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Reality Shock
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary

  • Urgency is needed, as society’s alarm bells aren’t working
  • The most important charts of all
  • Recent learnings on resilience relocation
  • When a culture becomes desperate, it reacts desperately. No one wins.

If you have not yet read Part 1: Getting Real About Green Energy, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

What seems to be true is that humanity is in the early innings of a great transition.  Losing access to abundant energy will change more things that you or I can appreciate at this time.

The future is barreling towards us at a furious pace.  And the pace of that change is accelerating.

It’s time to freak out a bit.  To get serious about protecting ourselves.  To make different decisions and reorganize our priorities.

If you understand energy and its relationship to the economy the way I do, you’d share my urgency to create community and develop a resilient homestead.  My goal here is to nudge you towards action.

Here’s what has me so concerned right now. These charts clearly show the… (Enroll now to continue reading)

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Reality Shock
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary

  • Urgency is needed, as society’s alarm bells aren’t working
  • The most important charts of all
  • Recent learnings on resilience relocation
  • When a culture becomes desperate, it reacts desperately. No one wins.

If you have not yet read Part 1: Getting Real About Green Energy, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

What seems to be true is that humanity is in the early innings of a great transition.  Losing access to abundant energy will change more things that you or I can appreciate at this time.

The future is barreling towards us at a furious pace.  And the pace of that change is accelerating.

It’s time to freak out a bit.  To get serious about protecting ourselves.  To make different decisions and reorganize our priorities.

If you understand energy and its relationship to the economy the way I do, you’d share my urgency to create community and develop a resilient homestead.  My goal here is to nudge you towards action.

Here’s what has me so concerned right now. These charts clearly show the… (Enroll now to continue reading)

ENROLL NOW TO ACCESS PART 2 IN FULL

 

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Getting Real About Green Energy
by Chris Martenson

I’m often asked where I stand on wind, solar and other alternative energy sources.

My answer is: I love them. But they’re incapable of enabling our society to smoothly slip over to powering itself by other means.

They’re not going to “save us”.
Getting Real About Green Energy
 by Chris Martenson

I’m often asked where I stand on wind, solar and other alternative energy sources.

My answer is: I love them. But they’re incapable of enabling our society to smoothly slip over to powering itself by other means.

They’re not going to “save us”.
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The Hard Truth About Assets
by Chris Martenson

If you prefer to listen to this article, read by its author Chris Martenson, click the player here below: | Download | ___________________________________________________________________________________ In this post, you’ll learn why hard assets will be more important than ever as the global economy undergoes drastic shifts. Enrolled members also have access to Part 2, Defending Against The Global…
The Hard Truth About Assets
 by Chris Martenson

If you prefer to listen to this article, read by its author Chris Martenson, click the player here below: | Download | ___________________________________________________________________________________ In this post, you’ll learn why hard assets will be more important than ever as the global economy undergoes drastic shifts. Enrolled members also have access to Part 2, Defending Against The Global…
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Off The Cuff: The Earth’s Lament
 PREVIEW
by Adam Taggart

In this week’s Off The Cuff podcast, Chris discusses:

  • We’re Polluting & Depleting, For No Real Gain
  • Why Shale Oil Reflects Our Wrongheadedness
  • Time Is Fast Running Out Before The Real Consequences Arrive
  • But There Are Many Ways To Do Things Better

This week Chris looks at the big picture: the planet’s resources and humanity’s mad dash to consume them. We are depleting millions-year-old treasures — which will never renew in our species’ future — while leaving poison and pollution behind in the effort.

Even if we only prioritize the well-being of those currently alive (screw those pesky future generations!), time is running out on us. Our current trajectory is having increasing negative repercussions, which will only intensify over the coming decades.

The silver lining to this is that we *can* be doing things better. We already have plenty of models for living regernatively. We just need to embrace them. But will we?

Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio as well as all of PeakProsperity.com’s other premium content.

Off The Cuff: The Earth’s Lament
 PREVIEW by Adam Taggart

In this week’s Off The Cuff podcast, Chris discusses:

  • We’re Polluting & Depleting, For No Real Gain
  • Why Shale Oil Reflects Our Wrongheadedness
  • Time Is Fast Running Out Before The Real Consequences Arrive
  • But There Are Many Ways To Do Things Better

This week Chris looks at the big picture: the planet’s resources and humanity’s mad dash to consume them. We are depleting millions-year-old treasures — which will never renew in our species’ future — while leaving poison and pollution behind in the effort.

Even if we only prioritize the well-being of those currently alive (screw those pesky future generations!), time is running out on us. Our current trajectory is having increasing negative repercussions, which will only intensify over the coming decades.

The silver lining to this is that we *can* be doing things better. We already have plenty of models for living regernatively. We just need to embrace them. But will we?

Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio as well as all of PeakProsperity.com’s other premium content.

Why The Next Downturn Will Be The Most Destructive In Modern History — And Why You Must Act Now In Order To Preserve Your Wealth (and the Planet!)
by Adam Taggart

Our society’s pursuit of endless economic growth is unsustainable. We’re at the point where we’ve sabotaged our future by taking on too much debt, while at the same moment, we’ve started to run dangerously low on the resources necessary to run our modern way of living, straining key ecosystems in the process. But rather than…
Why The Next Downturn Will Be The Most Destructive In Modern History — And Why You Must Act Now In Order To Preserve Your Wealth (and the Planet!)
 by Adam Taggart

Our society’s pursuit of endless economic growth is unsustainable. We’re at the point where we’ve sabotaged our future by taking on too much debt, while at the same moment, we’ve started to run dangerously low on the resources necessary to run our modern way of living, straining key ecosystems in the process. But rather than…
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Living With Integrity
by Adam Taggart

Every so often, our work in the premium side of PeakProsperity.com is deemed so important that our paying subscribers request we share it with the general public. Last week's 'Off The Cuff' podcast received so many of these requests that we are releasing it to all here.

