Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Ukraine Is Smashed – This Is How It Will Be Repaired

A look at a plausible Ukraine endgame.

Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy

A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.

Healthcare Expert Greg Travis Speaks About the Official Disappearing of COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare and technology expert Greg Travis gives a detailed account of how the officialdom has lied about Covid in the interest of profit.

Thawing Permafrost Is Roiling the Arctic Landscape, Driven by a Hidden World of Changes Beneath the Surface as the Climate Warms

Not only is permafrost releasing methane, but when it melts, it removes a key support, leading to collapsing soil and loss of lake drainage.

America Keeps Eyepoking India and China for Failing to Fall into Line on Russia; Arrogance Looking More and More Like Impotence

America’s failed attempts to get India and China in its corner against Russia is looking less like diplomacy and more like a clown car.

Refurbished Walkers and Wheelchairs Fill Gaps Created by Supply Chain Problems

Yet more signs of commodity shortfalls: scarce walkers and other assistative devices, due to a shortage of aluminum

IPCC Adaptation Report: It’s Later Than You Think

“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5C,” IPCC Working Group III co-chair Jim Skea announced.

Is Today’s Energy Shortage Worse Than The 1970s Oil Crisis?

The energy outlook, particularly for Europe, is not very cheery.

A Sobering View of High Fuel Prices, Green Energy, and Biden’s Plans to Help Europ

An assessment of current economic conditions, including rising prices, how long the pain might last, and possible paths forward.

Michael Hudson: The Dollar Devours the Euro

Michael Hudson argues that the euro and European economic independence are intended US targets for the war in Ukraine.

Global Supply Chain Risk and Resilience

Are experts whistling in the dark about the coming odds of fundamental restructuring of many supply chains?

ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels

uelle surprise! Big oil is not giving up.

Climate Science and Financial Risk: Forging a Path to More Climate-Resilient Businesses

Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?

No One Will Win in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Gail Tverberg argues that the war in Ukraine does not get Russia or other energy producers out of their scarity bind.

Putin-Scholz Phone Call on “Gas for Roubles” Mechanism Conforms to Our Assessment; Disputes Over Russia Force Reduction Around Kiev; West Pressure on China, India Continues

What Russia is up to and what if anything the West can do continues to dominate the media. Too bad we know so little about what is afoot