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- Peak crude oil did not happen in 2018. But we are still running out of time
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- 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
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- 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
- The Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Tag Archives: Russia
Why the U.S. is ignoring nuclear winter in nuclear policies & strategies
Preface. It is very hard to find anything on the U.S. military or governments awareness of nuclear winter. So far the only other information I’ve found on this is from 2023 Risk Analysis methods for nuclear war & nuclear terrorism. … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear War, Nuclear Winter
Tagged nuclear winter, Russia, united states
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The French Energy Sobriety Plan
Preface. Below is the announcement of the French Energy Sobriety Plan by Prime Minister Borne. The energy crisis is coming to all nations, and we should all be implementing their action plan (and family planning, birth control, abortion, limited immigration). … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, Government on what to do, Oil Shocks
Tagged energy conservation, energy sobriety plan, France, Russia, Ukraine, what to do
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After the Reich. The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation
Preface. This is a book review of: Giles MacDonogh (2007) After the Reich. The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation. In trying to understand what life might be like as energy declines, I’ve read a lot of books about … Continue reading
The Vory. Russia’s Super Mafia
Preface. After reading this book about the history of organized crime in Russia, I thought surely Russia must be the most corrupt nation in the world. But amazingly there are 47 countries that are ranked even lower of the 180 … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption & Finance, Crime, Gangs, Corrupt police, Private security, War Books
Tagged corruption, criminal, mafia, Russia, Stalin, totalitarian, vory
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Will the Great Game be won by Cyber Attacks?
Preface. This is a book review of Joel Brenner’s “America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare”. The ransom cyber attack on the colonial pipeline forced the shutdown of a vital pipeline delivering half … Continue reading
Posted in China and War, Cyber, Cyber Attack Books, CyberAttacks, War Books
Tagged china, cyber attack, cyber war, Russia
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Maddow’s “Blowout”, Russian peak oil, corruption, fake news
Preface. Since this blog focuses on peak resources, I drastically rearranged my notes from this book in the order I found most interesting. I’m also interested in corruption, Putin, fake news, and more, as you’ll see below. Since the book … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Corruption & Finance, Oil shock collapse, Peak Oil
Tagged corruption, fake news, peak oil, Russia, Ukraine
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The Golden Age of Russian Oil Nears an End
Preface. One huge factor in Russia’s future oil decline not mentioned below is how incredibly corrupt and inefficient Russia’s oil and gas companies are, as Rachel Maddow describes in her book “Blowout”. A few quotes: The Russian oil and gas … Continue reading
Russia has been bombarding Ukraine with fake news since 2014. Sound familiar?
Preface. Long before Russia bombarded the U.S. with fake news in the 2016 election campaign, Ukraine was the target, where Russia honed its propaganda skills. The parallels with their fake news assault on the U.S. are striking, perhaps if more … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Oil shock collapse, Politics
Tagged critical thinking, fake news, propaganda, Russia, Ukraine
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Nothing is true & everything Is possible: the surreal heart of the new Russia by Peter Pomerantsev
Preface. In light of how greatly Russia influenced the election of Trump, it’s worth reading this book to see how Russia has used propaganda to control their own people, keep Putin in office, and in general how the rule of … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption & Finance, Critical Thinking, Financial
Tagged critical thinking, Russia
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China is deforesting Russia
Preface. Here’s more than half of a New York Times article about China deforesting Russia. Yikes! Peak oil had better come soon before we denude the earth. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future … Continue reading
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Tagged china, deforestation, Russia
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