Power by Richard Heinberg

Heinberg’s latest title, Power, traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool-making ability, language, social complexity, and the ability to harness energy sources — most significantly, fossil fuels https://t.co/AotlgPKGBK @richardheinberg

— newsocietypub (@NewSocietyPub) September 14, 2021

POWER: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival, the newest book by @richardheinberg, published by @NewSocietyPub, is now available in bookstores everywhere!

Grab your copy: https://t.co/3gpgZ4vsjq pic.twitter.com/8xf1SlqddC

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) September 14, 2021

They Want an End to Fossil-Fueled Civilization

Do they know that they are advocating a massive die-off?

2,185 scientists, academics & researchers have just delivered an open letter calling for a #FossilFuelTreaty.

Their urgent message to world leaders comes on the eve of the #UNGA.

Read their letter & view the list of signatories at https://t.co/H4zV5uzYnB 🧵 pic.twitter.com/FY5c0IHfj5

— Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative (@fossiltreaty) September 13, 2021

Oligarchs Battling One Another

#KateRaworth features in WWF's film 'Our Planet: Too Big To Fail.'

If you're still wondering why XR & co. focus on fossil fuels, it's all about facilitating a transition to #NaturalCapital to benefit the bankers.

Watch the film at https://t.co/SGozOsyn3w https://t.co/6ZhB1tYLhm

— Stop WWF's New Deal For Nature 🦉 (@nodealfornature) August 24, 2021

Feminism Cannot Be Salvaged

Some personal news:@politybooks has agreed to publish my first book (probably next year, assuming I get my skates on and write it). Working title is ‘Feminism Against Progress’. Am very chuffed indeed

— Mary Harrington (@moveincircles) June 30, 2021

EIA and the Shale Oil Hype

Followers of PCI will know that we have been questioning the hype of shale potential—using actual production data and an understanding of the geology—since 2011. And the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has been feeding the hype for all that time.https://t.co/hnt7zf1qrV

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) June 14, 2021

The Collapse of Industrial Ag

Many people handwriting about if we can "scale regenerative practices."

Yet few acknowledge the current system has an expiration date. The disconnect is almost comical.

Pesticides Are Killing the World's Soils https://t.co/R7Yq1CPh6y via @sciam

— Robb Wolf (@robbwolf) June 2, 2021

A Special Offer for Preording Heinberg's Power

When you preorder @richardheinberg's forthcoming book, POWER: LIMITS AND PROSPECTS FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL, you'll get immediate online access to all of the content as well as invitations to join Richard for exclusive webinar discussions about the book. https://t.co/7JuNCtTQ1X pic.twitter.com/BffrF77wIJ

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) May 26, 2021

Thorium Reactors?

These Thorium Reactors Could Power Civilization for Millions of Years https://t.co/tBw1UZImw0 via @YouTube

— Robb Wolf (@robbwolf) May 23, 2021

"Hydrogen Economy"

A concise history of the concept of “Hydrogen Economy” https://t.co/fZOlfT4mdQ (via https://t.co/WyvZg9FxaN) pic.twitter.com/o5TwcXCzZs

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) May 22, 2021

Energy in the Future

A couple of days ago I happened to pick up an old book on one of my shelves—Palmer Putnam’s Energy in the Future, published 1953. Here was a time capsule of energy concerns from nearly a lifetime ago—and it got me thinking.

My newest on @buildresilience:https://t.co/FLYYX5RPNK

— Richard Heinberg (@richardheinberg) May 19, 2021

Who Controls the IEA?

In a huge shift, @IEA today published an ambitious scenario that would limit warming to 1.5°C. The scenario clearly shows there's no room for new oil and gas production @fbirol #FixTheWEO #climatechange #COP26 https://t.co/mWHgxek0Mb

— Tim Jackson (@ProfTimJackson) May 18, 2021

Unsustainable Agriculture

Leafy greens growing in ‘sustainable’ high rise stacks may give the appearance of a techno Utopian dream - but the reality is very different... https://t.co/lWg81MDzDN

— Louise Stephen (@LouiseStephen9) May 16, 2021

If you find this article interesting, you will also enjoy this presentation by William Bond: https://t.co/CUc3iTnxEF

