Energy
by
Chris Martenson
Executive Summary
- There is not nearly enough net energy to meet our growth expectations in our lifetime
- We are past the "tipping point". A hard rendezvous with limits to growth will arrive in the next 2 decades
- What you can do to avoid that pain that the majority undoutedly will face
- Prepare for the current "mother of all bubbles" to burst soon
If you have not yet read, In Denial: We Pursue Endless Growth At Our Peril available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Energy Denial
It is said that you cannot explain water to a fish and I have nearly as difficult time trying to explain energy to people today. We are surrounded by it so completely it is difficult to properly appreciate.
But it is in every particle of food you eat, every piece of furniture in your house, every item you wear, and every trip you take — are all 100% dependent on energy that came from somewhere and subsidizes every single item and action.
Fossil fuels are the vast majority of all the energy we use and, it cannot be repeated enough, they visibly and invisibly subsidize the so-called renewables, too. By that I mean solar and wind power cannot be generated until and unless the components are first manufactured and installed. And those activities are nearly 100% driven by fossil fuels today.
To grasp this more fully, watch this time-lapse video of a wind tower being installed and, while marveling at the ingenuity and speed of the team involved, think about where all of the components came from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84BeVq2Jm88
How were the cranes, bulldozers and trucks built? What fuels do they run on? How did all those workers get there? Who grew their food and how did they come to eat it? How are the roads they drove on built and maintained? How is concrete made and how did it all get to the job site? What do the factories and foundries run on that built the windmill? How far did each windmill component have to travel before arriving at the site?
The answer to all of those questions is…
Life Beyond The Tipping Point
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonExecutive Summary
- There is not nearly enough net energy to meet our growth expectations in our lifetime
- We are past the "tipping point". A hard rendezvous with limits to growth will arrive in the next 2 decades
- What you can do to avoid that pain that the majority undoutedly will face
- Prepare for the current "mother of all bubbles" to burst soon
If you have not yet read, In Denial: We Pursue Endless Growth At Our Peril available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Energy Denial
It is said that you cannot explain water to a fish and I have nearly as difficult time trying to explain energy to people today. We are surrounded by it so completely it is difficult to properly appreciate.
But it is in every particle of food you eat, every piece of furniture in your house, every item you wear, and every trip you take — are all 100% dependent on energy that came from somewhere and subsidizes every single item and action.
Fossil fuels are the vast majority of all the energy we use and, it cannot be repeated enough, they visibly and invisibly subsidize the so-called renewables, too. By that I mean solar and wind power cannot be generated until and unless the components are first manufactured and installed. And those activities are nearly 100% driven by fossil fuels today.
To grasp this more fully, watch this time-lapse video of a wind tower being installed and, while marveling at the ingenuity and speed of the team involved, think about where all of the components came from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84BeVq2Jm88
How were the cranes, bulldozers and trucks built? What fuels do they run on? How did all those workers get there? Who grew their food and how did they come to eat it? How are the roads they drove on built and maintained? How is concrete made and how did it all get to the job site? What do the factories and foundries run on that built the windmill? How far did each windmill component have to travel before arriving at the site?
The answer to all of those questions is…
by
Chris Martenson
Executive Summary
- There's much you can do to reduce your risk in advance of the arrival of a:
- Trade war
- Energy war
- Financial war
- Cyber war
- Grid-down sabotage
- Shooting war
- Nuclear war
- The steps you should prioritze the most right now
If you have not yet read Part 1: Is It Time To Prepare For War? available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
As a preamble, I need to note that I do not enjoy or derive any satisfaction from writing about or spending time on figuring out how to dodge the worst impacts of human behavior. War sits right at the top of my ‘This is stupid’ list, as war represents the idea that all other attempts at being smart or diplomatic have already failed. I'm sorry that I have to spend time writing this report, and I am sorry that you have to spend time considering it. With that said, I feel I have no choice, and somebody has to take on this task. With a heavy heart…
If the West (meaning the US and Europe) decides to further goad Russia, war may be inevitable. Sooner or later, Russia will have to switch from 'response' mode to 'reaction' mode. I’ve previous detailed the reasons for this in previous reports here, here and here.
As (sadly) expected, things have only escalated over the past year, not de-escalated. The West has a serious bone to pick with Russia, yet nobody can really explain what it is or why the conflict exists. (As an aside, I think it’s just bruised neo-con egos over Syria, but it really doesn’t matter what the explanation is at this point.) So, here we are in la-la land.
The consequences of an escalated conflict between Russia and the US/West could range from a very minor skirmish fought over some relatively meaningless items of trade, to an attack on financial markets, all the way to an all-out nuclear exchange.
The question becomes: What, if anything, can we do to prepare?
Lots, as it turns out.
No matter where…
How To Prepare For War
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonExecutive Summary
- There's much you can do to reduce your risk in advance of the arrival of a:
- Trade war
- Energy war
- Financial war
- Cyber war
- Grid-down sabotage
- Shooting war
- Nuclear war
- The steps you should prioritze the most right now
If you have not yet read Part 1: Is It Time To Prepare For War? available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
As a preamble, I need to note that I do not enjoy or derive any satisfaction from writing about or spending time on figuring out how to dodge the worst impacts of human behavior. War sits right at the top of my ‘This is stupid’ list, as war represents the idea that all other attempts at being smart or diplomatic have already failed. I'm sorry that I have to spend time writing this report, and I am sorry that you have to spend time considering it. With that said, I feel I have no choice, and somebody has to take on this task. With a heavy heart…
If the West (meaning the US and Europe) decides to further goad Russia, war may be inevitable. Sooner or later, Russia will have to switch from 'response' mode to 'reaction' mode. I’ve previous detailed the reasons for this in previous reports here, here and here.
As (sadly) expected, things have only escalated over the past year, not de-escalated. The West has a serious bone to pick with Russia, yet nobody can really explain what it is or why the conflict exists. (As an aside, I think it’s just bruised neo-con egos over Syria, but it really doesn’t matter what the explanation is at this point.) So, here we are in la-la land.
The consequences of an escalated conflict between Russia and the US/West could range from a very minor skirmish fought over some relatively meaningless items of trade, to an attack on financial markets, all the way to an all-out nuclear exchange.
The question becomes: What, if anything, can we do to prepare?
Lots, as it turns out.
No matter where…
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