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- 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 still 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
- Part 5 Raven Rock. Hidey holes for government and military officials to carry on democracy after nuclear war destroys the planet
- Become a Bison rancher
- Part 4 Raven Rock. The government abandons plans to aid the public, only the government to survive
- Prisoners are treated worse than slaves in America
- Part 3 Raven Rock. The government’s plans for after a nuclear holocaust
- Part 2 Raven Rock. The U.S. government’s plans to save civilians from nuclear war
- Legal & Illegal Immigration numbers must drop to carrying capacity
- 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
Category Archives: Advice
Dmitry Orlov Definancialisation, deglobalisation and relocalisation
Definancialisation, deglobalisation and relocalisation by Dmitry Orlov. Sep 2, 2011. Fleeing Vesuvius. Some excerpts: Collapse without preparation is a defeat. Collapse with preparation is an eccentricity. I concede that the choice is a difficult one: either we wait for circumstances … Continue reading
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Fleeing Vesuvius Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Enviromental Collapse
Fleeing Vesuvius. Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Enviromental Collapse This book has many ideas about what to do across many spheres. Escape routes: Fleeing Vesuvius – which way should we go? summarizes the “what to do” conclusions of … Continue reading
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Coping with Deflation
2008 Yesterday we talked about why we are facing deflation and today I wanted to review and explain the suggestions we have made previously for dealing with a deflationary scenario. In short, this is the list we have run periodically … Continue reading
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Gail Tverberg advice on what to do
Below are 2 columns of advice from Gail Tverberg. Feb 17, 2014. Reaching Limits to Growth: What Should our Response Be? Oil limits seem to be pushing us toward a permanent downturn, including a crash in credit availability, loss of … Continue reading
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Treasury Bills
Short-term treasury bills are the safest place to put money now. See my book review of “The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide. How to Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times” by Martin … Continue reading
Richard Heinberg and Post Carbon
December 2013 During the past decade Post Carbon Institute’s influence has grown markedly, thanks in no small part to all our supporters and allies. And we’re proud of the impressive list of accomplishments we’ve racked up (see this) in that … Continue reading
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Aaron Lehmer-Chang in Earth Island Journal
Environmental groups, pundits, politicians, and the average citizen think alternative energy is a solution to climate change and the energy crisis. It took me years to figure out why this wasn’t true. I can speed your learning curve up — … Continue reading
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Survival: stay out of institutions
I’ve always been amazed at how many people are not in the labor force and that the taxes on those who work can support everyone else. Including those who are institutionalized. On the other hand, I ran across a survivalist … Continue reading
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Survival: avoid disease and disability
If you want to have a shot at making it through the worst of the collapse stay healthy and avoid accidents. Medicine will be less available as the depression grows worse and businesses fail. Below are some statistics about various … Continue reading
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Summary of Hirsch & Bezdek 2005 DOE Peak Oil study
A summary of: Hirsch, R. L., et al. February 2005. Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, mitigation, & risk management. Department of Energy. The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management problem. … Continue reading
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