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Category Archives: Organizations
How United Nations scientists are preparing for the end of capitalism
Preface. The article below was written by Nafeez Ahmed, who wrote one of my favorite books “Failing States, Collapsing Systems: BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence“. Ahmed writes: “Most observers have no idea of the current biophysical realities – that the driving … Continue reading
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Tagged biophysical economics, captialism, collapse, EROI, Nafeez Ahmed, United Nations
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Limits to Growth? 2016 United Nations report provides best evidence yet
Preface. This is a summary of a United Nations report that ought to scare the pants off of anyone who understands exponential growth. Here are a few examples what that means: If 2 grams of gold grew at a 5% … Continue reading
ASPO: Top Ten 2014 News Stories Regarding Oil and the Economy
Andrews, S., Whipple, T. January 6, 2015. Top Ten 2014 News Stories Regarding Oil and the Economy. January 6, 2015. 1. Oil Price Crash The great price crash of 2014 could well turn out to be one of the defining … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, aspo, debt, fracking, peak natural gas, peak oil, predictions, shale
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World Resources Institute: Within 12 years food production will go down
For a variety of reasons, this report concludes that food production is likely to go down within the next 12 years, not up. The World Resources Institute recently came out with a report that throws into doubt our ability to … Continue reading
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David Korowicz: Tipping point near-term systemic implications of a Peak in global Oil production
[ This is the most brilliant and succinct paper I’ve ever seen that explains the interdependencies of our economic, energy, infrastructure, food, and other systems. It is so well-written that you ought to read the entire paper, my summary can’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, Crash Coming Soon, David Korowicz, Interdependencies, Organizations
Tagged collapse, investment, peakoil
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