California Author Warns Against ‘Immoderate Greatness’
Author William Ophuls is a California native and former U.S. Foreign Service officer who also taught political science at Northwestern University. Through... Read More
An Overpopulation Library
A housing downsize forced me (and someday, perhaps, you) to accept the need to limit and thin my library. I arbitrarily allocated... Read More
Ignoring the ‘elephant in the room’ Environmentalists eschew population impacts
Overpopulation is the proverbial elephant in the room that climate activists and big environmental groups have managed to dodge for decades. For... Read More
A Tribute to Prof. Al Bartlett
"Can you think of any problem in any area of human endeavor on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-term solution... Read More
Renewable Energy Is No Silver Bullet
It is an article of faith among mainstream environmental groups and Chief Pontificator Al Gore that renewable energy sources like wind and... Read More
Earth in Overshoot
Recently the Global Footprint Network in Oakland, Calif., announced that August 20 was Earth Overshoot Day 2013. That is, for this calendar... Read More
Violating Nature’s Thresholds Cannot Continue
Starting in the 19th century, humanity crossed over numerous thresholds into unfamiliar territory with an unknown outcome. The steam engine started the... Read More
Endangered: California Living
A crowded classroom in which your child is not getting the attention he needs. A dustbowl in Central Valley where there once... Read More
More People → More Energy Use → More Water Use → Energy vs. Water
The California and U.S. populations are bursting at the seams and so is their insatiable hunger for energy. Because vested interests block... Read More
California’s Toilet-to-Tap Water Future – 'Soylent Green' or Clean?
“Soylent Green is people!” cried Charlton Heston’s character – detective Robert Thorn – in the memorable closing scene of the 1973 sci-fi... Read More