2019 Talk to Cascade Manor
Two major questions are now facing the world: Pollution of the atmosphere by CO2 and other gases; and the declining supplies of high-energy fossil fuels. Basic Premises Ecology and Evolution The World of the Mind Crises of Population and Energy Consumption Relations of People and Energy The Thermodynamic Footprint The Ecological Footprint Nine Planetary Boundaries […]
The Environmental Predicament–2022
[The Predicament Humanity Now Faces: The Collapse of Modern Society] I. Overviews A. Best Videos. Three powerful video presentations by leading experts. (These are all on You Tube. ) Michael Dowd: “Sustainability 101” (A series of videos) and “Overshoot in a Nutshell” 2. Richard Heinberg: “Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival” […]
Energy Crisis in the 21st Century
Observations on energy crisis in the 21st Century Introduction: The situation at present The Earth’s natural ecological systems are no longer stable.[1] Climate warming and many other destructive environmental activities caused by humans exceed the Earth’s abilities to absorb change slowly. Evolutionary processes that were present at the time the human species evolved have been […]