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“Peak Oil Has Arrived:” Paul Krugman on Mineral Scarcity (2010 prediction from Dr. Errant)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 22, 2014

“What the commodity markets are telling us is that we’re living in a finite world, in which the rapid growth of emerging economies is placing pressure on limited supplies of raw materials, pushing up their prices…. [P]eak oil has arrived.”

“[R]esource constraints are becoming increasingly binding. This won’t bring an end to economic growth [but] … will require that we gradually change the way we live, adapting our economy and our lifestyles to the reality of more expensive resources.”

– Paul Krugman, “A Finite World,” New York Times, December 26, 2010.

Finiteness … fixity … depletion … rising cost … rising price.

The Hotelling Principle … The Limits to Growth … Jimmy Carter and James Schlesinger … Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren …

And a role for peak government to manage peaked commodities.…

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“Stop These Things” (Australian website challenges a crony, anti-environmental industry)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 19, 2014

“Neither we nor our homes are threatened by wind turbines. We do not live in proximity to industrial wind power generation plants. We are independent but compassionate observers who have undertaken our own investigation. We think this issue is one of fairness and human rights.”

Numerous grass-root websites have sprung up in the last decade to challenge the government-driven industry of industrial wind turbines. In Australia, Stop These Things is a leader. Regular posts at this website update wind-related developments. Featured portals are Experts, These People Get It, and These People Don’t.

The About Section, reprinted below, describes a real environmental group that is against corporate welfare. With the religion of global warming, it is a shame that Stop These Things is not embraced as clean-and-green by more environmentalists in Australia.…

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Wind Power Propagandist Clipped by Employer

By Sherri Lange -- December 18, 2014

“IBM Corporate Officer (Brand Manager, Communications) Carrie Bendzsa, after numerous discussions with Lange of NA-PAW, wrote to NA-PAW, thanking the organization for bringing this matter to their attention, asserting that none of ‘these postings or comments were IBM endorsed actions’.”

Mike Barnard’s wind wings clipped by employer: Told to stop writing on wind power, resign fellowship from Energy and Policy Institute, and delete his blog: Barnard on Wind

Mike Barnard last month was taken to task by researcher Jackie Rovensky of AU and NA-PAW (North American Platform Against Wind Power) for a long-standing series of malicious attacks on trusted and respected professionals worldwide, who have variously documented and researched the now widely recognized devastating effects of industrial wind on human health.

This action by IBM is easily understood.…

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Wake Up Australia! Green De-industrialization Threat Remains

By Viv Forbes -- December 17, 2014
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December 13, 1989: The NYT Got It Right on Global Warming

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 16, 2014
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AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: December 15, 2014

By -- December 15, 2014
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Dead Eagle Data: Buffet/Berkshire/PacifiCorp Don’t Want You to Know (Part 2)

By Jim Wiegand -- December 12, 2014
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Dead Eagle Data: Buffet/Berkshire/PacifiCorp Don’t Want You to Know (Part 1)

By Jim Wiegand -- December 11, 2014
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“Contradictions, Bias Undermine Credibility of the Health Canada Wind Turbine Noise Study” (An Open Letter)

By Mark Davis and Keith Stelling -- December 10, 2014
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The Public Utility Regulatory Formula–and Its Alternative

By Jim Clarkson -- December 9, 2014
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