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How Many Hiroshima Bombs per Second?

January 16, 2023February 4, 2023 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 7 Comments

Okay, it happened again. Just this week, an article on mainstream media used the Hiroshima Bombs per Second (HpS) metaphor

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Climate Casino 1st Live Stream

November 27, 2022December 16, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 9 Comments

I was live on YouTube for about an hour today.  There was an excellent chat and some great questions, and

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Beyond Grief: There’s a Sadness Deep Inside of Me

November 10, 2022November 27, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 17 Comments

According to Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, there are five stages of grief that are outlined and accepted as normal in the process

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Choking on Hope as Read by Sam Mitchell of Collapse Chronicles

October 31, 2022November 10, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 0 Comments

I’m re-posting the excellent YouTube video of Sam Mitchell (of Collapse Chronicles) reading my recent essay “Choking on Hope.”  I

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Choking on Hope*

October 4, 2022October 31, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 14 Comments

Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope for a better tomorrow. A kernel of hope. Hope against hope. Keep hope alive.

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Your Moment of Doom

September 30, 2022October 4, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 9 Comments

“Let’s not worry. It’s too late now. It will always be too late, fortunately!” — Albert Camus, The Fall We

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My Appearance on Collapse Club with David Baum on Sept. 27, 2022

September 27, 2022September 30, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 3 Comments
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The Collapse of Everything or King Charles III?

September 10, 2022September 27, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 5 Comments

“I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on this scale,” —

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900 Miles of Burned and Diseased Forest

August 18, 2022September 10, 2022 Diane Soini 0 Comments

Please appreciate this pictorial post by guest author Diane, who documented the devastation she encountered during a hike she took

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Is the Methane Catastrophe Happening Right Now?

July 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 19 Comments

Methane (CH₄) has been in the news a lot lately, mostly because the monthly numbers released by NOAA  continue to

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Appearance on Environmental Coffeehouse, 07-08-2022

July 9, 2022July 30, 2022 Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. 2 Comments

This post links to the YouTube video of my latest appearance on Sandy Schoelles’ show, “Environmental Coffeehouse,” featuring my conversation

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Latest Comments

  1. john davis on On Being a “Doomer”January 17, 2023

    Thank you Dr. Eliot for your refreshingly clear comments and analyses. Here is an associated thought which puts a subtle…

  2. Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. on How Many Hiroshima Bombs per Second?January 17, 2023

    Hi Brian, Thanks for giving some thought to other examples. At the end of this article, I give a few…

  3. Brian R Smith on How Many Hiroshima Bombs per Second?January 17, 2023

    I accept the physics. We really are "lighting off 9.91 of these bombs every second, nearly 36,000 an hour, over…

  4. dale wolver on How Many Hiroshima Bombs per Second?January 16, 2023

    When i saw the CBS article in a thread i was furious, knowing that you've already proven it's way way…

  5. Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. on How Many Hiroshima Bombs per Second?January 16, 2023

    I'd say the difference is that HpS is a global metric -- your metric referencing Americans would be more telling…

  6. Eliot Jacobson, Ph.D. on Climate Casino 1st Live StreamJanuary 16, 2023

    Of course it isn't criminal (at least in the jurisdictions I worked). Take out that word and I pretty much…

  7. Greeley Miklashek, MD on How Many Hiroshima Bombs per Second?January 16, 2023

    Thanks for this, but there is another metric to demonstrate the negative effects of the same population density stress that's…

  8. Martin on Climate Casino 1st Live StreamJanuary 16, 2023

    I enjoyed your talk with Sam Mitchell, and agree with 99% of what you say. However, there's one piece of…

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