In last week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris delivered a very personal message about how we each decide to live our lives.

A growing number of people are watching the “prosperity” around them — record high asset prices, record-low unemployment, new technologies, etc — and yet feeling that we're making the wrong trade-offs as a society. All that wealth is flowing into fewer and fewer pockets, ecosystems are faltering and an alarming number of species are dying off, depression rates (especially among the youth) are skyrocketing.
Living With Integrity
 by Adam Taggart

Every so often, our work in the premium side of PeakProsperity.com is deemed so important that our paying subscribers request we share it with the general public. Last week's 'Off The Cuff' podcast received so many of these requests that we are releasing it to all here.

In last week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris delivered a very personal message about how we each decide to live our lives.

A growing number of people are watching the “prosperity” around them — record high asset prices, record-low unemployment, new technologies, etc — and yet feeling that we're making the wrong trade-offs as a society. All that wealth is flowing into fewer and fewer pockets, ecosystems are faltering and an alarming number of species are dying off, depression rates (especially among the youth) are skyrocketing.
Image | The Rich Are Planning For Catastrophe
The Rich Are Planning For Catastrophe
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary

  • Why the wealthy are plotting to leave us behind
  • The "madness of crowds" virtually ensures a period of social chaos when the system breaks
  • The media is, and will continue to be, used to manipulate the masses
  • The growing risk of a new kind of civil war in America
  • Preparing today will give you vastly more options tomorrow

If you have not yet read Part 1: America The Insolvent available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

The Wealthy Are Plotting To Leave Us Behind

In the absence of an official plan, you'd better have your own — something the extremely wealthy are already working on for themselves.

As the co-founders of Peak Prosperity, Adam and I happen to know and/or interact with quite a few wealthy people who are deeply concerned about the future and taking steps to assure their survival in it.  These people have access to the very best information; they know the system better than your average citizen.  They know what the weak points are and what could go wrong.

From our observations, it’s safe to say that the more insider-experience an individual has, the greater their concern.

The least-concerned people are those without much knowledge of the system (i.e., most "regular" folks). Or a weak sense of curiosity. Or, most damagingly, a propensity to get their news from the mainstream media.  Let’s just say that the information available to the “retail crowd” is either incomplete or misleading (and quite often intentionally so).

What I mean to say more directly is: if you're not already a billionaire and getting access to the very best and most accurate information, you’d do well to….

The Rich Are Planning For Catastrophe
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary

  • Why the wealthy are plotting to leave us behind
  • The "madness of crowds" virtually ensures a period of social chaos when the system breaks
  • The media is, and will continue to be, used to manipulate the masses
  • The growing risk of a new kind of civil war in America
  • Preparing today will give you vastly more options tomorrow

If you have not yet read Part 1: America The Insolvent available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

The Wealthy Are Plotting To Leave Us Behind

In the absence of an official plan, you'd better have your own — something the extremely wealthy are already working on for themselves.

As the co-founders of Peak Prosperity, Adam and I happen to know and/or interact with quite a few wealthy people who are deeply concerned about the future and taking steps to assure their survival in it.  These people have access to the very best information; they know the system better than your average citizen.  They know what the weak points are and what could go wrong.

From our observations, it’s safe to say that the more insider-experience an individual has, the greater their concern.

The least-concerned people are those without much knowledge of the system (i.e., most "regular" folks). Or a weak sense of curiosity. Or, most damagingly, a propensity to get their news from the mainstream media.  Let’s just say that the information available to the “retail crowd” is either incomplete or misleading (and quite often intentionally so).

What I mean to say more directly is: if you're not already a billionaire and getting access to the very best and most accurate information, you’d do well to….

Image | The Inevitability Of DeGrowth
The Inevitability Of DeGrowth
by charleshughsmith

Even though we don't know precisely how the future will unfold, we know a few things about it.

Simply put, debt-dependent consumption in a world in which wages stagnate for the bottom 90% and energy costs increase as demand outstrips supply is a system with only one possible end-point: collapse.
The Inevitability Of DeGrowth
 by charleshughsmith

Even though we don't know precisely how the future will unfold, we know a few things about it.

Simply put, debt-dependent consumption in a world in which wages stagnate for the bottom 90% and energy costs increase as demand outstrips supply is a system with only one possible end-point: collapse.
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The Way To Save Ourselves
by Chris Martenson

It’s time to be blunt: Humans are headed towards disaster. 

Most of us already know this.  Some consciously, others unconsciously.

No matter if it's consciously or unconsciously, everybody who ‘knows’ that something is terribly wrong is correct.
The Way To Save Ourselves
 by Chris Martenson

It’s time to be blunt: Humans are headed towards disaster. 

Most of us already know this.  Some consciously, others unconsciously.

No matter if it's consciously or unconsciously, everybody who ‘knows’ that something is terribly wrong is correct.
Image | G7 Nations Agree To Phase Out Fossil Fuels
G7 Nations Agree To Phase Out Fossil Fuels
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

Yesterday saw a promising headline: at a recent G7 gathering, the leaders apparently agreed to the impossible: cutting carbon emissions by 40%-70% by 2050.  The only real way to do this, obviously, is to cut the use of fossil fuels. And that’s what they apparently agreed to do.
G7 Nations Agree To Phase Out Fossil Fuels
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Yesterday saw a promising headline: at a recent G7 gathering, the leaders apparently agreed to the impossible: cutting carbon emissions by 40%-70% by 2050.  The only real way to do this, obviously, is to cut the use of fossil fuels. And that’s what they apparently agreed to do.
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