Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Kurt Cobb National self-sufficiency has suddenly become important in the wake of the geopolitical earthquake created by the Russian/Ukrainian conflict. But it will be far harder to achieve than many people think.
The list of countries banning or reducing exports of foodstuffs is now increasing so quickly that it is starting to look like a pile-up on the freeway:
The battlefield for this war is worldwide; it’s just that it is primarily an economic battlefield. When Russia attacked Ukraine, the other great powers did not send soldiers and tanks. Instead, they orchestrated one of the most comprehensive economic warfare schemes ever devised
Sudden drops in world oil supplies have a way of focusing the mind. I discuss the abrupt U-turn in American policy toward Venezuela and Iran in this week’s post.
The worldwide trading system may very well not survive the sanctions placed on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
Those who offer Mars as part of a “two-planet solution” for the long-term survival of the human race are only distracting us from facing our very real problems on Earth.
The flap over avocados between the United States and Mexico demonstrates just how tenuous our supply chains are and will continue to be
As the U.S. embarked on a vast expansion of natural gas exports, natural gas consumers complained that it would raise domestic prices. With prices now finally rising, the fight is on over whether to scale back those exports or at the very least pause their growth.
We waited too long to begin the inevitable transition away from fossil fuels.
Bruno Latour revisits an idea he coined three decades ago, the “parliament of things”–a path for including the nonhuman world in our political deliberations. He examines whether such a path is still open to us.
Many in contemporary global society unconsciously act to create more complexity, thinking it will solve whatever problem presents itself. That very complexity is now giving us negative returns. More of it will almost certainly make matters worse.
The climate movie Don’t Look Up has a lot to teach activists, in fact anyone concerned about our future.
