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“My new State of the Climate report at Carbon Brief finds that 2025 had the:
“Warmest ocean heat content
“Tied as second warmest surface temps
“Second warmest troposphere
“Record high sea level and GHGs
“Record low winter Arctic ice.” [Zeke Hausfather]
“Reaching net zero won’t be enough to limit global temperatures to 1.5°C, according to research from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter.
“The latest paper by the two organisations claims that the planet is more sensitive to the level of greenhouse gases being emitted than the accepted science suggests.”
“Signs of El Niño as La Niña starts to fade.
“Before we’re even done with this current La Niña episode, we’re already seeing some signs of El Niño developing in a few months… The latest ENSO outlook from the Climate Prediction Center suggests a likely shift to ENSO Neutral by the end of this winter or early in the spring.”
“NASA reports record heat but omits reference to climate change.
“Global temperatures soared in 2025, but a NASA statement published Wednesday alongside its latest benchmark annual report makes no reference to climate change, in line with President Donald Trump’s push to deny the reality of planetary heating as a result of human activities.”
“Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World…
““[Trump’s] fixation on Greenland is an admission that climate change is real,” said John Conger, a former Pentagon official in the Obama administration who is now an adviser to the Center for Climate and Security, a research institute.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/europe/greenland-climate.html
“Storm Goretti was one of the most impactful storms to hit Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in the last 30 to 35 years, according to the Met Office.
“Met Office climate expert Professor Elizabeth Kendon said the strong winds during Goretti could have been due to a meteorological feature known as a sting jet – which are very rare in the UK…”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r192gg9n5o
“‘People don’t even know if help is coming’: Cornish villagers frustrated by lack of help after Storm Goretti…
“Almost a week on, trees still block roads and scores of people remain without power, water or phone connections. The feeling is growing that Cornwall has been left to cope on its own, leading an increasing number of people to call for the UK government to step in to help.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/13/cornwall-storm-goretti-power-water-trees-roads
“Europe’s crop droughts to worsen despite rising rainfall, study shows.
“Recent research indicates that rising temperatures will intensify severe crop droughts in Europe and western North America, even as annual rainfall increases, thereby posing a threat to food security.”
““Ecocide” Project: Biodiversity in Tunisia Falls Victim to European Oil Companies.
“Data from the “Ecocide” project show that more than 3,100 oil and gas licenses overlap with over 7,000 protected areas in 99 countries worldwide, covering a total overlapping area of 690,000 square kilometers, despite existing laws and ongoing efforts to protect key biodiversity areas.”
“Wildfires threaten wildlife in South Africa’s Western Cape.
“The fires have had severe consequences for wildlife across the province. Media reports said a wildfire devastated Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary near Stanford in the Western Cape, forcing the relocation of 18 predators to other facilities.”
https://english.news.cn/20260113/7cfe6686dc1e4f41ae997604a0137bc7/c.html
“Severe flooding in Kruger National Park forces closures, relocations.
“Heavy rainfall in Limpopo and Mpumalanga has caused flooding, leading to the closure of several gates and roads in the Kruger National Park. Guests have been urged to revise travel plans. SANParks has relocated campers, and is actively rescheduling arrivals to ensure safety.”
“Landslide in eastern Congo kills at least 13, leaves over 30 missing.
“The landslide occurred at around 1 a.m. in the village of Burutsi in North Kivu province. Witnesses say that the landslide followed several hours of intense rainfall and has cut off the main road between the major city of Goma and the provincial capital, Walikale.”
“Six dead as Gaza’s displaced struggle to hold ground in torrential rain.
“A rainstorm swept across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, flooding hundreds of tents, collapsing homes sheltering families displaced by two years of war and killing at least six people, local health officials said.”
“Istanbul sets all-time water use record as water stress increases.
“Istanbul is consuming water at a pace never before recorded, setting a historic annual usage record in 2025 as climate pressures, rapid urban growth and structural supply vulnerabilities converge to push Türkiye toward internationally defined water-poverty conditions.”
“The Middle East’s Next War Will Be Over Water.
