Category Archives: 3) Fast Crash

The case for a fast, rather than a slow one. Most societies crashed in 20 years or less. There has never been or will be again a crash like ours, where the world of 7 billion people became utterly dependent on a non-renewable source of energy — fossil fuels.

Sheriffs have too much power

Posted on February 10, 2026 by

Preface. In August 2017 President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio for disobeying a 2011 court order that barred his deputies from detaining people based on their immigration status. He was found guilty of continuing these traffic patrols for 18 months after … Continue reading →

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Book review “They poisoned the world: Life & death in the age of Forever Chemicals”

Posted on February 3, 2026 by

Preface. This is a book review of Blake’s 2025 They Poisoned the World: Life & Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals. This is a history of how the existential threat of PFAs and other forever chemicals came to be. … Continue reading →

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John Howe on one child per woman: still too high to stay under limits to growth curves

Posted on February 2, 2026 by

                      Preface. I first published this post in 2012 and have updated it today. Below I summarize a part of a 2012 article by John Howe on having one child … Continue reading →

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Part 5 Raven Rock. Hidey holes for government and military officials to carry on democracy after nuclear war destroys the planet

Posted on January 13, 2026 by

Preface. This is the fifth part of my book review of: Graff, G.M. 2018. Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die. There are many doomsday shelters listed in this … Continue reading →

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Part 4 Raven Rock. The government abandons plans to aid the public, only the government to survive

Posted on December 30, 2025 by

Preface. This is the fourth  part of my book review of: Graff, G.M. 2018. Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die. Simon and Schuster.  Clearly if the U.S. government … Continue reading →

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Part 3 Raven Rock. The government’s plans for after a nuclear holocaust

Posted on December 16, 2025 by

This is the third part of a book review of: Graff, G.M. 2018. Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die. Simon and Schuster. This book stresses that a full … Continue reading →

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Part 2 Raven Rock. The U.S. government’s plans to save civilians from nuclear war

Posted on December 2, 2025 by

Graff, G.M. 2018. Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die. At the outset of the cold war, scientists proposed that nationalism had to go away to prevent nuclear wars, … Continue reading →

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Legal & Illegal Immigration numbers must drop to carrying capacity

Posted on November 26, 2025 by

Source: The Overpopulation Project (2020) Is overpopulation a dirty word?  Too many people consuming too much Preface. Without fossil fuels, the carrying capacity of the planet would be around 300 million people. Fossil fuels made it possible for human population to … Continue reading →

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Part 1 Intro. Raven rock: the story of the U.S. governments secret plans to save itself after a nuclear war and let the rest of us die

Posted on November 19, 2025 by

This is a book review of Graff’s 2018 “ Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die”. This book exposes the government’s plans to carry on government and democracy after … Continue reading →

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The Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Posted on November 12, 2025 by

Preface. Below is the declaration of the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War from a three-day gathering in Chicago of 20 Nobel laureates and 60 leading nuclear experts, aimed at creating recommendations for policymakers and leaders to … Continue reading →

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