Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
From the website: (the peak oil/Transition Town segment starts about 25 minutes in with a interview with Robert Hirsch)
The end of oil is closer than we thought. An industry expert tells us we’re in for 40 years of bad road.
So we’ll visit the oil-free alternative called “Transition Town”, a community of high-energy people experimenting with a low-energy lifestyle in England.
In this episode, Nate offers a personal reflection on the unfolding geopolitical tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, beginning with an examination of how disruptions to fossil fuel flows propagate through the global economy, but with a time lag.
March 30, 2026
So, there you have it. Trump and his team have stumbled into a war they cannot win. If the war does not end soon, it will likely destroy the world economy for lack of energy supplies and plunge it into a deep, years-long depression, one from which it will be difficult to emerge.
March 29, 2026
As the current situation (March 2026) around the Strait of Hormuz continues to destabilise the global economy, it is timely to return to Alexander’s analysis outlining ‘the Disintegration of Empire’ (being Chapter Two of Entropia).
March 23, 2026
