Year 2012: End of the World

It is a well known fact that three quarters of the Earth’s surface is water. What is not well known is just how little of that water is actually fit for human consumption. Thanks to the wonders of modern plumbing, or the plethora of bottled waters available for purchase, most people in industrialized nations have [...]

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Forget about Nibiru, Nostradamus, or the Maya(n) calendar ending on Dec 21 2012. None of those things is worth worrying about. Peak oil on the other hand should have you tossing and turning in your sheets with nightmarish visions of what might befall you, your children, your grandchildren, even the [...]

It seems like everybody these days is talking about the earthquake in Japan, and with good reason. This was one of the largest earthquakes to be recorded in the area and its impact has been anything but minor. Not only was there damage from the initial seismic disturbance, but the following tsunami impacted coastal regions [...]