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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Tag Archives: climate change
Making (personal) sense of a disintegrating world
A lot of people – usually people who don’t actually know me – think I’m a pessimist. There are some things that even readers of this blog will know I believe in; things like inevitable catastrophic climate change, end of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged climate change, degrowth, peak energy, peak oil, permaculture, predicaments, sustainability, Transition
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Nuclear will not save the day
I am of the opinion that the world is about to face an energy crisis of somewhat epic proportions; even if the most dire impacts of the fossil fuel “peak oil” were to be postponed by rapid ramp-up of oil … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged climate change, electricity, energy, energy crisis, nuclear, peak oil, primary energy
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Expecting a minor bump; about to hit a brick wall at 200km/h
That, in a nutshell, is my take on the current state of the world when it comes to climate change and other “challenges” ahead. How to tackle it? As much as I criticized The Lean Startup book in my review … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Energy, Environment
Tagged Arctic sea ice, climate, climate change, climate models, crop yields, ecology, energy, IPCC, population crash, sustainability
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Once-in-a-hundred-year events every five or ten years? Welcome to a brave new world.
Lately, weather has been the news more often than followed the news. After every major storm or other weather event, meteorologists around the world get asked the same question: “Was this due to climate change?” And all around the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Environment
Tagged climate, climate change, creeping normalcy, cyclones, floods, la nina, shifting baseline, storms, weather
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Review: Post Carbon Reader
The last environmentally oriented big-picture book on my reading list for now was “The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st century’s sustainability crisis“, edited by Richard Heinberg & Daniel Lergh, but written by literally dozens of well-known authors. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment, Reviews
Tagged book reviews, climate change, energy crisis, peak oil, post carbon reader, sustainability
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