Category Archives: Food issues

The world economy needs to simplify

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Gail Tverberg

Economic growth and added complexity sound like they would be good, but at some point, the combination gets to be too much–simplification is needed.

Too much of the world’s income starts going to non-working individuals and to high-earning workers in privileged fields. Continue reading →

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Ten Things that Change without Fossil Fuels

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Gail Tverberg

If losing fossil fuels completely, or nearly completely, is a risk for some of the world’s population, it might be useful to think through some of the things that go wrong. The following are some of my ideas about things that change, mostly for the worse, in a fossil fuel-deprived economy. Continue reading →

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An Energy-Related Reason Why US Healthcare Outcomes are Awful

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Gail Tverberg

Back in January 2013, the US Institute of Medicine published a report called U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health. This poor health outcome for US citizens is in spite of the US spending twice as much as … Continue reading →

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2013: Beginning of Long-Term Recession?

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Gail Tverberg

We have been hearing a lot about escaping the fiscal cliff, but our problem isn’t solved. The fixes to date have been partial and temporary. There are many painful decisions ahead. Based on what I can see, the most likely … Continue reading →

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Is Sustainable Agriculture an Oxymoron?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

This is a guest post by Toby Hemenway, author of  Gaia’s Garden, a Guide to Home Scale Permaculture. It is being republished with the author’s permission. It was previously published on his blog, Pattern Literacy.  Jared Diamond calls it “the worst mistake … Continue reading →

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