Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
U.S. SAVINGS RATE AT LEVEL SIMILAR TO GREAT DEPRESSION
February 2nd, 2007Via: Houston Chronicle / AP: People are saving at the lowest level since the Great Depression, and that could be a problem for the millions of baby boomers getting ready to retire. In fact, the Commerce Department reported Thursday that the nation’s personal savings rate for all of 2006 was a negative 1 percent, the […]
ORANGE SNOW FALLS IN SIBERIA
February 2nd, 2007Via: The Age: Russia’s emergency situations ministry said today it was dispatching experts to a Siberian province to find out why yellow and orange snow has been falling in several villages, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported. “A chemical test unit will be sent to Omsk … it’s main task will be to investigate pollution in […]
Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
February 1st, 2007Via: wftv.com: A Sanford mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee. The woman filed a complaint against Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, she said, because they won’t tell […]
Climate Change Means Hunger and Thirst for Billions
January 31st, 2007Via: AFP: Billions of people will suffer water shortages and the number of hungry will grow by hundreds of millions by 2080 as global temperatures rise, scientists warn in a new report. The report estimates that between 1.1 billion and 3.2 billion people will be suffering from water scarcity problems by 2080 and between 200 […]
China’s Energy Sinkhole
January 29th, 2007Via: Economist: Now there really is a giant sucking sound—not one made by the flight of jobs, but by China ferociously hoovering up commodities and raw materials. Although it accounts for roughly 4% of global GDP (measured at market exchange rates), China consumes 30% of the world’s supply of minerals and other raw materials. This […]
If Tesco and Wal-Mart Are Friends of the Earth, Are There Any Enemies Left?
January 25th, 2007Via: Guardian: You batter your head against the door until you begin to wonder whether it is a door at all. Suddenly it opens, and you find yourself flying through space. The superstores’ green conversion is astonishing, wonderful, disorientating. If Tesco and Wal-Mart have become friends of the earth, are there any enemies left?
U.S. TO DOUBLE SIZE OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
January 23rd, 2007Well, well, well… The U.S. spends more on the war in Iraq in one day (about $300 million) than it does on the ANNUAL BUDGET for the primary government laboratory that is tasked with renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. And this is the energy plan for the future… Via: Bloomberg: Crude oil […]
Corruption: Police in Tijuana Issued Sling Shots
January 23rd, 2007Uhhhh… Via: Yahoo/AP: TIJUANA, Mexico – The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers. Municipal police spokesman Fernando Bojorquez said Monday that the slingshots, along with bags of ballbearings, were given […]
Energy Scarcity vs. Cost of the War in Iraq
January 22nd, 2007I built a spreadsheet with functions that break down the cost of the war in Iraq into dollars per minute. According to the Pentagon, the war in Iraq is costing $8.4 billion per month. Cost of the War in Iraq Per Minute Cost per month: 8400000000 Cost per week: 2100000000 Cost per day: 300000000 Cost […]
The Radical Christian Right Is Built on Suburban Despair
January 20th, 2007WOW! It’s amazing how much I share in common with these people, in terms of the root causes of despair. I can empathize with their despair. I’ve personally felt it. The difference, however, between people like them and people like me, are the approaches we choose to the solutions. It’s easy to criticize from afar, […]
