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HardPort

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60. Derp. Simp for the patriarchy elsewhere. "Fall" is a Eurocentric narrative. Period.

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Sun Aug 20, 2023, 11:14 PM

Aug 2023

Please visit us here in the pueblos and we will do our best to disabuse you of your colonial mindset.

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Is Industrial Society on the Verge of Collapse? [View all] discocrisco01 Aug 2023 OP

Good article jmbar2 Aug 2023 #1

Well put. MomInTheCrowd Aug 2023 #6

Feeds the rich while it burys the poor BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #10

Off topic,but how was it (were thinking about tickets for next month)? Volaris Aug 2023 #18

Just, wow BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #19

Very good info, thank you. We will now return you, to your original thread. Volaris Aug 2023 #20

Their opening acts are awsome too BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #21

I'm just glad I'm 67 instead of 27. NewHendoLib Aug 2023 #2

Are you crazy? Goodheart Aug 2023 #5

No, the opposite of crazy Doc Sportello Aug 2023 #7

Indeed. I've loved my life - still do, because I don't watch TV NewHendoLib Aug 2023 #8

I'm 69 and things weren't always easy growing up Doc Sportello Aug 2023 #13

Perfectly stated. Thx! NewHendoLib Aug 2023 #15

I'm 70 and feel the same way. n/t Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #47

Back when we still valued community. CrispyQ Aug 2023 #63

I hear you but I worry about what my six year old will have to deal with. honest.abe Aug 2023 #12

What are you doing to help him adapt? Kaleva Aug 2023 #27

What would you suggest?? honest.abe Aug 2023 #51

First, find out reputable experts predict will happen in your area Kaleva Aug 2023 #57

Good grief. honest.abe Aug 2023 #58

Agree wholeheartedly flamingdem Aug 2023 #48

Yes. That's an easy question NickB79 Aug 2023 #3

The only reason 8 billion can live today BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #24

The problem is that fossil fuels ARE NOT RUNNING OUT. hunter Aug 2023 #30

but peak "cheap" oil is running out BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #32

NG is worse than coal NickB79 Aug 2023 #36

Not at all BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #41

I'm comparing NG directly to coal. Nothing else NickB79 Aug 2023 #45

Wow, thank you! I spent the last half hour running through the paper BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #49

People know coal is bad. hunter Aug 2023 #40

I've an open mind BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #42

Heavy crude oils, which are essentially gooey tar, are cracked and hydrogenated to make gasoline... hunter Aug 2023 #52

But we're not talking gasification BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #54

Yes, we're on the verge of collapse & no, our elites won't perform any better than past elites. CrispyQ Aug 2023 #4

Diamond's Gibbons-esque myopia hamstrings his scholarship. HardPort Aug 2023 #9

Chaco and Mayan societies as they were did collapse Doc Sportello Aug 2023 #14

Who will remember the conflicts of GREAT MEN if civilization collapses? hunter Aug 2023 #31

this word "fall"--I do not think it means what you think it means Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #50

Derp. Simp for the patriarchy elsewhere. "Fall" is a Eurocentric narrative. Period. HardPort Aug 2023 #60

an amusing take Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #61

Yes. Human society is generally collapsing everywhere. ananda Aug 2023 #11

Greed, lust for power, narcissism doing us in. NewHendoLib Aug 2023 #16

I hope humans will stop most breeding. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #17

Overpopulation leads to chaos and collapse. ananda Aug 2023 #22

Sadly, I think you're right. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #23

Alternate view here BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #25

Yes, that too. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #33

More likely it will slowly fizzle out over multiple decades. MineralMan Aug 2023 #26

It's generational, complicated with climate change and peak oil this time BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #28

An antidote argument to end-times despair and fearmongering: Hortensis Aug 2023 #29

The first mistake is trusting climate models NickB79 Aug 2023 #34

Yes, it is part of the responsibility in science misanthrope Aug 2023 #56

I like Ezra, but the thesis is wrong on one, big way BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #39

He's NOT wrong in reporting that all the climate experts he's Hortensis Aug 2023 #44

But the numbers don't add up BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #46

They do for experts in the related fields. No one should Hortensis Aug 2023 #53

Human Industrial Collapse is a matter of time now at tipping point. nt PufPuf23 Aug 2023 #35

Sorry to disappoint BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #37

Turn out the lights ... the party's over Kennah Aug 2023 #38

In the US, near term, probably not BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #43

I suspect Kennah Aug 2023 #55

Nope. onenote Aug 2023 #59

Imagine...for some young people alive today, these will one day be the good old days elocs Aug 2023 #62

It's likely my ancestors hated the Romans and celebrated the collapse of their empire. hunter Aug 2023 #64