Category Archives: Experts

experts in energy, ecology, collapse, carrying capacity, biophysical and neoclassical economics, etc.

When will the decline of oil begin, at what rate?

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

If the German Peak Oil report is correct, once investors believe oil production is declining, that will be the end of the stock market, since growth can no longer occur and debts be repaid.  The financial system is precarious enough … Continue reading →

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Christian de Duve, Nobel Prize Winner. Natural Selection will destroy us.

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Clint Witchalls. 28 Feb 2011. Biology Nobelist: Natural selection will destroy us. NewScientist. We have evolved traits that will lead to humanity’s extinction, says Christian de Duve – so we must learn to overcome them We are the most successful … Continue reading →

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John Hemington: My Views on the Human Condition – A Summary

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Email Forwarded from Charles A. Hall, Sep 7, 2010 A number of my correspondents have expressed the opinion that my pessimistic views of our economic, political and social future are, shall we say, a bit on the extreme side.  For … Continue reading →

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Michael J. Benton, paleontologist: Runaway Greenhouse

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Benton, M.J. Presidential Address 2007: The end-Permian mass extinction events on land in Russia. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association Volume 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-136 Conclusion: If the runaway greenhouse model is correct and explains perhaps the biggest crisis … Continue reading →

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James Lovelock: We Can’t Save the Planet, it’s Too Late

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

30 Mar 2010. Lovelock: ‘We can’t save the planet’. Professor James Lovelock, the scientist who developed Gaia theory, has said it is too late to try and save the planet. BBC Radio. Below is a summary, the full audio interview … Continue reading →

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Greg Craven: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Greg Craven. 15 Dec 2010. What’s the Worst That Could Happen? A Veteran of the Climate Change Culture Wars Explains Why America Isn’t Listening and What To Do About It. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Nothing we’ve done has worked. … Continue reading →

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Martin Rees, cosmologist: Will the Human Race Survive the 21st Century?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

In his book “Our final century: Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-first Century?: Martin Rees gives us at 50/50 chance of making it to 2100.  He thinks we’ve been lucky to survive even the past 50 years.  Some of … Continue reading →

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Prince Charles warns of ‘sixth extinction event’

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Louise Gray. 8 Sep 2011. Prince Charles warns of ‘sixth extinction event’.  Mankind faces extinction, the Prince of Wales has warned, unless humans transform our lifestyles to stop mass consumption, run away climate change and destruction of wildlife.  The Telegraph. … Continue reading →

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John Gribbin, Astrophysicist. If we destroy ourselves, a grave injustice to the universe

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Below are a few paragraphs from Hirshfeld’s excellent book review of:    John Gribbin. 2011. Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique. Humans are a miracle of blood, bone, and brain, a volatile mixture of compassion and brutality … Continue reading →

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James Howard Kunstler “True Believers”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

James Howard Kunstler. August 17, 2005. True Believers. There is a special species of idiot at large in the financial media space who believe absolutely in the desperate and tragic public relations bullshit that this society churns out to convince … Continue reading →

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