The end of fish

Want to see how severely we humans are scouring the oceans for fish? Check out this striking map from the World Wildlife Fund’s 2012 “Living Planet Report.” The red areas are the most intensively fished (and, in many cases, overfished) parts of the ocean — and they’ve expanded dramatically since 1950: To measure how intensively these areas are fished, Swartz et al., (2010) used the fish landed in each country to calculate the primary production rate (PPR) of each region of the ocean. PPR is a value that describes the total amount of food a fish needs to grow within a certain region. (WWF) Between 1950 and 2006, the WWF report notes, the world’s annual fishing haul more than quadrupled, from 19 million tons to 87 million tons. New technology — from deep-sea trawling to long-lining — has helped the fishing industry ...

Peak Oil and Economic Contraction Report Card

How prepared are you for Peak Oil?…… Let’s find out! The link below is a spreadsheet with several questions regarding preparedness for peak oil and its implications. Whilst this is a fairly arbitrary set of questions with no monopoly on the right or wrong way of gearing up for transition, it may serve as a useful tool. Don’t be too alarmed at a less than stellar grade at this point. Remember that it is the state of mind that is the first and hardest step. By virtue of your time on this website you are way further along than most…….. Click on the ‘POAEC grader’ file below and press the open button. Answer all questions and then print out the report card. Good luck to you!! POAEC_Report_Card_v1.4free poaec.com

Green Energy Technology Suppression At The DoE

After getting my posts at various blogs deleted or hacked and being ridiculed or smeared or called called a "nut" or "disgruntled former employee" by others, I come here to let intelligent people decide for yourself if I am either or both. I have no other way to get my story out to you - the millions of victims. Without this information you might never even know that you are a victim of technology suppression. Every time you pump gas into your car your are being scammed by the government who uses the Department of Energy and U.S. patent Office to do its dirty work. If either agency publicly denies what I say is true, I will publish the names of three other colleagues who were present at the very same meeting I describe below. I have been trying to ...

Is Russian Oil Production Plummeting?

According to a recent Bloomberg story Saudi Arabia displaced Russia as the world’s largest oil producer, producing just about three thousand barrels a day more in March of 2012: Saudi Arabia boosted crude production close to a 31-year high in March, overtaking Russia as the world’s largest oil producer for the first time in six years, according to the Joint Organization Data Initiative (JODI). Saudi crude exports rose 3 percent in March, reaching the highest level in five years as Iran cut shipments, according to government statistics posted today on the initiative’s website. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer, increased daily output to 9.923 million barrels in March, up 0.7 percent to the second-highest level since at least 1980, according to the initiative. That topped output from Russia, which pumped 9.920 million barrels a day, for the first time since February 2006, according to the data. When ...

More New Quakes Shake Fukushima

Earthquake Information Japan Meteorological Agency 17:50 JST 20 May 2012 17:42 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M5.1 2 17:27 JST 20 May 2012 17:21 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M5.4 2 16:54 JST 20 May 2012 16:49 JST 20 May 2012 Ibaraki-ken Hokubu M3.3 1 16:38 JST 20 May 2012 16:28 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M5.7 2 16:32 JST 20 May 2012 16:20 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M6.2 3 14:57 JST 20 May 2012 14:52 JST 20 May 2012 Fukushima-ken Oki M3.6 1 12:56 JST 20 May 2012 12:49 JST 20 May 2012 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-chiho M1.8 1 04:24 JST 20 May 2012 04:17 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M4.8 1 04:20 JST 20 May 2012 04:14 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M5.4 1 04:11 JST 20 May 2012 04:05 JST 20 May 2012 Sanriku Oki M5.8 3 03:36 JST ...

Iran Finds First Caspian Sea Oilfield in 104 Years

Iran has discovered its first oilfield in the Caspian Sea for more than a ...

E15 Could Put Some Engines at Risk

More on the potential risk to America’s car and truck fleet posed by E15 ...

Degrowth (De-growth), Natural Resources, Population Growth, and Economic Collapse

We have seen how oil shortages can wreak havoc on the global economy and ...

Are you scared yet?

Perhaps it's just me, but over the last couple of weeks I thought I ...