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  • Everything’s Ablaze, Always & Forever

    Guy McPherson / 8 Comments

    “I’ll cut to the chase. The gist of Becker’s short essay is contained within the latter half of a single paragraph: ‘All human systems are enormous trash fires. Every single one, no matter…

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  • You Killed My Planet: Prepare to Die

    Guy McPherson / 0 Comments

    “A few years after seeing the film for the first time, I adapted the line from Inigo Montoya to fit my own narrative, and reflect my own dire conclusions: ‘Hello, my name is…

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  • Facing The Four Horsemen

    Guy McPherson / 0 Comments

    “If you believe you can overcome the impending collapse of global food production, welcome to Club Naiveté. I, too, used to believe I simply needed to grow and store my own food to…

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  • Climate Science’s Two Best-Kept Secrets

    Guy McPherson / 8 Comments

    “So, that’s it: A three-step plan to nirvana, starting with nuclear war. This is the kind of story that captures the wishful, wish-filled imaginations of people constantly misinformed by governments, so-called climate scientists,…

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  • Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea

    Guy McPherson / 4 Comments

    “Inconveniently, Earth is headed for a dead ocean. As founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Paul Watson has repeatedly said, “if the oceans die, we die.” After all, life on Earth originated in the ocean.…

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  • Peak Oil Has Gone Away (NOT)

    Guy McPherson / 4 Comments

    “Conventional oil peaked in the United States in 1970. It was clear the US was no longer the world’s swing supplier in 1972. Shortly thereafter, OPEC was formed to ensure that political power…

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  • Disasterpants: Everything’s Ablaze, Always & Forever

    Guy McPherson / 6 Comments

    “I’ll cut to the chase. The gist of Becker’s short essay is contained within the latter half of a single paragraph: ‘All human systems are enormous trash fires. Every single one, no matter…

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  • Dr. McPherson & The Three (Purportedly Chinese) Curses

    Guy McPherson / 7 Comments

    “The odds of my making a comeback along the path to informing people about abrupt, irreversible climate change leading to near-term human extinction are considerably lower than any comeback we can expect from…

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  • Mass Extinction is Well Under Way

    Guy McPherson / 3 Comments

    “Obviously, not everyone agrees that a Mass Extinction Event is under way. The ongoing, rampant denial is based on at least four factors: 1) contemporary people are generally ignorant about science; 2) these…

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  • Alternatives to Despair: Stages 6 and 7 of Grieving

    Guy McPherson / 2 Comments

    “As with many other people, my interests overlap those of Kübler-Ross. My interests include how we respond to death as individuals and extend to how we respond to near-term human extinction, which includes the deaths…

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