“The Middle East is not running out of slogans. It is running out of water. And while pundits remain hypnotized by manifestos, missiles, and terrorist groups the region’s real balance of power is being rewritten quietly, mechanically, and without drama—behind concrete dams, desiccated riverbeds, and rationed taps.”
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-middle-easts-next-war-will-be-over-water/
“Kazakhstan Warns of Severe Water Shortages as Syr Darya Levels Drop…
“Equally alarming for Kazakhstan, Nurzhigitov noted that in the mountains of upstream neighboring countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, where the Syr Darya originates, officials are also reporting low levels in reservoirs.”
https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-warns-of-severe-water-shortages-as-syr-darya-levels-drop/
“EXTRAORDINARY EVENT – SUMMER temperatures up to 23C [73.4F] in the middle of the night in the former USSR [central Asia].
“Nothing ever seen anywhere in the world in the past 2+ centuries gets close. Expect dozens of thousands of records from Middle East to Japan.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2011260582130073910
“Uttarakhand faces snow drought and forest fires as lack of rain hits crops.
“Uttarakhand and the wider Central Himalayan region are experiencing an unusually dry winter marked by a near absence of rain and snowfall, triggering crop losses, forest fires and concerns about long-term impacts on glaciers.”
“Search for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage…
“The rampage comes as deadly human-elephant conflict is on the rise in India, attributed to rising deforestation, food and water scarcity and increased residential encroachment in areas that were once elephant corridors.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/search-elephant-people-killed-india-jharkand
“EXTRAORDINARY EVENT – WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN. Records brutalized with world record margins all over Asia.
“Insane records in MONGOLIA, locally broken by 8C+: 7.5 Bulgan, 5.7 Bogd, 5.0 Ekhingool, 4.4 Gurvanbulag, 4.1 Bayantoorai… Temperatures in The Erdeni Region of Mongolia reached almost +5C at 2500m asl in MID JANUARY.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2011064860277424337
“Temperatures in China have soared today, with 46 stations breaking &tying their January warmest records, and 19 stations breaking their January highest Tmin records!
“Tomorrow, the range of record-breaking activity in China will continue to expand!”
[Jim Yang]
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/2011421619785507189
“Watch as snow ‘apocalypse’ hits Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, shatters 146-year record.
“The region, known for its active volcanoes and extreme weather, has received several months’ worth of snowfall within days… The relentless snowfall has brought the city to a standstill, with layers of white covering the landscape.”
“Heavy Flood Hits Sekotong West Lombok, One Resident Dies [Indonesia]…
“Floods were recorded submerging dozens of villages in several villages. In Buwun Mas Village, Kemanuk Village was submerged in water up to the knees, while Bengkang Village became the worst area with puddles reaching the chest of adults.”
“HISTORIC HEAT IN INDONESIA – extraordinary hot night in West Papua with a Minimum temperature of 28.5C [83.3F] at Biak, hottest night in history.
“The area has been with record heat for over 10 years, in some areas like the Molukkas zero colder than average months since early 2011!”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2011258007062257833
“‘Nothing Left’: Bushfires Tear Through Victoria’s Wine Regions.
“Bushfires in Australia’s state of Victoria have swept through multiple wine-producing areas, inflicting severe damage on local wineries. At one estate, flames destroyed not only the vineyard but also the owner’s family home, while a warehouse storing wine was also burned down.”
https://vino-joy.com/2026/01/15/nothing-left-bushfires-tear-through-victorias-wine-regions/amp/
“‘We’ve lost everything, you can see caravans floating away’: flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road.
“Hundreds of people have evacuated a major camping ground after a severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding at Wye River, closed a major scenic tourism road and washed cars out to sea.”
“As global warming melts glaciers, a novel sanctuary in Antarctica is opening to preserve ice samples.
