Archive | March, 2011
So, when do we get that ‘Peace Dividend’?
by gregg brazel Peace and kindness to you, my brothers and sisters of all the lands and seas of this turbulent world. I hope you and yours are managing to maintain your sanity and lives in these dreary days. I wish with all my being for nothing other than the madness to end, RIGHT NOW! [...]
Continue reading...The ends of the Earth
21. March 2011
How far will we go to secure energy? Clearly, to the ends of the Earth. And perhaps even to the end of the (living) world. Judging from their actions, most people I know are more to committed maintaining their imperial lifestyles than in maintaining the lives of their children. Take a look around and tell [...]
Continue reading...Population decline in rich nations: Will it be good for our planet?
17. March 2011
by Gary Peters If the animal kingdom were a democracy, Homo sapiens would have been voted off the planet long ago, when it first became apparent that human survival would not bode well for most others. There was no vote, of course, and our numbers over the last couple of centuries have grown at an [...]
Continue reading...The race is on
13. March 2011
Everywhere I turn, I read and hear about $200 oil in the near future (here’s one recent example, from somebody who should know better, here’s another from hyperinflation guru Gonzalo Lira, and here’s another from historian Niall Ferguson. Investors are being sucked in, too, and at least one pundit fool has jumped the shark, calling [...]
Continue reading...C-REALM radio interview
9. March 2011
Late last week I was interviewed by KMO for the C-REALM radio show. The resulting podcast runs about an hour, and it’s posted here (go directly to podcast here). All comments welcome, all the time. My monthly essay for Transition Voice, barely modified from an earlier essay in this space, was posted here today.
Continue reading...Rewild or Die: a paradoxical read
6. March 2011
Rewild or Die is the title and the ultimatum of a book written and published in 2010 by Urban Scout (aka Peter Bauer). The author asked me to review the book here, and I am accommodating his request. Expectedly, Rewild or Die starts with a few definitions. Rewilding is best explained by a description of [...]
Continue reading...Consensus and Other Realities
1. March 2011
by John Rember _____________ Note: I apologize for the Ten Best format of my essays. I’m trying to generate ten, ten-item essays, at which point I’ll try to publish a little book titled A Hundred Little Pieces about the End of the World. I realize a ten-item essay has a contrived and hokey structure, and [...]
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26. March 2011
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