Category Archives: What to do

Excerpt from “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars”

Posted on June 16, 2026 by

Preface.  This is an excerpt from Philippe Le Billon’s (editor) anthology “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars.”  The coming energy crisis and climate change are likely to trigger resource wars as nations  sink into starvation and poverty. Indeed, this is already … Continue reading →

Posted in War Books, Where to Be or Not to Be | Tagged , | Comments Off on Excerpt from “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars”

Homes & Buildings

Posted on June 9, 2026 by

Preface. To prepare for the day when there is no natural gas, oil, or coal to heat homes and buildings, the best possible way to prepare for the future and lessen suffering would be retrofitting homes to use less energy … Continue reading →

Posted in Conserve Energy | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Homes & Buildings

The staggering destruction of knowledge by Christians in the Roman Empire

Posted on May 5, 2026 by

Preface. Ever since reading Gibbons “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” I’ve been fascinated by the complexity of reasons for why the Roman Empire fell.  But so many books and writings were lost that much remains unknown. Mainly … Continue reading →

Posted in Preservation of Knowledge, Roman Empire | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review of Grain Brain: Extraordinary claim not backed up by evidence

Posted on April 7, 2026 by

This is my book review of David Perlmutter’s (2013) Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers. At the New York Times, this book was the #1 best seller in the Dining list and #9 … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Thinking, Farming & Ranching | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Book Review of Grain Brain: Extraordinary claim not backed up by evidence

Why did everyone stop talking about Population & Immigration?

Posted on March 31, 2026 by

Preface. This post summarizes the top 26 reasons why population growth was abandoned the past 50 years. Further reasons can be found in Beck & Kolankiewicz (2000) “The Environmental Movement’s Retreat from Advocating U.S. Population Stabilization” and Weisman’s “Countdown: Our … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, Deforestation, Disease, Overpopulation, Pesticides, Pollution, Population, Transportation, Water Pollution, Wildfire | Tagged , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

How to survive a nuclear winter

Posted on March 17, 2026 by

Preface. New Zealand and other countries in the southern hemisphere are expected to be safer since they are far from nuclear targets. But they would still experience extreme temperature drops and less sunlight, though less than the Northern hemisphere.  Still, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Nuclear War, Where to Be or Not to Be | Tagged , , | Comments Off on How to survive a nuclear winter

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 →

Posted in Birth Control, Overpopulation, Population | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on 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

Posted on January 20, 2026 by

Projections of business as usual from Meadow’s et al “Limits to Growth” Preface. Clearly infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. Returning the world to ecological health requires humans to live within ecological boundaries in a steady state economy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Debt, Economic Decline, Investing advice, Other Experts | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Become a Bison rancher

Posted on January 6, 2026 by

Preface. Far more buffalo can be grazed per acre than cattle and improve rather than destroy the ecosystem like cattle do. It’s likely wild bison will return to the Great Plains in the future.  Already there are fewer people in … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Farming and Ranching | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Become a Bison rancher

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 →

Posted in Nuclear Books, Nuclear War, Politics, Where to Be or Not to Be | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Part 4 Raven Rock. The government abandons plans to aid the public, only the government to survive