Guy McPherson's blog

The tragedy of goats

According to the Christian bible, judgment day has us being divided into two groups of people. Sheep represent the good group, goats the bad. As I’ve said for years, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide people into two groups, and those who don’t. In the Christian version of separating [...]

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Goatlets, updated

It’s a boy! And a girl! And another girl! One of the three goats we’re tending had triplets last night. This morning, Ruby and the as-yet-unnamed kids are doing well. Our infrastructure has passed another test. More importantly, we were witness to the miracle of life. And not just once, but three times. That’s right, [...]

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Politically viable solutions for peak oil and global climate change

As I’ve written and said many times, I see no politically viable solutions to peak oil or global climate change. There is simply no way to tell the masses the truth about economic contraction and then get re-elected. Ditto for declining accessibility to fossil fuels even as the human population continues to grow, with every [...]

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