The 11th hour

In the movie the 11th hour it describes how two important systems on earth that intertwine is the human society and nature. These two systems connect because the human system needs nature and it is the place we live on in order to survive. This causes a problem since the human population has been destroying the home a planet on which they live on. This fact is the one of few facts that most scientist agree on. In the movie it also describes how the collapse will largely affect our planet's ecosystem. For example when the world heats up to 6 degrees the world will basically destroy all life on earth because of the heat. This would cause for more species to become extinct unless we can find a way to protect ourselves our find another alternative energy source.
The scientists all agree that with the collapse with the world it will ultimately affect every living thing on the earth. When the world keeps heating up there will be more natural disasters which cause more deaths. The Scientists also described the rise in Carbon level and that its increase causes for heat to be trapped on earth. This will therefore cause for competition in everyone trying to get the most natural resources they can and the race to get to places least affected by this collapse. But it won't even matter if we continue on the path that we are on now when the world temperature goes up 6 degrees everything will be destroyed. This will happen because according to scientists "95% of species went extinct the last time the world heated up".

The Revenge of Gaia

In "The Revenge of Gaia" by James Lovelock he states how the human population has destroyed the earth. He describes how the human population's constant need to burn fossil fuels is destroying the world and causing it to heat up. This ultimately will cause the world to be so hot that no living thing can live on this earth. When this ultimately happens the human population will become extinct as well as other species. He also states the term 'Sustainable Development' and quote IGBP scientist Gisbert Glaser and says that we need to balance "the three pillars of social wellbeing,economic prosperity, and environmental protection"(lovelock 3)for our future. I feel that we have failed in this definition because, in these three pillars we are failing and are causing the collapse.
Lovelock also describes the human population as tribal carnivores due to our constant need to consume and waste resources. He also doesn't state this as all bad since it can unite the population to work together. He also describes wind power as useless since it uses too much energy. He suggests that we use nuclear power since it produces power and causes less chemical problems. He also disregards the fact that with nuclear power we can get cancer from it. He states how we will gain cancer sooner or later from the emission we ourselves released in the air. He suggests that we use this until we can actively use fusion power. He states for practical renewable energy schemes it will only provide energy for 5-10 percent of the population which is not nearly enough for everybody.

What We know About Climate Change

The most important passage to me in "What We know About Climate Change" by Kerry Emanuel is on pg.59 when Emanuel was discussing how scientist created a science channel to relay information to the public. Emanuel States "Climate Scientist have developed a way forward that helps them to compare notes and test another's ideas and also creates a valuable communication channel. Called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change"(Emanuel 59).This shows how the findings of climate scientists are now open to the public. The public now knows more about climate change and global warming because of the facts and studies from different scientists and their viewpoints.
This passage was brought to my attention being that the public were only given pieces of information and now they have access to more of that information. But this passage did raise a lot of questions for me. For example will this information only be conveyed to United States Citizens? Would it be open to anyone in the world who wanted the opportunity? Would it be in different languages for those who don't understand English? I also wanted to know whether these scientific finding will be broken down into simpler terms so everyone will have the opportunity to understand. I feel that if you have an informative show than anyone should be able to understand it because then it wouldn’t really have any importance towards the public. In the way the reports on this channel is organized and worded it looks like you would have to know about their topic's background previously before you can fully understand.

A hole in the world

In the article "New Energy in DC" by Naomi Klein they discuss the need to discover cleaner energy. It also discusses the cause of this sudden realization is the BP oil spill which put tens of thousands of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Klein also describes how President Obama fought with the BP organizations to pay $20 billion dollars to those who suffered in the oil spill. The article also describes how peak oil which is imminent is coming soon or has already arrived.
In the article "A Disaster That could change everything" it discussed that President Obama's attention is more to making the adults happy since they are the voters. It also discusses how the white house was low balling which means offering a price for less than it's worth with the BP company. The wealthy people are basically those who gave Obama money for his campaign and control the government. The article also discusses an incident in 1984 where thousands of people in Bhopal were killed by a toxic cloud. Even though there were many deaths the company didn't really get into steep trouble, they only had to pay a SMALL FINE.
In the article "A Hole in the World" by Naomi Klein It describes how BP had a conference with those whose oil spill affected their livelihood. BP tried to explain that everything was supposed to be safe and that they were going to fix everything. But since the oil got into the marshes which is space in the sea where the fish lives it can't be removed. This would therefore cause problems with their catch to make money. So this ultimately caused them to distrust the BP Corporation.

The Party's Over "Energy, Nature, And Society"

In the chapter "Energy, Nature, And Society" from the Party's over by Richard Heinburg he discusses that we have only discovered temporal energy (ex.coal, oil, natural gas, etc.) a form of energy that will soon run out. Heinburg describes the first and second law of thermodynamics which is that energy cannot be created or destroyed only transformed or transferred to somewhere else. He also stated that when energy is transferred, some of it breaks up. Heinburg also discusses that the earth is a closed system which he states “they exchange energy with their environment, but not matter"(Heinburg 11). The earth relieves energy from the sun and the energy goes back into space without the exchange of matter.
Heinburg also discusses the circle of life through the ecosystem where there is a balance. Each animal makes sure their species doesn't overpopulate as well as make sure they don't go extinct (ex. Hawks eat mice).Heinburg also explains that the human population is likely to overpopulate since there isn't really a limited barrier to keep the human population under control. This will create more competition for resources.
Heinburg also discusses how the discovery of fire helped to advance the human civilization. For example they found ways to cook better and to create new medicines. They also began to discover new tools to hunt more. They were able to create the design to make them more equip for anything to keep their population under control and to create more growth. He also discusses the things we do to collect energy which is"takeover, tool use, specialization, scope enlargement, and drawdown". This is used to build stronger civilizations and gain more power through time.