“Scientists on Wednesday inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores, preserving the history of the Earth’s atmosphere in an Antarctic vault for future generations to study as global warming melts glaciers around the world.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scientists-earth-antarctica-rome-france-b2900389.html
“We experienced the warming of the Antarctic Peninsula…
“The Antarctic Peninsula continues to be one of the regions of the Earth most strongly affected by global warming. Along its west coast, temperatures are rising significantly faster than the global average. Measurement data show an increase of up to 0.45 degrees Celsius per decade; overall, the region has warmed by more than three degrees since the 1950s…”
https://polarjournal.net/we-experienced-the-warming-of-the-antarctic-peninsula/
“Javier Milei’s budget cuts criticized after Patagonia fires.
“In just eight days, nearly 15,000 hectares of land on southern Argentina have been destroyed by flames, including 12,000 in Chubut Province. Environmental advocacy groups have condemned drastic budget cuts to the Federal Fire Management System.”
“After 20 Years, A Deal to Protect Amazon Forests is Falling Apart.
“Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed on to a historic conservation deal known as the Amazon soy moratorium. The voluntary agreement prohibits members from buying soybeans grown on lands deforested after July, 2008.”
https://www.theenergymix.com/after-20-years-a-deal-to-protect-amazon-forests-is-falling-apart/
“Chaos in Tarapoto due to rains: Indeci activates alert in 17 regions due to risk of new flooding [Peru].
“The city of Tarapoto , in the San Martín region , experienced hours of tension once again after torrential rain fell during the afternoon and evening, causing flooding , overflowing ravines, and a sudden rise in the Cumbaza River , one of the main tributaries that crosses this area of the Peruvian Amazon.”
“A pretty unnerving stat:
“California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico just experienced their hottest December in recorded history.” [Colin McCarthy]
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/2011246438555230619
“Shark Attacks Reach Record-Breaking High in California.
“Shark attacks are extremely rare; however, following multiple encounters in Northern California, the Golden State hit record highs for shark incidents in 2025… And just two weeks into 2026, a surfer was attacked by a shark in Northern California.”~
https://www.surfer.com/news/shark-attacks-record-breaking-high-california
“Minimums in North Dakota and Canada. Some stations broke by 10/12F the record of warmest January night.
“Mins up to 53 in South Dakota TYPICAL OF JUNE. One of the most extreme events ever seen in North America. ND: 41 Beach B.Bowman, 39 Bismarck, Hattinger, Kilder, Mandam
38 Grand Forks.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2011138403451195552
“Record-heat to continue with highs in southern Alberta in the mid-teens Wednesday.
“A dominant ridge of high-pressure has been parked over the west – in part due to an anchoring trough situated over central Canada. This has allowed warmer air to funnel into communities as far north as Grande Prairie and as far east as Lloydminster this week.”
“A 3,000-year high: Alaska’s Arctic is entering a dangerous new fire era.
“For thousands of years, wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were rare. That changed sharply in the 20th century, when warming temperatures dried soils and fueled the spread of shrubs, setting the stage for intense fires. Peat cores and satellite data reveal that fire activity since the 1950s has reached record levels.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260114084119.htm
“Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires.
“Every single day in 2024, wildfires consumed more than 360 square kilometres of forest – an area larger than Malta. By the end of 2024, more than 134,000 square kilometres of forest had gone up in flames – an area greater than England.”
“Wildfires Transform Safe Soil Minerals Into Toxins…
“New research from the University of Oregon breaks down how chromium converts from a benign form in rocks and soil to a carcinogenic one in the presence of extreme heat during wildfires… The location of soil – a summit or valley, for instance – influenced what temperature caused the most conversion.”
https://www.miragenews.com/wildfires-transform-safe-soil-minerals-into-1602356/
“Climate Change May Be Making Pain Harder To Manage…
“Reporting from Inside Climate News connects these extremes to more frequent pain flares. It also warns that dehydration can worsen gout as regions get hotter and drier. Penn Medicine notes that rising heat and extreme weather stress can trigger headaches and migraines.”
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/climate-change-may-be-making-pain-harder-to-manage/
“Mosquitoes’ thirst for human blood has increased as biodiversity loss worsens.
