Breaking Down: Collapse
Apprehensive about the future? Like many, you likely have a gut feeling that things aren't quite right, but haven’t been able to place your finger on why. That feeling only grows with the increasing political tensions, economic uncertainty, natural disasters, and supply chain disruptions. What do all these challenges mean? And what will be the result of society’s current trajectory? “Breaking Down: Collapse” takes the complex concepts surrounding the ultimate collapse of modern industrial society and simplifies them so they’re easier to learn. The compelling evidence for our inevitable decline is introduced by collapse-aware Kory to his good friend, Kellan, who probably doesn’t realize what he signed up for! Skeptical? Gear up for a paradigm shift! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
A deeper look at the oil/diesel availability crisis around the world:
Some Gas Stations ‘Out of Diesel’ as Prices Surge - Newsweek
Oil: What next as Saudi Arabia scrambles to restore East-West pipeline
Saudis tell European refiners they’ll get no crude next month | Financial Post
The Depletion Ledger — The Oil Supply Crisis
Costco Is Rationing Oil And Doubling Its Price As Supply Dwindles
The rate at which the planet is heating is accelerating. Models haven't taken this into account, so when do we hit climate sensitivity, and how hot will that be?
AI is an increasingly divisive topic, even (or especially) among collapse aware folk. How seriously should we take its development?
Anthropic Researcher Quit, Says AI Labs Are 'Gambling With Our Lives' - Business Insider
Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit | The New Yorker
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Today we take a look at the bottom of the marine food chain, where new research indicates things aren't looking to great:
Climate change may erase 25 million hectares of kelp forests by 2050
Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss | PLOS Biology
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Wildlife is collapsing, and time is running low to make the changes we must in order to protect them.
Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming | Scientific American
France's wildlife suffers severe blow from intense heat: 'The entire food chain is disrupted'
Bears, coyotes spotted in unexpected SoCal places during scorching heat wave - ABC7 Los Angeles
Am I alone in imagining a better future? A whole bunch of data says no:
Support for changing the current economic system | Pew Research Center
If collapse is inevitable, is there a point to trying?
FYI the episode contains spoilers for the musical "Hadestown".
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Renewables have made massive strides in the 2020s. I answer the question that still comes up from time to time: Can a successful rollout of renewables save society from collapse?
Tracking the energy transition: Where are we now? | McKinsey
So, where exactly does the US energy transition stand? | Canary Media
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A new UN report officially announced that limiting warming to +1.5C is no longer a viable goal:
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Sources:
Judge Tells RFK Jr. to Stop Using Fake AI Studies on Teen Pregnancy | The New Republic
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Stanford Students Who Criticized Israel - The New York Times
The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
IRS Softens on Businesses in Wake of Agency Worker Exodus
Wyoming judge weighs transgender woman’s self-defense | Advocate.com
The US military is simultaneously contributing to collapse, as it also says it's working to fight against it (climate change and resulting instability). Meanwhile, it's also tying up its resources, firing all its best people, and opening the world to destabilization.
Sources:
A collection of articles highlighting the current mess that is the US. And we're just getting started:
Gary, Indiana’s Suffering in a Blackout Brings a Global Crisis Home - Bloomberg
Baby goats had rabies at NC petting zoo, attendees urged to contact health officials | CNN
A look at stories across the world related to climate change, including the story of a landslide/flash flood along the Tibet/Nepal boarder that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds, and likely thousands.
It's all gone. Flash Flood in Nepal sweeps away cities after cities. : r/collapse
Panama Canal to cut daily ship traffic as drought worsens from El Nino - France 24
A look at several articles highlighting this summer of climate chaos in Europe:
Lake Zurich sees water level hit record low amid drought
European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves | Farming | The Guardian
France faces lowest potato yield in over 30 years as drought hits crops
Heat wave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: First figures
Sources:
Supreme Court Sides With Trump for Now on Mail Ballot Curbs - Bloomberg
Half the Country Sues to Stop Trump’s Dangerous USPS Mail Ballot Rule | The New Republic
Trump Pardons of Fraudsters Cost Victims Nearly $2 Billion | The New Republic
Trump Administration Ends Corporate Ownership Reporting Rule, Orders U.S. Records Deleted
Texas Secretly Started Torturing Trans Prisoners By Forcibly Detransitioning Them ‘a F...
A Substack breaks down the troubles that Europe may experience this winter due to the effects of catabolic collapse:
Blackout Europe: The Coming Winter Energy Crisis
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Two new pieces of research highlight the earth is potentially warming much faster than previously thought, and that the models are wrong (imagine that):
World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New Scientist
Hothouse Earth: arriving sooner than you think…
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Global warming acceleration in satellite observed lower-tropospheric temperature | Research Square
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