Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Energy Destinies – Part 1: Power Needs and Sources – Balancing Barrels

Satyajit Das provides a series on the energy transition, starting with the historical role of energy and supply and demand patterns.

As Wildfire Smoke Clears, Scientists Warn Air Quality Impacts Aren’t Over

As bad air becomes a new normal, advanced economies grapple with impact of sooty wildfire smoke on top of existing pollutants.

Michael Hudson at Global University, Hong Kong, on Ukraine, Europe, China, and the Dollar’s Future

Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.

How This Regional Bank Mortgage Lender Crisis is Different

Every bank crisis has its own overarching narrative and streams of sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.

The War on Terror’s Lingering Pain

The war on terror’s high costs are buried in the US.

Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?

Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?

Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem

Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.

The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal

The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.

Catastrophic Breach of Nova Kakhovka Dam Floods Lower Dnieper, Cuts Crimea Water Supplies; Ukraine Attacks in Bakhmut, South Donetsk [Updated]

Those unhappy about the lack of drama in the Ukraine war of late have gotten what they wanted with the breach of the Kakhovka dam

Why Washington Underwrites Violence in Ukraine

The ranks of Ukraine and US hegemony believers are starting to thin. But not soon enough.

“Lessons for a Pandemic”

Lessons learned, and not, from a pandemic that isn’t over.

The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition

Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.

Amid Global Debate, UN Plastics Treaty at Risk of Falling Short

The war on plastics has put recycling in its crosshairs.