Category Archives: Global warming

How Los Angeles Can Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses

Ideas about how to reduce fire risk in Los Angeles do not appear to go far enough.

How Trump 2.0 Could Herald a New Age of Authoritarian Capitalism

To discuss: “Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet.”

The Next Unwind of Social Guarantees: Home and Medical Insurance

A Wall Street Journal column suggests that elite conventional wisdom favors more gutting of medical and home insurance as unduly “socialized”

Los Angeles Fires: A Guide for Making Sure Your Home Insurer Pays What It Owes

mBridge, a Bank of International Settlements Project Hyped by BRICS Fans as a Way to Evade Sanctions, Shut Down

Our debunking the hype of the purported BRICS payment potential of a BIS project, mBridge, has proven to be true, and then some.

Actuaries and Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Risk ‘Planetary Insolvency’ as Power Struggles About How to Rebuild LA Begin

A new report shows a 50% GDP fall from 2070 to 2090 due to climate change. Los Angeles gives a taste of coming struggles about what to do.

A Forgotten Farming Technique Is Making a Big Comeback – Here’s Why

How a traditional farming method, trap crops, is coming back into fashion as climate change works to the advantage of many pests.

Rebuilding Rate for Santa Cruz Mountains Lightning Complex Fire Bodes Ill for Los Angeles Reconstruction, Even Before Getting to Insolvency of California State FAIR Plan Wildfire Insurance

The pace of rebuilding after the Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire in 2000 bodes ill for the likely speed of Los Angeles reconstruction.

This Week’s Unholy Mix of Drought, Wind, and Fire in Southern California: A Warning of an Accelerating Insurance Crisis in Climate-Risk Areas?

More and more homeowners are understandably worried about what insurance increases might look like in the face of intensifying climate risks.

What Should Tesla’s Stock Be Worth? Automaker, Stagnating Vehicle Sales like GM & Ford, Getting Overtaken by Competitors, Losing Share in the Booming EV Market?

Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?

What Would a Net-Zero 2050 Actually Look Like?

Some Net Zero hopium. Reader evaluations encouraged.

For Science That Comes With Risks, a Key Question: Who Decides?

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

Climate Change Is Making Plants Less Nutritious − That Could Already Be Hurting Animals That Are Grazers

More hidden than rising seas or heatwaves, long-term changes in the nutritional value of plants could be even more disruptive.

The Collapse of Syria, BRICS, and Wishful Thinking

How the sudden collapse of the Syrian government exposes fundamental weaknesses in the BRICS initiative.