Mar 3, 2011 | Energy Depletion
In other words, if one traces a reasonable trajectory from current developments in the Middle East, the handwriting is already on the wall. Since no other area is capable of replacing the Middle East as the world’s premier oil exporter, the oil economy will shrivel — and with it, the global economy as a whole.
Mar 2, 2011 | Collapse of Industrial Civilization
We know how dramatically these situations can change the face of the world – most recently the collapse of the Soviet Union was due in large part to crashing energy markets that left the Soviets unable to buy adequate wheat on world markets. When the bread runs out, the riots begin and the world changes.
Feb 22, 2011 | Economic Meltdown
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Politicians lie. Bankers lie. Yes, they’re liars. But they’re not bad, it’s in their genes, inherited. Their brains are wired that way, warn scientists. Like addicts, they can’t help themselves. They want to sell stuff, get rich. We want to believe...
Jan 4, 2011 | Options/ New Paradigm
As long as money accelerates around the planet, divorced from where we live, our befuddlement will continue. As long as the way we invest is divorced from how we live and how we consume, our befuddlement will worsen. As long as the way we invest uproots companies, putting them in the hands of a broad, shallow pool of absentee shareholders whose primary goal is the endless growth of their financial capital, our befuddlement at the depletion of our social and natural capital will only deepen.
Dec 30, 2010 | Collapse of Industrial Civilization, Feature Articles
Refusing to face the need for radical change and adaptation only makes the eventual adjustment more traumatic and less likely to succeed.
Dec 14, 2010 | Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE The days are dwindling down fast now. There are only a precious few left in 2010. The Dow rose 40 points on Friday. Gold fell off $7. But let’s forget the market action for a little while…most of it is noise anyway. It is time to relax a little. Time...
Dec 2, 2010 | Collapse of Industrial Civilization, Preparation, Tyranny
ORIGINAL ARTICLE In 43 BC, over 2,000 years ago, warring consuls Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian were duking it out with each other over control of Rome following Julius Caesar’s assassination the prior March. Each had legions at his disposal, and Rome’s terrified...