“In an ecosystem that’s losing much of its biodiversity, mosquitoes might be shifting to a new food source. Researchers analyzed blood meals of mosquitoes captured in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and found most meals contained human blood.”
https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/01/15/mosquitoes-human-blood-biodiversity-loss
“Climate and nature crises still ‘biggest’ long-term global risks, despite growing threat of conflict…
“While risks related to climate and nature are low on the near-term radar, with experts notably less concerned about the risks of pollution and biodiversity loss than last year, there is a growing acknowledgement that long-term risks here are being baked in.“
“Breaking News! Code Yikes!
“The Earth energy data just came in from CERES for October, 2025, and guess what? Right. A new record low for the 36-month running average for Earth albedo, now down to 28.689%.
“The Climate 8-Ball says, “fewer clouds, less ice, more tequila.”” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2011594407880151092
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>>> An Antarctic vault for future generations to study as global warming melts glaciers around the world.
Wow, pure hopium IMO but I guess it’ll keep them busy, meh.
Flippr, it reminds a little of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, also destined to be an Ozymandian relic, I suspect.
That albedo curve is looking more exponential-ish with every new release, which would probably indicate the cloud-temperature feedback is becoming more dominant. That means ever accelerating temperature rise, with step ups bigger than 2024, so I’m moving forward my 2 and 3 degree threshold years to 2030 and 2043.
George, my website may feasibly still exist to report us having a year of sustained +2C temps in 2030. By 2043 it, and the infrastructure that enabled it, will almost certainly be inoperative.
Why Collapse is Inevitable, part 3 from Bill Reese:
https://reeswilliame.substack.com/p/why-collapse-is-inevitable-7bc
Thanks, Flippr. Bill is fascinating as ever. I share his hope that a better version of humanity can arise from the post-collapse ashes, but likewise agree it is highly unlikely.
Berman on the difference between the financial and material economies and how fast things are changing.
https://www.artberman.com/blog/the-race-to-the-bottom/
Isn’t industrial output the first of the limits to growth variables to peak and turn over in most, if not all, runs?
Thanks, Duke. That is a great essay by Art. He’s evolved impressively from oil analyst to systems thinker.
And, yes, George, I believe it was. Art’s piece made me wonder what the latest global manufacturing PMI data was:
“Global manufacturing output rose for a fifth successive month in December, according to PMI data sponsored by J.P. Morgan and compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, though the rate of growth was the weakest recorded over this period.
“The sluggish closing month of 2025 rounds off a second year of only marginal manufacturing production growth on average, albeit representing an improvement on the marginal declines recorded in 2022 and 2023.
“Since the strong expansion seen in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic upswing in demand for goods, the PMI has signalled a largely unchanged global production run on average, as some brief periods of upturns have been countered by downturns.”
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/global-manufacturing-pmi-data-hint-at-shifting-growth-jan26.html
Uggggghhhhh
El Niño is coming soon. It’s gonna hit us like a landslide made out of bricks. Couldn’t comment for most of yesterday. The cellular network crapped out. Everything just felt so eerie with no music cause there was no cell data. I had to wait until I got back home to listen to something.
Kord, my laptop is having a midlife crisis and has been arbitrarily cutting off sound to my speakers, so my office has also been subjected to periods of eerie quiet. Only a system reset fixes it, and that takes forever.
“Europe’s crop droughts to worsen despite rising rainfall, study shows.”
This is going to be a very, very big problem but no one in Europe is worrying about it (beyond declining profits for farmers, which is a minor issue in itself) because they believe they are feeding the (neo-colonized) world. This fantasy is accepted by all sides of the political discourse, and then they debate each other about the right way to conduct themselves within that fantasy scenario, i.e how much of their abundant (perhaps even infinite) grain surpluses they should be giving away for free.
On a reddit thread I saw recently someone posted a chart of top food exporters and the Netherlands came in second after the Brazil and the US, iirc. This was interpreted by almost everyone on that thread to mean that all those highly efficient Dutch greenhouses are putting out produce like it ain’t nothin! Only one commenter mentioned “most of that is probably re-exports and highly profitable local processing of imported raw food due to all the ports”. That comment had 2 likes and no replies.
