Appearance on Poetry of Predicament, 01-31-2022
Please enjoy my appearance on Poetry of Predicament with Dean Spillane-Walker:
Methane Growth is Accelerating
In my latest YouTube video I discuss the NOAA numbers showing global methane now over 1900 ppb as of September, 2021. I then present my own personal hack of the NOAA data that measures annualized global methane growth. My hack takes into account the relatively fast rate of decay for methane (half-life of 110 months), which leads to stunning and […]
The Demise of Hopium
Hopium (n) Irrational or unwarranted optimism. [YourDictionary.Com] That deranged condition in which a person is deluded into thinking humanity will survive omnicide. [DoomforDummies.blogspot.com] I am not here to re-litigate the inevitability of the near-term collapse of global industrial civilization and the obvious consequence that billions of humans will suffer terribly as a result. Collapse is the endpoint of overshoot and […]
On Generosity and Petty Tyrants
When I was working for the casino industry as a consultant, I became good friends with Bill Zender, a consultant whose work was very similar to my own. Early on, Bill shared a lesson that no one else in the industry seemed to know. He told me to “be generous,” to give away my knowledge and services as much as […]
Appearance on Environmental Coffeehouse, 01-07-2022
Here is the YouTube video of my appearance on Environmental Coffeehouse, 01-07-2022:
2022 is Going to be The Most F**ked Up Year on Planet Earth Since -66,000,000
The title refers to the approximate year that an asteroid slammed into the Gulf of Mexico causing the fifth great extinction (the latest research places the asteroid at 65.95 mya, ± 40k years). In particular, it was the event that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs. We are now in the midst of the sixth great extinction and we are the […]
Hello Eliot, feel free to use this info: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-climate-jeopardize-global-blood.html A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health suggests a…