Tag Archives: Peak Oil
The Monday after the People’s Climate March
On Sunday I reposted Peter Sinclair’s ‘Tipping Point‘ article about the hundreds of thousands who took to the street to protest against government inaction on climate change. Today’s post is not a post about passing the climate tipping point as suggested by Guy McPherson. Instead, it’s a public tipping point. I’m suggesting you read another […]
More on Arctic methane–are we really f**ked?
Wow, this is a headline I didn’t want to read. “If we release a small portion of Arctic carbon, ‘We’re fucked’: Climatologist Yup. That’s (more or less) what Dr. Jason Box, a widely published glaciologist, tweeted. He had been following the developments from an expedition into the Arctic in search of data on methane releases. Scientists […]
Farewell Michael C. Ruppert (updated)
Michael C Ruppert’s six part series Apocalypse, Man, put together by Vice TV late last year (UPDATE 1/30/2019): YouTube has removed the series episodes and you can now view the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN6O0WD9Y0c .Michael C Ruppert died a few days ago, by his own hand. For those of you not familiar with him, […]
The Hubbert Slope–a new monologue play
If you search my blog, you will see more than a few posts on the subject of Peak Oil. In some cases, the Peak Oil discussion is tangential (but crucial) to something else I’m blogging about. For much of the past eight years, I’ve been reading the work of people like James Howard Kunstler, Richard […]
The US is NOT an oil exporting country
A recent Business Week article looked at the politics affecting the construction of the XL pipeline. If you’re joining late, this is the proposed pipeline that will carry Canadian oil from tar sands across the US to the Gulf of Mexico, ostensibly for refinement at refineries in Texas and Louisiana. Proponents tout cheaper gasoline and […]
Down the conspiracy rabbit-hole with Snowden (Update)
So… the continuing story of Edward Snowden’s flight from prosecution is on everybody’s front page today. Did he leave Russia? Is Cuba his final destination, or will he head to Ecuador? Is Iceland really trying to negotiate a response to the US should their Pirate Party friends decide Snowden deserves sanctuary? In other words, the […]
Sh*t (many) Democrats believe
Okay, turnabout is fair. I’ve gotten too burned out on our two party duopoly to try and cut the Democrats much of a break. And in any case, many of the talking points that Democrats have picked up are off-base if not totally wrong. And this list also belongs in the group of ‘Don’t Know […]
Mister Obama, put back those Solar Panels!!!
Thought I’d start with a false homage to the Great Communicator and his famous statement about the Berlin Wall. Come January, it will be 32 years since Ronald Reagan first moved into the White House, and among his first acts was ordering the removal of the solar panels on the roof of the White House that Jimmy Carter had […]
“Ban Fracking–keep America Poor”
This was what another cyclist yelled at me as he passed (I’m sporting this sticker on my helmet). It happened earlier today, when I was getting in a last bike ride in Prospect Park before Hurricane Sandy makes its much heralded visit. My response was on the lame side (“ban fracking–keep water drinkable”). I’ve written […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 