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Category Archives: Civilisation
All things are still connected
Apologies for the dearth of blog posts recently, which is due to Anthropocene Reality being affected by a lack of health: I have not known an illness like it for some years and, although I am beginning to feel a … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Carbon Capture and Storage, Civilisation, Climate Science, Ecological Modernisation, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, Growthmania, Limits to Growth, Modernity, Politics, Scepticism, Sustainable development
Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Occupy Wall Street, Writing on the wall
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All things are connected…
In 1990, the CD One World One Voice was released into a very complacent world. It was the brainchild of Kevin Godley, who instigated an unprecedented worldwide piece of musical collaboration, which resulted in the production of the CD and … Continue reading
Could we get another Hitler?
The National Geographic channel recently broadcast a two-part mini series documenting the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany in the 1930s, which made me feel uneasy because: 1. I thought I knew all this stuff; and 2. History could be … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Disorder, Civilisation, Economics, Ethics, Financial Crisis, Politics, Populism
Tagged Civil Disorder
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Alessio Rastani said it all
Over the recent holiday period, another TV programme I more or less stumbled upon was the Top 50 Most Annoying People of 2011 (BBC Three, 31 December 2011). Independent financial market trader Alessio Rastani made it into the top 50 … Continue reading
Goodbye Goldilocks Planet?
Is it time to say goodbye to the Goldilocks Planet? I hope not, because the next-nearest one yet discovered is 600 light years away! However, if we are indeed now passing a tipping point (i.e. as the widespread rapid thawing … Continue reading
The pollution of death
Having gotten a little depressed about not being able to find relevant employment, I have decided it is time to publish this item: We hear a lot about death caused by pollution but, have you ever stopped to consider the … Continue reading
Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Environment, Ethics, Limits to Growth, Optimum Population
Tagged life, mortality
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What’s wrong with Gas?
Over the last 12 months, I have written 3 letters to Chris Huhne, the British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. From the replies I have received, it is clear that our government is not only determined to … Continue reading
Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Consumerism, Ecological Modernisation, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions, Modernity, Politics, Storms of my Grandchildren, Sustainable development, UNFCCC
Tagged Chris Huhne, International Energy Agency
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There is no future in fossil fuels
As they are a non-renewable source of energy, this is obvious. However, unless we leave a large proportion of them in the ground (just as we decided to do with asbestos), we will be history – as may well be … Continue reading
Futureproof your home – buy a cave!
Amongst relevant experts, it has been widely accepted for over 13 years that early humans were almost wiped-out by the Mt Toba volcanic eruption 71,000 years ago. Although already in the grip of the last Ice Age, this eruption caused … Continue reading
Where shall we go from here?
(or “Climate science in a nutshell – Part 4”) This will be the last of my posts on the scientific basis for concern over anthropogenic climate change based on James Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren. Although, I am barely half … Continue reading
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