The Long emergency and the Maya Collapse

In the chapter "Sleepwalking into the Future" from The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler it discusses the realization and effects the collapse will have on the human population.The chapter begins with a vision of the future showing that the loss of fossil fuels will lead to a catalyst of events. For example there will be overpopulation and therefore more competition,no more energy(except if an alternate source is discovered),and the possible extinction of many races. Kunstler also discuses the need to look for a new way of economical income and start shipping things ang growing food more closer to home.
In the chapter "The Maya collapses" from the collapse by Jared diamond he discusses how the once great Maya civilization was destroyed. He disucesses how climatoligists and pagatherers would study the mayan culture and report it to others.Jared discusses the Mayans use of corn was limited due to harsh conditions of the land.It also explains how they started to use the potatos the Europeans bought to the Mayans. Jared also describes the way that the small kingdoms within the Mayans were at war with each other and that this war destroyed most of their agriculture. the Mayans collapsed due to weak leadership and the constant warring between the kingdoms.
These two text are simmilar in that they both describe a collapse. They both show what happens when there is competition within a nation. They also show how the lack of resources and confusing leadership can destroy a society.

The Crisis of Profligacy

In "The Crisis of Profligacy" from the novel "The Limits to Power" the Author Andrew J Bacevich discusses the need for America and other countries to gain power. In his novel he discusses how peace leads to money coming into the states. He describes how after World War II people were breaking down barriers. He also describes the shrinking gap between higher and second class citizens. He also describes that during the 1960's different groups started to gain more rights such as women, African Americans, the gays etc. Andrew describes that during the 1970's the United States suffered an oil shock in which they were left without oil. This caused for many prices to go up. In the time of 1979 President Carter was supposed to give a speech to the American people them of his plan to stop the economic crisis. If he succeeded in solving the American’s problem he would be re-elected for the presidency. President Carter created a new speech which didn't speak about a solution to the economic problem. But it instead spoke about the American people's need to constantly buy things in which he wasn't elected again. In the novel Bacevich speaks about the power of conservation. He speaks about the need to find a way to conserve energy. He also describes the government's need to discover oil and maintain their power. Bacevich speaks about the power of expansionism and the way that this can help them gain more power and wealth.

Blogs and key words on Michael C.Ruppert

In the movie "collapse" Michael C. Ruppert believes that during the past and present times the government officials have been seen as corrupt. When he was younger the CIA which is said to be the most efficient, protective force sworn to protect the U.S. approached him to smuggle drugs with them. The Peak oil is when oil production is on top of the peak where the human population has already used half of the oil supply.He also describes the green zone which is where the U.S built a permanent military base in Iraq.He describes peak oil as as a fenite resource and if we don't find another energy source we might become extinct as a population.
Michael C.Ruppert also describes the energy crisis during the 70's. When people were looking to conserve energy and find a way to produce more of it. Michael also thought ethanol which is it takes more energy to make ethanol than to burn it was stupid. He also spoke of the collapse which described the complete stop of everything such as no shipping airplanes, no police, etc.Michael C. Ruppert doesn't think that he has to save anyone. He feels that you just have to survival of the fittest to survive. He believes that it is too late for us to prevent anything. He feels that we should just do what we can with what we have now. I don't know. Maybe with this new generation we can be saved.
Collapse,2009
Chris Smith Director
Interview
Michael C. Ruppert
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Overshoot Blog

In the reading Overshoot the author discusses that overshoot means to “go beyond limits accidently-without intention". The author explained three causes of overshoot would be "growth, acceleration, and Rapid change". Overshoot can be destructive such for example overpopulation can lead to hunger, poverty, etc. But it can also be unimportant that it has no lasting effects. The human population doesn’t see growth as bad but as progress towards something better. The author believes the government sees growth as a way to solve any problem. The article also describes paradigm (the worldview) which is when people view reality the way that they personally want to see it.
The author also discusses ways that the human population can prevent pollution and preserve natural resources but, suggests there should be more that society could do to preserve earth. The author also describes a sustainable world in which there is no poverty and everyone lives stable with a home, food and basic necessities. The author believes that we can't gain this stability based on our need to constantly grow.
On pg. 10 the author discusses the lack of urgency for the human population to reduce sources and sinks because the human population feels the problem is not immediate. The author believes this is a big problem and the human race should respond to it immidiatly.The sources and sinks keeps the balance between natural resources and the waste those resources produce. The sources and sinks problem is that we use natural resources but those sources create waste and pollution. I agree with this because I feel that since there are no immediate dire consequences the human population isn’t rushing to do anything. There is also no immediate gratification for them to gain.