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Category Archives: Collapse
Merry Christmas Mr Trump
Posted in Anthropocene, Civilisation, Collapse, Insanity, Mass Extinctions, Politics, Populism
Tagged Disarmament, Dissaster, Donald Trump, Nuclear Weapons
2 Comments
Humanity will not be able to say it was not warned
This post is to mark the impending publication of the latest book from Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, entitled The Collapse of Western Civilisation: A View From the Future. The authors have already published a summary of this book’s thesis … Continue reading
Happy New Reality from Michael Ruppert
For bringing former LAPD narcotics investigator Michael C. Ruppert to my attention, I am indebted to my Sister and Nephew. As Wikipedia points out, having been appalled by the reality of corruption within the CIA over 20 years ago, Ruppert … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Collapse, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Politics
Tagged corruption
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Yes – Close to the Edge (are we?)
Some young boys are infatuated with their teachers (of either gender). However, thanks to the influence of a slightly older friend, I was totally sold-out on the classic British prog-rock band YES… Their albums were all brilliant (or so at … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Collapse, Energy Crisis, Environment, Financial Crisis
Tagged Close to the Edge, Jared Diamond, Roger Dean, Yes
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Who owns the rain that falls from the sky?
I must thank fellow-blogger Paul Handover for alerting me to – and not posting on his own Learning from Dogs blog – the strange and disturbing real-life story of a man in Oregon who has been sent to jail for … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Disorder, Collapse, Consumerism, Economics, Environment, Liberalism, Politics
Tagged Civil Disorder, European Union, Jared Diamond, water
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Nature is not your enemy (but it may bite you if provoked)
Over the last two days, I have explained why I am not a Socialist (despite dabbling with it in the past); and why I have lost my faith in Capitalism (despite being unavoidably enmeshed in it to this day)… So, … Continue reading
Will the true Messiah please stand up?
Where is a Messiah when you really need one? The USA may not be the World’s sole super power – or at least not to the extent it once was – but we … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Collapse, Environment, Limits to Growth, Mass Extinctions
Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Jared Diamond, reality
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Collapse or Ecocide – which will it be?
Collapse = An end to modern human civilisation as we have known it. Ecocide = Unintended ecological suicide (mass extinction of all complex life on Earth). Do we have a third option – Survival? I have recently started reading Jared … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Disorder, Civilisation, Climate Science, Collapse, Energy Crisis, Environment, Growthmania, Limits to Growth, Mass Extinctions, Modernity, Optimum Population, Photography, Sustainable development
Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Civil Disorder, Jared Diamond, Quo Vadis, Writing on the wall
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Living on the edge of an Environmental breakdown!
I have just finished reading Derek Wall’s No Nonsense Guide to Green Politics, which was a very enlightening skip through the history of Green politics as well as some of its more esoteric recent developments. Amongst the most interesting facets … Continue reading
Anthropocene Reality 