Articles by John McGrath
John McGrath is an intinerant student and sometimes reporter currently living in Toronto, Canada. He mainly writes about Canadian and International Politics from an energy and climate perspective
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Seriously
Okay, he's talking about Iraq, but the lesson holds for climate change, as well as all the sundry environmental crises we face:
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Or: Fear and Environmentalism: Open mike night!
A post at The Oil Drum had this to say:
The power of peak oil as an external force, a geologically driven catalyst, to act as a wedge to force sustainability and conservation on a world hell bent on exponential growth and energy consumption is what caught my imagination and gave me a sense of hope several years ago when I first investigated this issue.
I've got more to say under the fold.
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And why is it still around?
Why isn't it the 21st century's spray-on deodorant?
Let me explain, and meet me after the jump.
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Thawing permafrost, oh my.
One of the truly horrific unfolding disasters of the climate crisis is the thawing of Siberian permafrost, which has the potential to dwarf human emissions of CO2 and methane. And it looks like it's getting started. But don't worry, I'm sure those crazy alarmist scientists use words like "ticking time bomb" all the time, right?
