Tagged agriculture, phosphate, pigeon towers, what to do
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Book review of “In order to live: A North Korean girl’s journey to freedom” by Yeonmi Park
[ Related posts: Inside North Korea’s Environmental Collapse Who Lives, Who dies in a never-ending energy crisis. Book review of Nothing to Envy. Ordinary Lives in North Korea North Korea: what happens to a country when the oil is cut … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse of Civilizations, North Korea
Tagged North Korea, survival
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Summary of German Armed Forces Peak Oil Study
[This is a summary I first published in 2011. It’s important, so I’ve re-posted it today. According to Der Spiegel this study was leaked and not meant for publication. The document concludes that the public must be made aware of … Continue reading
Nitrogen fertilizer poses significant threats to humans and the environment
NRC. 2015. A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System. National Research Council, National Academies Press. 19 pages. Nitrogen (N) is essential for agricultural productivity, but in its more reactive forms, it can pose significant threats to humans … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Fisheries, Groundwater, Planetary Boundaries, Pollution, Soil
Tagged agriculture, fertilizer, nitrogen, runoff
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Water resources infrastructure deteriorating
[ Water infrastructure has inter-dependencies with other essential infrastructure, if dams or levees fail, agriculture and electric power suffer, towns and homes flooded. If ports along the ocean and inland water ways aren’t maintained and waterways dredged, the by far … Continue reading
Posted in Dams, Interdependencies, Water
Tagged dams, hydropower, infrastructure, levees
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