It could happen almost overnight. All we need is a crisis which cuts supply or massive campaigns undertaken by governments to mandate the shift. Market forces will only resist the shift until the mega-fossil-fuel companies can introduce their alternatives to market, locking in their profits - t h e m a r k e t s a r e r i g g e d. First and foremost, 30%-40% of the waste can be cut out ... today. UC Davis study outlining the threat here
Human engineering has transformed the natural water reservoirs and delivery systems, and as the Earth warms due to climate change and opportunistic developers and politicians rape the last natural water resources the threat and reality of water shortages only gets worse. Map shows natural water resources above and "managed" water below (click for larger image)
- article: Billions at risk over water security here
A leaked German military think-tank report speculates that peak oil will happen any day now and within 10 to 15 years it could lead to the collapse of the global economy and that nations will fall. Dramatic, eh? Big Oil crushed Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election and they have been in the driver's seat ever since in terms of United States energy policy. President Carter tried to begin the transition away from dependence on fossil fuels and instead, since that time, Big Oil has squeezed consumers for outrageous profits, created fake energy crises (California 2000 anyone?), gamed the markets (Enron, et al), and sought one last big cash-in. As I used to say while director of the Earth Day Energy Fast (1991-2007) it is all about market share. When BP, Shell, Exxon-Mobil and the Big Oil Gang can bring their green energy to market, then you'll see it. As Naomi Klein points out in her book Disaster Capitalism, the public is now gamed by and responds to calculated crises.
Climate change is not weather, which most people don't understand. Climate change leads to disruptions in normal patterns and creates extremes - both hot and cold - and this latest cold snap in Bolivia was well outside the bounds of historic norms and led to countless animal deaths - article here
The years-long solar minimum reduced the sun's output of energy and temporarily slowed Earth's global warming. Last year the sun had no sunspot activity (decreased solar energy output) 71% of the time, and this year the numbers reversed to 17% ... but today the sunspot number spiked up to 54 and spotless days decreased down to 16%. This is the day we transition into heightened sunspot activity, due to peak in mid-2013 if historic norms are met. By mid-2013 even the most self-interested climate-change deniers will no longer be able to sell their lies.
The insane rogue state of israel seems hell-bent on creating more war, and war negatively impacts the environment. US journalists have been a pretty pathetic bunch ever since media companies consolidated over the past 25 years and news departments became answerable to entertainment chiefs. The mainstream media in the US is basically a joke - to wit the response to the murderous and criminal israeli attack on the humanitarian Gaza flotilla: very little coverage, heavy tilt toward official israeli talking points and spokespeople, and very little real pressure on the White House. Here is an example of how you do it (Jon Snow from Britain's Channel 4)
It happened in the 90s when Pinatubo blew. Scientists are coming to a consensus that an active Icelandic volcanic chain is entering its high-activity phase and eruptions and ash clouds could last for decades. If these ash clouds rise high enough and have enough reflective sulfurous material, than can slow the runaway warming. Lucky break for us humans in terms of the timing. We already got a solar minimum the last couple of years. Hubs for air travel may shift west - Nantes, Madrid, and Bordeaux anyone?
"Worse than Exxon-Valdez" is how the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill by the BP rig is being described. [click image for large size] Too big to corral, too thin to burn much of it, too light to sink ... time to target-practice with those weaponized lasers you Pentagon brainiacs - now is your time to shine (pun intended) ... if you can hit a moving missile, you can vaporize some oil in the ocean. Do it today.
Greedy mining companies destroy whole mountain regions by simply pushing the part of the mountaintop they don't want into surrounding valleys. Outrageous just to think about, and Obama is putting regulations in place to bring an end to this reprehensible practice. Any officer/employee/shareholder of any company involved in this practice has committed crimes against nature. Article here
Japan, Iceland, Norway, and other Asian countries drive the demand for whale meat and shark fin soup. There are plenty of other dishes to eat and it is selfish, arrogant and beyond justification to keep killing these endangered animals for specialty food dishes. Order something else from the menu, you assholes. Click the image for a larger version of a screengrab of a CBS story on which nations drive the slaughter of over 70 million sharks a year