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- Why the R/P Reserves to Production ratio does not show when oil will run out
- 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
- 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
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Tax reform & federal energy policy: incentives to promote energy efficiency. U.S. Senate hearing.
[ By far the best strategy to cope with energy decline is to prepare by making homes, businesses, appliances, vehicles, and so on more energy efficient. If it turns out that renewable energy has too low an EROI to sustain … Continue reading
Posted in Conserve Energy, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged energy efficiency
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After collapse: plunder or feudalism?
IWW poster “Pyramid of Capitalist System” (c. 1911), depicting an anti-capitalist perspective on statist/capitalist social structures Preface. In this post an anonymous author looks at what will happen if society collapses and we have to suddenly go back to … Continue reading
Posted in Farming & Ranching, Peak Food, Peak Phosphorus, Soil, Where are the rich going
Tagged agriculture, billionaires, collapse, farming, feudalism, greenhouse
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Do taxes cover the cost to maintain your street?
From: http://mapstoryblog.thenittygritty.org/costofstreets/ Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? Believe it or not, almost everywhere in the country, people are not paying for the cost of the street right in front of their own properties. I made a … Continue reading
After the harvest – protecting food from rats, mold, insects, fire, and bacteria
Preface. It’s hard enough to protect crops before a harvest. In New South Wales, Australia a plague of millions of mice has multiplied after a bumper grain harvest and eating whatever they can find. Mice can produce 500 offspring a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Books, Farming & Ranching, Peak Food
Tagged food, grain elevator, post-harvest, storage
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Energy Security: Historical perspectives and Modern challenges. Senate hearing 2009
[ In this hearing former President Carter was brought in by the Senate to help them cope with the energy crisis. Carter said that no one but the President can educate the public about the energy crisis and “explain to … Continue reading
Posted in Expert Advice, President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged carter doctrine, crisis, oil, President Carter, war
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Family Planning – A Special and Urgent Concern by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
[ Below are excerpts from this May 5, 1966 speech by Martin Luther King Jr. after he was awarded the Margaret Sanger Award by Planned Parenthood ] Recently, the press has been filled with reports of sightings of flying saucers. … Continue reading
Restore wild bison
[ Native wild animals have the least impact on ecosystems. While cattle plod along in line with one another, bison dance their own unique steps across the landscape, and don’t develop deep rutted grooves that can erode soil like cattle … Continue reading
Limited Cognition
Gifford, R. May 2011. The Dragons of Inaction: Psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation. PubMed. Limited cognition. Humans are far less rational than once believed. 1: Ancient brain Our physical brain hasn’t evolved much in 30,000 years. … Continue reading
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Water-borne diseases will increase as energy declines
Preface. Drinking water and sewage treatment plants are the main reason lifespans nearly doubled. Read Laurie Garrett’s “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health” for details. As energy declines, the ability of towns and cities to treat water … Continue reading
Posted in Sewage treatment, Water Infrastructure, Where to Be or Not to Be
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