Excerpt: Lethal Trajectories
Photo: Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) via Flickr. 1 The year is 2017, and mankind is on a collision course with the perfect storm of all time. A finger is on the trigger in the East...
View ArticleCheap gas no reprieve from peak oil
Wishful thinking: The oil industry wants us to think that today’s cheap gas means our energy problems are solved. Photo: Fortyseven/flickr. We think everybody needs to know about peak oil these days,...
View ArticleClimate change a threat multiplier for global crisis
A high pressure front is running along our whole economy. Photo: powazny/flickr. This article is re-posted, with permission, from R. Michael Conley’s “Weathering the Storm” email newsletter, intended...
View ArticleCheap oil just keeps on coming
Oil is cheap again and America is flying high. But for how long? Photo: new 1lluminati/Flickr. The stunning plunge in oil prices – almost 45% since June – has roiled the global oil markets; creating...
View ArticleThe cyber blitzkrieg
Photo: Mie Journal/Flickr. The forces of the perfect storm of climate change, energy tsunamis and global economic bubbles in collision are complex and varied; each with their own levels of threat and...
View ArticleBubbles and Backlashes
Image: trialsanderrors/Flickr CC. Financial markets have been turbulent as of late with no end in sight. A sagging global economy could overwhelm America’s recovery efforts with toxic effects on key...
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