Summary: A groundbreaking study shows that nearly a third of all underground water basins are stressed and how this year’s monsoons and El Niño are affecting these water supplies. It’s more evidence that we need better measurement and analysis of our world, and to take our exploitation of it off “exploit at will” mode. There …
A warning about water: we’re exhausting our groundwater reservoirs Read More »
Summary: The California megadrought shows America’s public policy machinery at work. Dysfunctional for us; highly functional for the 1%. It’s the price we pay for our apathy and passivity. Today we review California’s latest response to this crisis. {2nd of 2 posts today.} Contents Summary How Growers Gamed California’s Drough “California Goes Nuts” Apocalyptic Schadenfreude …
Our response to California’s drought shows America at work to enrich the 1% Read More »
Summary: You can always tell a slow news day when the clickbait flows. The good news is that most of the bad news is wrong. The bad news is that the news diet served by our fear mongers has deadened us to the real dangers we face. (1st of 2 posts about this today) . …
Much of our news is people crying “wolf”. Do we still listen to real warnings? Read More »
Peak water might be a more serious problem — and perhaps happening sooner — than peak oil. NASA satellites provide more evidence of the danger.  But as the comment at the end notes, profitable but unsustainable agriculture is the underlying cause of the problem — and ending it will be the eventual result (but hardly …
Bad news for India, probably for China, perhaps for the US as well Read More »
Usually these weekend posts examine unexpected ways in which the world is changing. Here we do the opposite, matching current news with past posts from this site. “Stimulus Thinking, and Nuance“, New York Times, 1 April 2009 — About Hitler’s economic policies, one of the keys to his success. “The Water-War Myth“, Jack Shafer, Slate, …
Confirmation in the news of things you already read on the FM site Read More »
