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A Century from Now Concrete Will be Nothing But Rubble
Photo: road abandoned since 1984 in the Florida Keys Concrete is an essential part of our infrastructure. And it’s all falling apart, as Robert Courland’s 2011 book Concrete Planet makes clear. The Romans built concrete structures that lasted over 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Concrete, Infrastructure, Roads
Tagged CO2, collapse, concrete, Concrete Planet, corrosion, Courland, energy, greenhouse gas, infrastructure
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Birth Control Impossible due to Religion, they prefer you die of starvation, disease, and war
What a horror: so-called “Pro-Life” religions force their nasty beliefs on a woman’s right to control her own destiny and a civilizations ability to decently house and feed citizens, dooming societies of the future crazed from hunger and disease brought … Continue reading
Posted in Birth Control, What to do
Tagged birth control, collapse, disease, hunger, pro-life, religion, starvation, war, women's right to choose
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Even Pencils will be hard to make
Most of us are unaware of how complex our society is, how things are made, how food is grown, how stuff is delivered, and the people, energy, transportation, and kinds and sources of materials in every day objects. This essay, … Continue reading
Posted in Antecedents, Extinction, Humpty Dumpty, Localization, Making Stuff, Supply Chains
Tagged collapse, peak oil, pencil
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David Korowicz : Tipping Point Near-Term Systemic Implications of a Peak in Global Oil Production
David Korowicz. 15 Mar 2010. Tipping Point Near-Term Systemic Implications of a Peak in Global Oil Production. Feasta & The Risk/Resilience Network. A decline in energy flows will reduce global economic production; reduced global production will undermine our ability to … Continue reading
Tariel Mórrígan: Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization.
Morrigan, Tariel. Oct 2010. Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization. The current peak oil Crisis. University of California, Santa Barbara. Peak oil is happening now. The era of cheap and abundant oil is over. • Global … Continue reading
Posted in By People, Predictions
Tagged collapse, peak coal, peak energy, peak uranium, predictions, Tariel Mórrígan
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Corporate Welfare
A society that wastes its money and most of its time giving money to the rich is more likely to collapse than a better run nation. Big business sets the agenda for what legislation our elected officials spend their time … Continue reading
Electromagnetic Pulse EMP from solar flares or high-altitude nuclear weapon explosion
An exploding high-altitude (25 to 250 miles) nuclear weapon can generate an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) that can zap electronic systems over a wide area — several could potentially take out electronic systems across the country. Periodically there are also solar … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, Electromagnetic Pulse
Tagged collapse, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, infrastructure, solar flare
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Optimism versus Ignorance
When it comes to scientific topics like peak oil and climate change, are people’s opinions based on optimism, or ignorance? Does optimism prevent people from even obtaining the information that would make them less optimistic? To answer this, consider what … Continue reading
Ocean BioInvasion
7 Sep 2011. Giant Crabs invade Antarctica. New Scientist (original source Proceedings of the Royal Society) More than a million large 3-foot wide crabs have invaded deep Antarctic waters after the water warmed up enough for them to survive. They’ve … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, BioInvasion
Tagged antarctic, biodiversity, Bioinvasion, collapse, crabs, extinction, marine, ocean
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