Environmental Degradation
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Iss2/Ch3 When your green energy transition is addicted to a white, powdery substance
Using the lithium needs of electric cars as a case study, we explore how easy it would be to reduce the need for mining without sacrificing anything. Then, we uncover the sinister reason why a fossil fuel company invented the carbon footprint.
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Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 2)
In Chapter 2, we look at the human and environmental costs of mining lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel: critical minerals for phasing out fossil fuels. (part 2 of 2)
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Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 1)
In Chapter 2, we look at the human and environmental costs of mining lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel: critical minerals for phasing out fossil fuels. (part 1 of 2)
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Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 2)
In Chapter 1, we try to figure out what energy source is best to replace fossil fuels, but things go off the rails immediately…and we wind up with an extended discussion about mining waste? (part 2 of 2)
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Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 1)
In Chapter 1, we try to figure out what energy source is best to replace fossil fuels, but things go off the rails immediately…and we wind up with an extended discussion about mining waste? (part 1 of 2)
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Iss1/Ch4 If you liked the 2017 worldwide refugee crisis, you’ll love the complete desertification of the Sahel
When it comes to climate change, mainstream economists and climate scientists couldn’t be more different. How can mainstream economists predict small dents to the economy when climate scientists see existential threats to civilization itself? Perhaps Sahelian desertification and climate change can only be solved if we stop listening to mainstream economists. Conclusion to Issue 1
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Iss1/Ch3 How Many Cameroonians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Trick Question: IMF Shut Off the Electricity
The global scandal of debt and structural adjustments, how it came to Cameroon and contributed to poverty, underdevelopment, and desertification. Then, a proven anti-desertification model: how the American New Deal beat the Dust Bowl. Finally, the dire situation of rural Cameroonians.
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Iss1/Ch1 Desertification Happens When Raindrops Meet Him at the Bar Instead of Percolating into Groundwater: Stay Thirsty, My Friends
In Chapter 1, we start by understanding the Sahel’s desertification crisis, and how this has led to the collapse of Lake Chad. Then, we characterize poverty and water infrastructure in Cameroon. Finally, we meet some of the villains of the story.
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Iss1/Intro Lake Chad: Shorty Got Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
In the introduction to Issue 1, we begin with atrocious statistics on humanity’s access to drinking water and uncover some shocking examples of the collapse of freshwater resources. We cover the source of a quarter of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions — a source you may never even have heard of.