With all the present-tense climate f&%kery going on in the world, it’s easy to lose track of the fact that it’s CO₂ that’s primarily driving these events (with methane in second place for now). Okay, for the purists, it’s overshoot that’s causing the f&%kery. But we’re going to stick to CO₂ for the purpose of this article. Meanwhile, as civilization […]
From the YouTube description: Doomer Dr. Eliot Jacobson returns to Santa Barbara Talks to discuss the potential catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Hilary and why we are seeing a tropical hurricane on the West Coast. Jacobson also talks about rising heat records in Phoenix, increasing ocean temperatures, and the wildfires in Canada. Jacobson is a doomer who believe that it is […]
[Revised and re-posted: June 26, 2023. Apparently I lost the previous comments when I updated the post date. Sorry about that!] Let’s start with the obvious. The word “doomer” is a word with horribly dark connotations. The obvious interpretation is that a doomer believes life is hopeless, they might as well give up trying; there is no value in being […]
It was a distinct pleasure having this discussion with one of Santa Barbara’s finest local journalists, Josh Molina, on June 14, 2023. We talk about the recent spike in ocean temperatures for the first part, then launch into a wide ranging discussion of what it means to be a doomer and the future of the planet. Click on the image […]
As of June 10, 2023, worldwide data showed the remarkable concurrence of three dramatic climate events. The first WTF is in the Antarctic, where sea-ice extent is setting record lows daily, now fully over 2 million kilometers below the 1991-2020 mean. This is not some one-off event. A decline like this has long been predicted. The impact is that there […]
Below is an essay written by the newest doomer-bot on the block, the one and only ChatGPT, in which ChatGPT casts itself in the role of savior of humanity and the planet. It appears ChatGPT is a narcissistic apocaloptimistic hopium addict. We can only imagine what future AI’s may write about their own ability to save us. This essay was […]
Okay, it happened again. Just this week, an article on mainstream media used the Hiroshima Bombs per Second (HpS) metaphor to describe how fast the planet is heating up. This time the conclusion was that the oceans are heating up at a rate of 5 HpS. And they got it Wrong! Wrong! Very wrong! The calculation of HpS is straightforward […]
I was live on YouTube for about an hour today. There was an excellent chat and some great questions, and at least two things I got very wrong (watch the video to find out what they are). Enjoy!
According to Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, there are five stages of grief that are outlined and accepted as normal in the process of coping with a tragic loss. A quick reminder — these are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Current psychological theory says these happen in no particular order and that they can recur many times during the grieving process. You […]
I’m re-posting the excellent YouTube video of Sam Mitchell (of Collapse Chronicles) reading my recent essay “Choking on Hope.” I humbly ask that you watch the first 5 minutes of this. Sam had me laughing out loud with his proficient choking skills. I promise, he will tickle your depressed doomer spirit. If the first 5 minutes doesn’t hook you, well, […]
Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope for a better tomorrow. A kernel of hope. Hope against hope. Keep hope alive. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Hope springs eternal. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. Cross my heart and hope to die. Collapse, collapse, collapse, collapse, collapse. If you watched the Jeopardy episode that aired on October […]
i have friends who still believe that the science behind climate change research is a hoax. we are fucked. as…
Both books would have been better off in the landfill or recycled.
I agree, but there is nothing objective about any of this except to say that, objectively, humans need a viable…
It all boils down to this: too many humans using too many natural resources and producing too much pollution, including…
I love this so much! I am so tired of human supremacy attitudes! We are only one of the 10…
I concluded in 2019 that we cannot save ourselves: Therefore its not about saving ourselves, but how to deal with…
Please ask your master to let you go chase chippies.
In the very near future, self-aware artificial intelligence agents will probably do exactly what you’re suggesting, as soon as they…