From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: January 2010

Stan Nangle, a friend and member of the Irish Greens, has just sent me the following link showing that apparently the North Atlantic Conveyor belt has collapsed. That's the only thing that makes living in Europe possible. There was a lot of buzz about this in 2003-2004 (I think) when a DoD report was released warning that such an event was possible, even likely, as a result of global warming. Those stories were clear and vitually unanimous that such a collapse would lead to a near-instant ice age for most of Europe. The fact that Ireland (and the rest of Europe) is having its coldest winter in a hundred years makes this a true emergency to evaluate. I don't have time to do this but thankfully I'm not the only map maker here any more.

The DoD stories will be easy enough to find for old hands. Most will remember them. If those stories then were accurate (as present circumstances suggest), then Haiti just became a minor traffic accident. But we have to be very thorough.

1. Find an analyze the DoD stories.
2. Confrm that the map below is accurate.
3. Is this a temporary condition? Has this happened before and then quickly reversed or restored?
4. What scenarios/responses have been evaluated and proposed if this occurred?

If I'm correct about the Dod stories then this map is very frightening. As I recall, there were some stories from 03 or 04 that even showed what this map shows right now. I think the first question to ask is whether this is temporary or not. It should be asked with the utmost urgency.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

MCR
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Is Today the Day After Tomorrow?

Jenna Orkin

The North Atlantic Conveyor has attracted the attention of a broad spectrum of venues, from the lefty Monthly Review to Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia.

Preliminary research yields:

"It is believed that North Atlantic Deep Water formation has been dramatically reduced at times during the past (such as during the Younger Dryas or during Heinrich events), and that this might correlate with a decrease in the strength of the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic drift, in turn cooling the climate of northwestern Europe." (wikipedia)

“If a shutdown were to happen soon,” Richard Alley, who chaired the scientific team releasing the National Academy of Sciences study, observed in The Two-Mile Time Machine, “it could produce a large event, perhaps almost as large as the Younger Dryas, dropping northern temperatures and spreading droughts far larger than the changes that have affected humans through recorded history, and perhaps speeding warming in the far south. The end of humanity? No. An uncomfortable time for humanity? Yes.”

William Patterson of Saskatchewan University believes the mini Ice Age could take place in a matter of months, a Day After Tomorrow scenario.

According to The Monthly Reivew, in "An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and its Implications for United States National Security" Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall argue that "rather than falling first and foremost on the global South the direct effects of a shutdown of the thermohaline conveyor would bear down on the global North—specifically those countries bordering the North Atlantic...In their scenario a “thermohaline circulation collapse” causes a drop in average surface temperature in northern Europe of up to 3.3°C (6°F) along with severe temperature drops throughout the North Atlantic, lasting about a century. Colder temperatures, wind and dryness in the global North are accompanied by increased warmth and drought in much of the rest of the world."

Headlines
U.S. sees long-term role in Haiti recovery
India on high alert as LeT buys para-gliding equipment (from Rice Farmer)
Indian airports on hijack alert (from Rice Farmer)
S.Korea orders lights out to boost birthrate
Conserving energy with Jevon's paradox on steroids.

War
Iraq war was illegal, lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry
Israeli drones take over skies of Afghanistan (from Rice Farmer)
The real story of Guantánamo is beginning to emerge (from Rice Farmer)
Anthrax in heroin kills eight in Europe

Economy
Iceland's children paying for slump
N.Y. farmer kills 51 cows, commits suicide
Ron Paul's State of the Republic Address (from Rice Farmer)
9/11 Firemen in Haiti

Science/Health
Doctors attack NHS ban on robot surgeon
Lasers to beam energy from space

Gold
Miner to reveal extent of new gold reserves discovered in Fiji

MORE DANGEROUS CONFIRMATIONS

How Right Were We? Jan 22, 2010 -- US Raises Concern Over China Oil Policy --

This story by Kjell Aleklett (co-founder of ASPO International) announces that the U.S. is getting tense over China's aggressive pursuit of oil reserves. It's short and pretty scary. It quotes Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, of Maryland.