— Frédéric Leroy (@fleroy1974) May 17, 2021

The Fusion Fantasy

Mind-boggling magnets could unlock plentiful power
Powerful magnets are bringing abundant, pollution-free electricity a step closer.@TokamakEnergy & @CFS_energy plans to build a #fusion #reactor https://t.co/xZduQJmdEa

— Hydrogen Energy (@HydrogenEnergy) May 11, 2021

Power by Richard Heinberg

Next week I'll be leading a webinar based on my forthcoming book, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival. It traces the relationships between social and physical power, showing how our unique abilities evolved.https://t.co/fP9zIgwDiB pic.twitter.com/5oDK7OFk3u

— Richard Heinberg (@richardheinberg) April 27, 2021

Writing POWER was the most fascinating intellectual journey of my lifetime, and I consider this book the capstone of my career. I hope that you will find the subject as compelling as I do, so that together we can summon the understanding needed to traverse the rough waters ahead. pic.twitter.com/PVp1F2zSc0

— Richard Heinberg (@richardheinberg) April 27, 2021

Charles Hugh Smith Links

My conversation with Ryan McCormick on the 4th Turning, Polarization and finding community https://t.co/smq8H5JDC5

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) April 25, 2021

Jesse, Mark and I discuss supply-chain vulnerabilities, per capita energy consumption and the Network State-- AxisOfEasy Salon #42: Is System Change Likely, Possible or Inevitable? https://t.co/9geKPTjvNe

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) April 23, 2021

Richard Bonugli and I discuss stagnant bank loan books, stagnant wages and plummeting money velocity https://t.co/YpfzimKlMC

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) April 22, 2021

Max and Stacy and I discuss fatal synergies and cultural revolution--10 great years as a guest starting in 2011 live in Paris https://t.co/ERItlV6cz6

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) April 22, 2021

Oligarchs v. Oligarchs

Some or all are aware of peak oil; some know that it is important to their bottom line to keep the fossil fuel industries afloat. Others seek to weaken the fossil fuel industries because... ? They're woke and stupid? Or they have another agenda...

In the 5 years since the Paris Agreement, the world’s 60 biggest banks have financed fossil fuels to the tune of $3.8 trillion. https://t.co/x4FylC8gfa

— Local Futures / Economics of Happiness (@localfutures_) March 29, 2021

The Impact of Declining EROI

The impact of declining energy return on investment (EROI)—New #OpenAccess paper by Andrew Jackson and @ProfTimJackson on #EnergyTransitionRisk → https://t.co/ODL2ayq1QJ cc #EcologicalEconomics #SystemDynamics #StockFlow #InputOutput #TransitionRisk

— CUSP (@CUSP_uk) March 22, 2021

Increase in Oil Prices This Year

Will An Oil Price Spike Be The Next Blow To The Economy? https://t.co/9DlclNloFd

— Peak Prosperity (@PeakProsperity) January 15, 2021

Hint: Kuleana is a Hawaiian word which is now a key part of public-health messages in Hawaii https://t.co/kGvJ4dgv46

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) January 15, 2021

Symbol of Industrial Ag

Marianne Abel-Lipschutz ponders the wonder of the modern combine as well as its fragility and destructive power. Might these machines inspire new generations to find ways to better steward the land? https://t.co/42nere1QNI pic.twitter.com/svxc3kI4xd

— Front Porch Republic (@FrontPorchRepub) December 22, 2020

Related:

Farmers in the UK are coming together with vets & researchers to join the global fight against #AntibioticResistance

Watch this film about #farmerled research into a new onfarm test to reduce #antibiotics use by quickly identifying the causes of mastitis https://t.co/TVXyFK5R9c

— Innovative Farmers (@IFarmers) December 22, 2020

Catch @csmaje's interview with Geoff Tansey for the Food System's Academy, which delves into Chris's vision for what a #SmallFarmFuture might look like. https://t.co/npVpWzLZY3

— Chelsea Green Publishing (@chelseagreen) December 20, 2020

The Problem of Waste Gasoline

One Little Problem with the "All-Electric" Auto Fleet: What Do We Do with all the "Waste" Gasoline? https://t.co/MM9Z35yIaS

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) December 14, 2020