Limits to Complexity

SUBHEAD: It seems we are witnessing the time when increasing technological complexity is obviously costing more than we gain.By George Mobus on 14 March 2011 in Question Everything -(http://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2011/03/limits-to-complexity.html) Image above: Computer devise as doorstop. From (http://craze001.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/computers-a-lifetime).Three Mile

Nuclear Nightmare Gets Worse

SUBHEAD: The evacuation of the plant leaves open to question whether the manpower exists to fight the fire and reduce the radiation hazard.By Steve Ludlum on 15 March 2011 in Economic Undertow -(http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclear-nightmare-gets-worse.html)Image above: Stock shot of perator at controls at Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant No. 3. From (http://www.oregonlive.com/today/

Macondo and the Reactors

SUBHEAD: Society has reached limits to complexity along with the ability of our space ship to 'carry' toxic overloads such as this nuclear disaster.By Steve Ludlum on 13 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/macondo-and-reactors.html)Image above: Paste-up of BP Macondo blowout and aftermath of Japanese tsunami by Juan Wilson.This updates the monumental

Good Complexity, Bad Complexity

SUBHEAD: The economy of oil, coal, gas, corn, wheat is vulnerable to a continent-wide systemic collapse should any of them become unavailable or fail.By Jim Bannon on 6 March 2011 in An Ecology of Home - (http://villagegreentimberframes.com/page7/blog.php)Image above: A complex computer generated graphic created by the simple Mandelbrot formula. From (http://img299.imageshack.us/i/squidglowch7.

A Ground to Stand on

SUBHEAD: Life is up to something. It is becoming more diverse and more complex.By James Bannon on 21 February 2011 in An Ecology of Home - (http://villagegreentimberframes.com/page7/blog.php)Image above: The forest floor in Maine near Arrowhead Lake. From (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4542895).A homestead economy needs to be flexible, and a winter of very heavy snow has forced me to adjust my

Razor Blades and Complexity

SUBHEAD: The limits to complexity are related to available energy. PeaksOil will force global society to simplify.By Kurt Cobb on 30 January 2011 in Resource Insights - (http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2011/01/razor-blades-and-limits-of-complexity.html)Image above: Gilette 22 blade razor. From (http://russell.heistuman.com/2010/06/10/random-razor-rant-i-need-more-blades-in-my-razor/).A

Onset of Catabolic Collapse

SUBHEAD: It’s possible at this point to provide a fairly exact date for the onset of catabolic collapse here in the United States of America.By John Michael Greer on 19 January 2011 in The Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/01/onset-of-catabolic-collapse.html)Image above: Viaduct passes in front of the Colosseum in reconstruction of Rome as it was in 320 AD . From (