I'm raising lowering the stakes. My long-time offer to deliver presentations and help you make other arrangements is hereby modified: If you're serious, I'll speak, moderate, and participate for no charge to you. You'll need to provide venue(s), a place…
Famed energy scholar Richard Heinberg is extremely conservative with his estimates, and he has updated his forecast. Whereas in spring 2009 he was predicting the industrial age would run until 2014 or perhaps even 2016, he's changed his tune. Radically.…
The Arctic is defrosting as warm Atlantic waters rush through the Fram Strait instead of skirting the southern coast of Greenland. This is an important event, regardless of the deafening silence exhibited by the mainstream media. How important? First consider…
UPDATE: Thanks to John Stassek, who recorded and sent a copy, the audio file is archived here. I'll be interviewed by Shane Tyree on From the Right Radio Monday, 31 January 2011. The show can be heard live only, at…
Kurt Vonnegut often described World Wars I and II as western civilization's first and second attempts, respectively, to commit suicide. He hinted at peak oil as our third attempt in his memoir, Man Without a Country, which was published shortly…
When people tell me the dire messages about which I write don't resonate with other people, I struggle with a coherent response. Would you prefer continued overshoot on an overshot planet? Would you prefer we keep heating our overheated home?…
Many readers don't notice the pages beyond the blog, up at the top of the page. In an act of shameless self promotion, I bring to your attention four media moments. Three are behind us, recently, and the third is…