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Something Smacked The Earth 12,900 Years Ago

By on March 7, 2012 in Science

New research has provided strong support for the previously controversial hypothesis that the Earth suffered a serious cosmic impact some 12,900 years ago, at the onset of an unusually cold climatic period known as the Younger Dryas. The scientists found a sediment layer buried in the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico that contained [...]

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Oil production and projected population

By on January 12, 2012 in Economics, General Discussion, Human Behavior, Science

Mish Shedlock cites an interesting article (Chefurka) on oil and population, which is quite alarming, particularly projected excess deaths:   http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/01/population-elephant-in-room-peak-oil.html   Another linked article on the unsustainable meme from his site is one projecting a 60% decline in the S&P 500 over the next decade:   http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort//guest/John-Carlucci-120110-The-Great-Repression-Update.php   Both articles have some very convincing [...]

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What is a sustainable level of energy usage?

By on December 11, 2011 in General Discussion, Human Behavior, Science

If we want to really consider what is a sustainable level of energy usage and not just how long oil will last there is a pretty simple approach to figuring this out. What is sustainable is what energy from the sun strikes the Earth less what we believe should be devoted to the natural ecosystem. After all [...]

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An Ominous Halloween Is Looming.

By on October 17, 2011 in Economics, General Discussion, Human Behavior, International affairs, Politics, Science

A recent news report said that the human population would almost certainly surpass seven billion people on October 31st of this year. This recent op-ed by Jeffrey Sachs—one of my favorite economists—is an admirable summation of the issues:   Editor’s note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University. He and colleagues [...]

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