http://aleklett.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/us-raises-concern-over-china-oil-policy/

In 2005 I sat in a private one-on-one meeting with Roscoe Bartlett in his congressional office. He had made posterboard enlargements of two maps I had just published at FTW. He had also enlarged a couple of charts by Matt Savinar. My maps showed how international and geostrategic competition was brewing over diminishing oil reserves. One focused on the world and one solely on Africa.. Congressman Bartlett asked me what I thought was coming next. It was clear that China was in play everywhere. I pointed at Venezuela and the Caribbean, and West Africa. I said, "Proxy Wars". The next day Bartlett took my two my maps and Savinar's charts into a private one-on-one meeting with George W. Bush. -- Just ask him.

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/012505_ftw_maps.shtml

How right was I?

For the newcomers these are not "The Map", I refer to so often. That's a metaphor. But I guess these show that I know how to make real one. It just makes me sick to see the reality.

We are truly in the Endgame now. -- So I'm going out to see one of the best guitarists in the world tonight, Michael Jost. He's a good friend and has played some tracks for The New White Trash... Balance.

MCR
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From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
From spas to banks, an economy high on drugs
Britain raises terror threat level to "severe"
India tightens air security
Alert: Female Suicide Bombers May Be Heading Here From Yemen
Newsweek: U.S. doesn't check visas before flights leave
'We Can Never Have Complete Air Travel Security'
Petraeus: Missile-Shooting Ships on Station in the Gulf (from Rice Farmer)
Could Mississippi Delta Become U.S.'s Haiti?
Al Qaeda Could Provoke Indo-Pakistan Wars
"they ("Al Quaeda") intend to destabilise not only Pakistan, but the entire region by provoking confrontation between India and Pakistan through terror attacks. This is a very complicated issue and very dangerous for the entire region as a whole," he added."
Pakistan rules out fissile talks for now: diplomats
Venezuela's oil estimates doubled
Preparing for Hurricane in Haiti Day Before Earthquake
Over 2,000 Karens flee Myanmar army raids

Economy
Bernanke future in doubt as Dems defect
Paul Volcker: the 'big man' behind Obama reforms
Geithner Has Concerns About President's Proposed New Bank Rules
Obama's 'Volcker Rule' shifts power away from Geithner
What Scott Brown's victory really means ‎
What if China's bubble bursts?
Quarter of US grain crops fed to cars

Intelligence/Technology/Medicine
Pentagon official spied for China Japan's new ‘facial’ security
Pentagon to Merge Next-Gen Binoculars With Soldiers’ Brains
Removing Part of Skull Makes for Better Brain Scans
Head of bomb detector company arrested in fraud investigation (Iraq)
High radiation levels blight Iraq
Officials Say Kids Need Second Dose of H1N1 Vaccine
Doctor Argues We Should Ration End-of-Life-Care
Mother "Not Clever Enough To Raise Child" Has Baby Snatched (Ireland)

Friday, January 22, 2010

RON PAUL AND THE CIA; Pakistan Armed Forces "Tried to Oust President"

First, I want to again acknowlege the courage and clarity Ron Paul has offered for so many years. I want to thank him for publicly endorsing my life's work (without saying my name) -- but especially for acknowledging the monumetal work of my friend, the late Gary Webb. This story is not quite what it seems to be. I don't know if the Congressman gets it. A great deal of CIA's operational command and control was transfered into the Pentagon under Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld. At the time it was called the rape of the CIA. It was executed by Bill Tenet and Porter Goss. I wrote about it in detail at FTW as it was happening.

As collapse proceeds, the U.S. Government will inevitably downsize. The CIA's days are numbered. It's all coming down to the last conflict (or series of) when battlefield intelligence is all that matters. No need for long term deep covers and all that other clandestine stuff. When the CIA is eliminated, all of its crimes will be buried with it; and all of its capabilities will have been transferred to the Pentagon years before the death. I described it all in Clobalcorp in 2005. I wonder if Ron Paul sees this?
http://rawstory.com/2010/01/ron-paul-cia/

Here's the Globalcorp link again: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/031005_globalcorp.shtml
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Headlines/Economy
Pakistan armed forces 'tried to oust President'
Massachusetts Election Decided by Diebold
Iran says may hit Western warships if attacked (from Rice Farmer)
Cheap Oil is Gone, and That's Good News
25 State Unemployment Funds Bankrupt; Credit Card Defaults at Record Levels
Recent Graduates, Teens Hit Hard In Miserable Jobs Market
Did Obama just kill Bank Of America; Is prop responsible for 45% of Goldman's bottom line? Banks may shed private equity assets in Obama plan
Obama calls for limiting size, risk-taking of financial firms
Obama Bank Restrictions May Fail to Shield U.S. Financial System From Risk
Geithner Said to Fear Obama Bank Plan Hurts Policy: Reuters Link
Airline revenue in worst plunge on record
The Boomer Bust?
With millions of Baby Boomers entering or nearing retirement age, consumer spending may change dramatically.
Obama Puts Social Security on the Chopping Block (from Rice Farmer)
Why a world currency won't prevent another crisis
China May Buy Less U.S. Debt, CASS Researcher Says (from Rice Farmer)
Bank Overhaul May Hurt Economy, Stocks: Experts
Bank Rules Should Be Imposed Gradually: Rep. Frank
Big Banks Have Already Figured Out The Loophole In Obama’s New Rules (from Rice Farmer)
Fa iled US Banks — Who's Buying Them
US Does Not Have Capitalism: Stiglitz
Barack Obama will be a one-term president if he doesn't ditch his statism
The World Bids Farewell to Obama
US President Barack Obama suffered a painful defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday. With mid-term elections looming, it means that Obama will have to fundamentally re-think his political course. German commentators say it is the end of hope.
Mr. Change Needs a Reboot
UK considers Obama-style banking revolution
Merkel's Germany to Let Euro Die? (from Rice Farmer)
Hospitals 'must cut services to stay afloat'
University admissions 'crisis' fear

Haiti
Relief aid getting to Haiti, but not to the people
Police kill man over alleged rice theft
Vows to Move Quickly for Haitian Immigrants to U.S.
Haiti Has Become Ground Zero For Brazil To Flex Its Muscle Against The US (from Rice Farmer)
Haitians and Hasidim Find Common Cause

Intelligence/Terror
Attacks of 9/11 staged, says former Malaysian PM
The former Malaysian PM does an enormous disservice to legitimate investigation by basing his analysis on such observations as, "If they can make Avatar, they can make anything." Not to mention turning the issue into nothing more than a manifestation of the Muslim/Jewish conflict.
Hugo Chavez accuses U.S. of using weapon to cause Haiti quake
The age of the killer robot is no longer a sci-fi fantasy
Spy Agency Charter Lost in Space
The proposed new charter for the nation’s spy satellite builder, the National Reconnaissance Office, is stuck in the Department of Defense’s general counsel’s office. The lawyers are apparently worried that the new charter may expand the agency’s powers into areas governed by the military services.

Environment/Health
Negotiations Begin for Extending Nuclear Plant Lifespans (Germany)
Popular Protests Put Brakes on Renewable Energy
NIMBY
Military in Hawaii has big plans for solar power at base ‎
Ireland Facing Severe Water Shortage (from Rice Farmer)
Vietnam Faces Potential Water Shortage (from Rice Farmer)
Creating glaciers out of thin air
Homoeopathy sceptics plan mass 'overdose'
Protesters to swallow pills in bid to prove treatments ineffective
US senator out to wreck EPA power

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Fears of Cyberwar from China; A Marshall Plan for Haiti

A Marshall Plan for Haiti

Gee, didn't I use that exact term a few days ago? Didn't I say it would take a Marshall Plan? Disaster Capitalism. It is more profitable to kill people and take lives than it is to save them. Forget the rhetoric folks. Lay preconceptions aside and just see what's happening here. Perhaps the newcomers, after reading the Marshall Plan story should go back and read one of my best essays ever... It's called Globalcorp.

Here's the Haiti story: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/20/haiti.rebuilding/index.html?hpt=T2
Here's Globalcorp: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/031005_globalcorp.shtml

And here's a quote from Globalcorp:

"As the human race blows itself into extinction, or destroys the climate, or starves itself to death, the last corporate merger and acquisition will take place. And at the same moment as mankind dies, the CFO of "GlobalCorp" will be shouting, 'Hooray! We did it!'"

MCR
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From Jenna Orkin

War/Headlines
Fears of a cyberwar from China
Clinton says cyber attacks merit "consequences"
China economy soars
Roubini to China: Tighten
China Losing to U.S. as Investment Choice on Bubble Concern in Global Poll
The ticking time bomb of US debt
Ron Paul: After CIA Coup, Agency Runs the Military
The Big Question: Is Nigeria teetering on the brink of a major crisis? ‎
The tree-lined bunkers that could change the face of the Middle East‎
Robert Fisk: The border looks peaceful, but Hizbollah and Israel are preparing for war.
Wars Less Deadly Than They Used to Be, Report Says - ABC News
What they mean is: When you die, you're less dead
Up to 10 percent of Iraqis disabled by war, sanctions
Feds Mislabeled Christmas Bombing Suspect ‎
Gates in Pakistan seeking action on Afghan Taliban
UN Report Claims Bribes Equal to Quarter of GDP ‎(Afghanistan)

Economy
How to Deal With the Coming Economic Crisis
Recovery at risk of losing steam
FDIC geared up for busy year of bank failures
The 2010 default risk hitlist
Congress Curbing Fed Undermining Confidence in U.S. Economy in Global Poll
Buffett predicts unease will dampen recovery
Newsweek: Is taxing big banks unconstitutional
Prices of bananas and tea soar
Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Rise Amid Holiday Applications Backlog
New jobless claims rise unexpectedly
White House Seeks Debt Limit Increase
Thousands face £2,000 rise in mortgage bills
Fall in unemployment rate masks 'hidden jobless' - UK
Interactive: Obama's plunging approval ratings
Hedge Funds Hold $77 Billion of Cash `Hostage' After Best Year in a Decade
Student loan demand at record high
Davos 2010
Escalating Pension Crisis Will Bankrupt San Diego
To Create Jobs, Build Public Transit, Not Highways
Big Banks Accused of Short Sale Fraud

Haiti
Pentagon’s Social Network Becomes Hub for Haiti Relief

"On Monday, Jean Demay, DISA's technical manager for the agency's Transnational Information Sharing Cooperation project, happened to be at the headquarters of the U.S. Southern Command in Miami preparing for a test of the system in a scenario that involved providing relief to Haiti in the wake of a hurricane. After the earthquake hit on Tuesday, Demay said SOUTHCOM decided to go live with the system."
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100115_9940.php>

"Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research,"- Congressional Research Service
Earthquake Risks in US
Equipment needed to save lives was here – then sent away
Amputation patients get only Motrin
Ah, progress.
Matt Taibbi: Translating David Brooks on Haiti (from Vantage Point)

Environment
Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity (from Rice Farmer)
U.S. moves to halt snake ‘invasion’
Residents told to flee California storm
Britain waves farewell to foreign radioactive waste

From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog

Saturday, January 30, 2010

$3.8 Trillion Budget; JP Morgan v. Goldman Sachs

Friday, January 29, 2010

A New Peak In Oil Production Is Needed - Davos

Thursday, January 28, 2010

ECB Prepares Legal Ground for Euro Rupture as Greek Crisis Escalates

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

China Imploding

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Al-Qaida aims to hit U.S. with WMDs

Monday, January 25, 2010

Falklands Prepare for New Invasion by Oil Prospectors

Saturday, January 23, 2010

AN URGENT WARNING ON POSSIBLE COLLAPSE OF THE N. ATLANTIC CONVEYOR FROM IRELAND

MORE DANGEROUS CONFIRMATIONS

Friday, January 22, 2010

RON PAUL AND THE CIA; Pakistan Armed Forces "Tried to Oust President"

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Fears of Cyberwar from China; A Marshall Plan for Haiti

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