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Consider the Global Impacts of Oil Pipelines

THD2018-04-03T16:14:37-04:00August 6th, 2014|Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Energy, Featured (General)|

Wendy Palen, Thomas Homer-Dixon, et al. | As scientists spanning diverse disciplines, we urge North American leaders to take a step back: no new oil-sands projects should move forward unless developments are consistent with national and international commitments to reducing carbon pollution.

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When Wise Words Are Not Enough

THD2017-10-20T07:34:37-04:00March 19th, 2009|General Topics, Societal Collapse, Societal Growth and Crisis|

In two books that offer erudite assessments of the dangers facing humankind this century, Vaclav Smil and Chris Patten address these matters in sharply different ways.

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Review of Vaclav Smil, Global Catastrophes and Trends and Chris Patten, What Next?

THD2017-05-14T02:22:13-04:00March 19th, 2009|Academic, Book Reviews|

These are bewildering times. One moment the global economy is booming and stock markets are soaring; the next, trillions of dollars of wealth have vanished, and we are on the cusp of a global depression. Oil prices rocket upwards as leading oilmen talk of worldwide shortages, then they plummet amid a worldwide glut.

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