remember “peak oil”? . . . ah,
it was a happier, simpler time. but goldman-sachs sez we may be there, as the “global energy-related-carbon-e- missions” curve flattens . . . meanwhile more fires circle chernobyl, w/ kiev choking in smoke; aukland in “1000-yr drought”?: hasn’t happened yet thanks to coronavirus lockdown; the parana r. is 5x > norm @ rosario, argentina: dredgers race dryness; autumn in brisbane: temps should be dipping; but not a chance: 93 f friday; sugar prices ↑ as thailand water levels ↓ (that’s really how it works: it’s as simple as all that); driest spring in 60 yrs in italy & france + locked-down field workers; while droughty calif., fla., s. texas = produce ↓ + supply chain disruptions in plains (read upside-down trucks): most snow ever in april in neb., iowa, colo. (9-13”), all of which means food prices ↑ e. congo flood toll: 25 dead, 45 injured 3500 homes destroyed 1k families (10k people) dis- placed; bridges sluiced away, preventing aid shipments; flash floods in w. kenya uproot trees & houses & police station, all into the drink; meanwhile the clowns protesting lockdown want to get us rolling again, get us spewing again, get that curve curving again, making america again, moving fast
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I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |