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January 25 2019 I'm still working on a review of two of James Kunstler's non-fiction books, The Long Emergency and Too Much Magic. I read them back to back as the latter was written as a follow up to the former. Speaking of Kunstler, I discovered he does a regular podcast, generally hour long interviews with various people in various fields that orbit what might be called the "Collapsiverse". His recent interview John M. Greer [1] is quite good. I've listened to several other interviews and have added a an entry under Links. Two other sites I recently became aware of: Life Its Self [2] - This is an occasional blog by Tad Patzek, a Professor of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering. He co-authored the 2014 University of Texas study headed by Scott Tinker [3] of Switch Project [4] fame which analyzed potential of the US shale gas industry. Patzek was interviewed for a Nature article [5] that generated a bit of controversy due to it's rather low estimates of actual recoverable gas reserves which didn't match the Wall street hype. Patzek was at UT at the time but has since taken a position at Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Center in Saudi Arabia. Survival Acres [6] - This is a voluminous blog by Jonathan Richards* whom I don't know much about other than he appears to be a recovering survivalist type who eventually saw the scene for what it is, a cult of profit-motivated fear-mongering; divide and conquer as they say. Richards actually left a comment on Patzek's blog which is how I came across it. One thing that impressed me was his post announcing The LIFE PROJECT [7] which "proposes the creation of protected bio-regional zones and habitation for human and biological survival on every habitable continent selected to ensure continuity of life for the human race and as many other species as possible.", sort of along the lines of E.O. Wilson's Half Earth proposal [8]. Lastly, if all this is getting you a bit down perhaps affecting George Carlin's detached amusement [9] will help. Carlin was a smart guy and arguably ahead of the curve insofar as sensing things may be going sideways soon for humanity. --