What people don’t get about this inflation spike

By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

So the truth is this: Civilization largely has used fossil fuels to destroy robust natural ecosystems and to replace them with artificial and fragile ones.

James Howard Kunstler: Living in the Long Emergency

By Charles Marohn, James Howard Kunstler, Strong Towns

In this fascinating and wide-ranging discussion, Chuck and Jim look at the impact of the crisis on the automotive and airline industries, our food systems, and more.

Review: Living in the Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler

By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press

Kunstler’s latest book is a welcome nonfiction follow-up to The Long Emergency titled Living in the Long Emergency. It profiles a handful of remarkable people from across America whose lifestyles embody what Kunstler refers to as “heroic adaptation.”

Why doesn’t the ‘long emergency’ feel like an emergency?

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

What appears to be masking the ongoing emergency is the rise in stock and bond markets. The disconnect between the still sluggish economy and the stock market which keeps hitting new highs is one indication that dangers lurk in the world economy.

Striving for “dis-sensus”: Economics, Energy and Environment Conference review

By Brian Kaller, Restoring Mayberry

Greer, others speak at London School of Economic Science.