Some Thoughts on the Russian End Game in Ukraine
What might Russia do as Ukraine’s military weakens?
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Energy Destinies – Part 7: Endgames – The Strait Jacket
A look at population growth and energy consumption shows that there is no way the world will change behavior enough to stop worst outcomes
Read more...The Balloon Goes Up – How Far Will The Nato Allies Go To Fight Their Losing War in The Ukraine — How Much More Will They Risk Losing of Their Post-1945 Territorial Gains?
Putin has cleared his throat to warn against NATO/Poland incursions into Western Ukraine. But will this red line too be ignored?
Read more...Decades of Public Messages about Recycling in the US Have Crowded Out More Sustainable Ways to Manage Waste
Why trying to tackle trash with recycling is too little, too late.
Read more...How “Big Ag” Pollutes America’s Water, and Makes Money Doing It
How habitual and unnecessary nitrogen overdosing in American farms is making water pollution even worse than it “need” be.
Read more...The Looming War Against China: Economic Logic Has Been Replaced by National Security Overrides
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive on the US’ and now its Western allies’ obsessive campaign against China.
Read more...The Big Problem With Small Nuclear Reactors
Diminutive nculear reactors are likely to be just as prone to delays and cost overruns as their behemoth predecessors.
Read more...KLG: Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay
Unless we figure out a way to spend our wealth on what gives life instead of what takes life, the oncoming crisis that has been called the “Jackpot” here will most certainly be a crisis without a solution.
Read more...Underestimate Russia at Your Own Risk: A Comparison of Hubris by Germany During WWII and Today’s Collective West
The miscalculations by Berlin in the second world war and Washington/NATO today are eerily similar.
Read more...The United States’ Financial Quandary: ZIRP’s Only Exit Path Is a Crash
Michael Hudson takes a long, hard look at the origins and costs of the Fed’s ZIRP policy.
Read more...Economics v. the Earth: New Book Explores the History of a Tense Relationship
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind discuss how belief in infinite growth came to seem reasonable in philosophy and economics.
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 4: Renewable Economics – At Cost
newable energy costs are not easy to figue out, and fully loaded, not favorable compared to the benchmark of grid parity.
Read more...Is Wagner Group Too Big to Fail?
John Helmer gives a somewhat contraian take on the Wagner Group and what the unwind of the Prigozhin affair means for Putin’s reelection.
Read more...Rising Sea Levels Will Isolate People Long Before They’re Underwater
One of the near term impacts of higher sea levels willl be balkanization of low-lying coastal areas.
Read more...Industrialism Is Bad for Our Health: The Series Continues
New studies shed more unflattering light on the impact of modern diets on health.
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