Anyway, here’s the data on the actual, physical volume of imports vs domestic production for cereals, fruits and vegetables for the Netherlands: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FBS
In 2023 the Netherlands produced domestically as a percentage of imports – 7% of cereals, 105% of vegetables, 6% of fruits. These include both raw and processed commodities belonging to each food group. The UK is an even sadder picture, as I recall posting here before.
Jupiviv, agreed. The UK is very import-dependent. Growing food is getting structurally harder all over the world, though.
In the sort of future we are looking at, with trade and inputs seizing up, and global warming ramping up a gear due to a loss of industrial aerosols, only a few places even look reasonable bets for subsistence farming – highland tropics, Patagonia, Tasmania, parts of Canada… possibly.
Regarding the 105% of vegetables please note this is grown mainly in greenhouses using natural gas which was being produced in the Groningen gas field . This field was shut down in 2024 because it caused
seismic activity in the area . I don’t know the situation for 2025 . Vegetables grown are tomatoes , paprika ,cucumbers ,eggplant , a lot of potted herbs like peterselie , oregano , bieslook etc . Just for info .
George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” is a powerful essay detailing his experience as a police officer in colonial Burma, where he felt compelled by a local crowd to shoot a rogue elephant, despite his personal aversion, to avoid looking foolish and maintain imperial authority, becoming a metaphor for the dehumanizing nature of imperialism and the conflict between personal conscience and oppressive systems. The story highlights themes of power dynamics, identity, and moral compromise, as Orwell realizes he is merely a puppet of the system he serves, leading to the elephant’s prolonged, agonizing death, a painful reflection of imperialism’s destructive effects.
“In Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people – the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town, and in an aimless, petty kind of way anti-European feeling was very bitter. No one had the guts to raise a riot, but if a European woman went through the bazaars alone somebody would probably spit betel juice over her dress. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. When a nimble Burman tripped me up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter. This happened more than once. In the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves. The young Buddhist priests were the worst of all. There were several thousands of them in the town and none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans.”
To continue…
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/shooting-an-elephant/
A short one page read….poor elephant, doesn’t have a chance
Thank you, Vince. For some reason, articles involving the suffering of elephants upset me almost more than any other. I think I would take my chances with the angry crowd rather than shoot one.
Wild speculation or eventual truth?
As I was packing up some clothes to donate, I started musing on where the silver market might be in 5 or ten years [or even sooner?] after reading this link yesterday evening:
https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2026-01-13/cme-launch-cash-settled-100-ounce-silver-futures-targeting-retail-investors
Since this futures market is aimed at the small retail investor & it is purposely designed to NOT allow physical delivery: will this truly aid in eventual spot price discovery [which is delivery!] or will it essentially widen & bifurcate the pricing gap between the future price and delivery price?
Will these pointless bets [in actuality time independent!] using only fiat currency & settled in fiat currency actually reduce individual physical ownership resulting in more silver available for industrial use? It that the actual goal of this new futures market?
From the article above:
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The premium in spot indicates that investors are willing to pay more for immediate delivery than to wait three months for it.
Analysts have said that the silver supply chain remains extremely fragile, as record industrial demand in the last five years has depleted above-ground stocks. Industrial players are now competing with investment demand for physical supply.
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ME: Silver has historically been the poor, common man’s gold. But if industrial demand for silver continues to grow–> extremely powerful political forces may move to limit the poor man/woman’s access to owning silver.
Recall the Presidential Decree: Executive Order 6102 in 1933
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
“…forbidding “the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States”.
