The real question is, does it work for anyone? — The spectacle of the coronation of King Kevin the 15th, the last of his name, provides an opportunity to remind America that the GOP is not your friend. Nor are you its constituency, by any stretch of the imagination. A recent article in the British magazine The Critic, titled “The…

The Future of Humanity, Part 7 — This is the last post in my modestly titled seven-part series on the future of humanity. The series starts here. Based on all the evidence and analyses we have reviewed in the first six parts, we can now draw some conclusions as to what a post-carbon future for humanity might…

The Future of Humanity, Part 6 — This is the sixth entry in my modestly-titled series of posts on “The Future of Humanity”. The initial post is here. The argument so far In these posts, I have highlighted reasons why humanity is unlikely to muster the necessary political will to confront the climate crisis that is cooking our planet. Yes, we…

The Future of Humanity, Part 5 — This is the fifth — and most distressing — post in my 7-part series on the future of humanity. The series starts here. Climate projections versus population projections There is a puzzling disconnect at the core of climate science between climate projections and population projections. …

The Future of Humanity, Part 4 — This is Part 4 of my 7-part series on the future of humanity. The series starts here. “Elements of modern human civilization — our cities, agricultural practices, fossil fuel dependence — have not withstood the test of time, nor can they.” — Tom Murphy, Energy and Human Ambitions on a…

The Future of Humanity, Part 3 — This is Part 3 of my series of posts on the future of humanity. The series starts here. The Age of Oil is coming to an end … one way or another. We can’t live with it and we can’t live without it, at least not yet. Metaphorically, we have…

The Future of Humanity, Part 2 — This is Part 2 of my series on the future of humanity. Part 1 is here. Where do we go from here? As noted in Part 1 of this series, any transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources must deal with the fact that we cannot yet produce any of the four key foundational materials…

The Future of Humanity, Part 1 — This is the first installment of a multi-part series on the modestly-titled topic “The Future of Humanity”. I’ll be rolling out more posts over the next few weeks, exploring some of the best science I can find on the big issues determining our future on this planet: political and economic…

Americans are about to show the world just how stupid we really are — The New York Times is reporting today that sentiment in the midterms has now shifted back to the Republicans. Why? Because gas prices are rising again, and inflation remains stubbornly high. Forget that the gas prices have been deliberately manipulated by the Saudis to get back at Joe Biden for…