Book Review | The Oracle of Oil
A review of Mason Inman's new book, a timely inquiry into Peak Oil's progenitor
Jun 21, 2016 • 9 min read • comments
Book Review | The Oracle of Oil
Donald Trump, Anthony Bourdain, and the Plight of their (Indentured) Mexicans
Build a wall and deport undocumented Mexicans? How else could the US' (posh) way of life exist if not off the back of (indentured) Mexican labourers?
Jun 10, 2016 • 6 min read • comments
Donald Trump, Anthony Bourdain, and the Plight of their (Indentured) Mexicans
Note to Bernie Sanders: Something is More Than Rotten in the State of Denmark, and Peak Oil is Coming to Take it Away
Denmark is often lauded as a social utopia, but what might the end of cheap and plentiful energy-dense fossil fuels have in store for such platitudes?
May 31, 2016 • 9 min read • comments
Note to Bernie Sanders: Something is More Than Rotten in the State of Denmark, and Peak Oil is Coming to Take it Away
How a (False?) Flag Debate and a Rent-a-Prime-Minister Assisted New Zealand in Relinquishing its Sovereignty
Place your vote in New Zealand's follow-up rent-a-Prime-Minister flag referendum!
May 25, 2016 • 9 min read • comments
How a (False?) Flag Debate and a Rent-a-Prime-Minister Assisted New Zealand in Relinquishing its Sovereignty
Forget Austerity and Grexit – it's Time for a Gretaway!
Austerity and “Grexits” will increasingly result in people getting triaged from the industrial economy and basics such as food. The alternative? Gretaway! [part 3/3]
Sep 30, 2015 • 9 min read • comments
Forget Austerity and Grexit – it's Time for a Gretaway!
Crashing Oil Prices Aren't Due to an Oil Glut But to Demand Destruction and Peaking Credit
Since money is a proxy for energy, energy's limits are putting a damper on credit creation. Could this be the cause for plunging stock markets & oil prices? [part 2/3]
Sep 11, 2015 • 9 min read • comments
Crashing Oil Prices Aren't Due to an Oil Glut But to Demand Destruction and Peaking Credit
Peak Oil Ass-Backwards: Fractional-Reserve Banking, Meet Peak Oil
Peak oil's supply constraints are said to lead to an increase in prices. But does fractional-reserve banking's tie-in not instead imply decreased prices? [part 1/3]
Sep 1, 2015 • 7 min read • comments
Peak Oil Ass-Backwards: Fractional-Reserve Banking, Meet Peak Oil
How Sustainable Can Cities Be When They Can't Even Deal With Their Own Shit?
Cities of all sizes are built upon sewage systems based on an array of fossil fuel inputs – and the levees are starting to overflow
Aug 11, 2015 • 6 min read • comments
How Sustainable Can Cities Be When They Can't Even Deal With Their Own Shit?
Confidence Scheming New York City-Styles
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change's Upcoming Floods
Aug 3, 2015 • 6 min read • comments
Confidence Scheming New York City-Styles
Is Democracy Hitting the Fossil Fuels too Hard?
Fossil fuels have allowed for a modernity that places a stronger inclination on the various guises of narcissism than on genuine civic participation
Jul 14, 2015 • 7 min read • comments
Is Democracy Hitting the Fossil Fuels too Hard?

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