“…At the time and in the years that followed, this policy was highly controversial[1] and faced criticism from those who asserted it was “completely immoral” and “a flagrant violation of the solemn promises made in the Gold Standard Act of 1900” and promises made to purchasers of Liberty and Victory Loans during World War I.[2][3] The critics also claimed this executive order would lead to an inflation of supply of credit and currency, which would cause a fraudulent economic boom which would inevitably bust and result in a depression.[4]
In 1934, the Gold Reserve Act was passed, changing the statutory gold content of the U.S. Dollar from $20.67 to $35 an ounce. This effectively devalued the dollar, reducing the amount of gold required to back U.S. Currency and enabling the Federal Reserve to expand the money supply.[5]
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So, Ponder This Hypothesis: will another Executive Order forbid future silver ownership and require citizens to turn in what silver they already have for some fixed price/oz? This would open a large supply that could be used for the recently asserted “critical mineral” silver market in the US as Trump wants US-onshoring of industry again. Recall that silver is also used in the defense [Pete Hegseth says War!] industry.
China recently tightened export controls on their silver as they already have a near death-grip on refining silver [along with nearly all other critical Elements]. This helps protect their supply chain to Chinese industry but starts the strangulation of other countries supply chains.
As mineral depletion further kicks in & EROEI heads south & Diesel Supply declines: it will become even more important to the rich & powerful to keep their lavish lifestyles at the expense of the teeming hordes of the desperate lower caste [99%, then 99.9%, then 99.99%…].
I have read [but forget where] that when silver hits $134/oz then copper substitution will begin in solar panels, but it may take ten years or more to switch this huge industry over. 10 years is approx. half the usable lifetime of a panel so potentially a huge amount of the installed solar base may go bad before replacement panels AT SCALE are available to refill the power gap.
Electricity prices are already rising quickly, but silver is rising faster: the poor man is soon going to find he cannot afford the ‘juice’ and the shiny metal simultaneously. Even for US citizens struggling to make mortgage or rent payments: gold is already at nosebleed pricing levels. They are effectively priced out of ownership, and silver is soon joining gold if it continues its parabolic rise!
The rich & powerful in Industry & the military & the politically connected are NOT going to be without the solar and EV luxuries & essential weaponry that silver can provide. Basically, screw the ‘useless eaters’.
Do you want physical silver even more Now? Or is rapidly depreciating fiat money better spent on seeds, fertilizer, a propane tank, ammo, a plow horse, hatchet & axe, etc?
Will the Power of Silver rival the Power of Gold?
“…Something about the song that disturbs you…”
Wild speculation or eventual truth?
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Bob, that is a very interesting hypothesis. Nothing would surprise me… Governments have certainly requisitioned or rationed strategic metals in wartime, and this is quasi-wartime.
Hello Pan,
And just like clockwork:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-lawmakers-introduce-bill-create-25-billion-critical-minerals-stockpile-2026-01-15/
The bill would create a Strategic Resilience Reserve with a seven-person board, modeled on the Federal Reserve’s governance structure, which would oversee the fund.
US lawmakers introduce bill to create $2.5 billion critical-minerals stockpile
…Members, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, would be tasked with buying minerals considered critical by U.S. agencies and stockpiling them at warehouses across the country….
…Minerals could be sold for private-industry or defense purposes. Any profit would be used to buy more minerals and keep the stockpile active in perpetuity….
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[ME:] Sounds like 1933 may possibly rhyme with 2033, or even earlier?
Consider this: If I was an inhabitant of Greenland, I would not want fiat Greenbacks in trade for this island, but maybe Real Value Silver might be real enticing for a real estate deal.
What other countries might ask their patriotic citizens to cough up their silver for the greater good of their Fatherland?
Thanks, Bob. One for the economic thread…
https://www.science.org/content/article/fish-low-doses-common-pesticide-speed-aging-and-death
Tons of problems. Low dose pesticides speed aging and death
Heather, that is alarming. Neonicotinoids, which kill insects indiscriminately, are also still used in much of the world, including the US.
“Neonics work by permanently binding to insects’ nerves, overstimulating and destroying them.
“Exposed insects often exhibit uncontrollable shaking and twitching, followed by paralysis and, eventually, death. Even at nonlethal doses, neonics can weaken critical functions, such as an insect’s immune system, navigation, stamina, memory, and fertility.”
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/neonicotinoids-101-effects-humans-and-bees
NTHE will give this species terminal lucidity, ‘a surge of clarity and energy in a person who is dying’. They might realize what their egos have done when it’s too late.