Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Climate Bill Passes: It Could Short-Circuit EV Tax Credits, Making Qualifying for Them Nearly Impossible

Did Joe Manchin sneak an EV poison pill of sorts into the just-passed climate legislation?

The Fervent Debate Over the Best Way to Confront Global Warming

Supporters of cutting carbon emissions to tackle global warming have long struggled against advocates of climate-change adaptation strategies

An Unjustified Fear of Nuclear Energy Is Holding the Industry Back

Why consumers might have to reconcile themselves to much disliked nuclear energy as less bad than other options.

America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows U.S. Killing Its Own Population

American became an outlier among rich countries in mortality rates pre pandemic, and Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.

Memo to China: You Look Silly When You Threaten to Dump Treasuries

If China intends to cov the West, it needs to pick things it could do that would incur real damage. Selling Treasuries it not that.

The Supreme Court’s Own Goal on Climate Change

Why the Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency looks more like hacker than jurisprudence.

Why Give a Damn About Pelosi? How About the Nuclear Strike We Would Have Made on China Over Formosa?

In 1958, the US considered a nuclear strike against China if China’s planned conquest of Formosa went well.

Endgame Taiwan? US Plans Further China Eyepoking with Planned Military Transit of the Taiwan Strait

China and the US are making threat displays over Taiwan. Lovely.

Inside the Democrats’ Climate Deal with the Devil

The new climate package furthers the US’ most profligate pastimes: drilling oil and driving big cars.

The Dying American Southwest

Will people abandon the American Southwest or fight like hell to keep it?

German Chancellor: Germany Could Keep Nuclear Power Plants Operating After All

A sign of German energy tsuris: Chancellor Scholz suggests reviving nuclear power, in opposition to earlier recommendations by key ministries.

Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation as a Political Power Play Gone Wrong

Looking at inflation through a class warfare lens.

Book Review: A Global History of the Black Death

In “The World the Plague Made,” James Belich argues that the Black Death had a profound impact beyond Europe.

The Future of Global Catastrophic Risk Events from Climate Change

U.N.: Climate change is causing extreme events that can kill > 10 million or lead to > $10 trillion in damages, threatening societal collapse

Xi and Biden Talk Past Each Other in Over 2 Hour Phone Call

The Xi-Biden call confirmed that despite keeping communications lines open, the two superpowers are at an impasse.