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- Catton on Collapse “Bottleneck: Humanity’s Impending Impasse”
- Book Review of Grain Brain: Extraordinary claim not backed up by evidence
- Why did everyone stop talking about Population & Immigration?
- What would happen if trucks stopped running?
- How to survive a nuclear winter
- The insect apocalypse will kill billions more people than climate change
- The war on drugs. A book review of “Chasing the scream”
- Peak crude oil did not happen in 2018. But we are running out of time
- Sheriffs have too much power
- Book review “They poisoned the world: Life & death in the age of Forever Chemicals”
- John Howe on one child per woman: still too high to stay under limits to growth curves
- Ted Trainer: The radical implications of a zero growth economy
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Category Archives: 1) Decline
Economics 101: Liquidity is a Loan, Why prices can go UP in a Deflation, do not buy Gold, and Much More
December 29, 2007. Karl Denninger. The Year In Review And a Look Ahead for 2008. market-ticker [I’ve snipped out a lot of this article, which is no longer available on the internet. It was very prescient, and even though some … Continue reading
Posted in Gold & Silver, Inflation or Deflation, Money
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Why Deleveraging is so painful
Why a recovery is at least 7 years away: Economy Falling Years Behind Full Speed 6 Apr 2009. Louis Uchitelle. New York Times. As the recession grinds on, more and more of the nation’s means of production — its workers, … Continue reading
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Mercury pollution
August 9, 2014. Missing mercury pollution is enough for mass poisoning. NewScientist. New data suggests that we still don’t know where our emissions of toxic mercury end up. Somewhere out there are tens of thousands of tons of missing mercury. … Continue reading
Posted in Gold & Silver, Hazardous Waste
Tagged hazardous waste, mercury, pollution
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Energy production requires a LOT of water
Energy and water – the real blue-chips August 20, 2011 by Nate Hagens and Kenneth Mulder Some excerpts from this article: The 2 most important natural resources are water and energy. In most cases, each is required to procure the … Continue reading
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Money – what is it?
The following are good articles to read about what money really is The supply of money in an energy-scarce world 2011. Richard Douthwaite. Summary of this article: Money has no value unless it can be exchanged for goods and services … Continue reading
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Society is fragile and vulnerable compared to 1930s, more prone to collapse
Oct 27, 2008. James Wesley, Rawles. The Depression of the 1930s–Why No Societal Collapse? survivalblog.com There are some substantial differences between our society in the early 21st Century, and America in the 1930s. With these differences, our society is now much … Continue reading
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Money versus Credit or Hyperinflation versus Hyperexpansion
I’ve put in several articles by Nicole Foss here on these topics. Resurgence of Risk – A Primer on the Develop(ed) Credit Crunch The Inverted Pyramid – Money versus Credit (or Hyperinflation versus Hyperexpansion) Money and credit are not the … Continue reading
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Dailyreckoning
Preface. Bonner & Wiggins at the dailyreckoning called the 2008 housing crash in 2002 and the 2000 dot.com crash in 1999. They’ve got a lot right, a lot wrong, and are always entertaining to read. A few random excerpts are … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Decline, Gold & Silver, Money
Tagged bonner, daily reckoning, debt, greenspan, stock market
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Inside North Korea’s environmental collapse
The reddish hue of this soil in North Korea comes from lack of organic matter, vital for farming. Related Posts: North Korea collapse posts How different nations have coped with oil shortages Dmitry Orlov: How Russians survived the collapse of … Continue reading
Posted in Deforestation, North Korea, Oil shock collapse, Peak Topsoil
Tagged collapse, erosion, North Korea, topsoil
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The congressional report on “The Financial Crisis” and what happened
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report. Final Report of the national Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States 2011. Phil Angelides Chairman, Brooksley Born Commissioner, Senator Bob Graham Commissioner, etc. This is the best … Continue reading
Posted in Debt, Economic Instability, No Reforms
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