Climate Change 2019 – Science vs Prop...
Both the United Nations and the U.S. government recently released reports about climate change trends and their...
Securing the Supply Chain of Strategi...
Recently, the U.S. Government classified 23 “mineral commodity groups” as critical based on the assessed...
California Wages Environmental War Ag...
As we explained in the May 2018 issue of Trends, the United States is now engaged in a de facto “civil war”...
Environmentalism Jumps the Shark
Now, increasingly deprived of the coercive power of government, the most strident advocates of the apocalyptic...
The New Green Revolution
published on: Jul 15, 2016
By far the biggest medium-term opportunity for AI, ubiquitous computing, and robotics to transform our lives and economy is the driverless...
The Climate-Industrial Complex Enters a New E...
published on: Jan 23, 2016
Low energy prices, a lack of technological game-changers, and a shift in the political climate are about to put the $15 trillion climate-industrial...
The Truth About a High-Carbon World
published on: Dec 19, 2015
In prior issues, the Trends editors have quantified the miniscule nature of the adverse impact of global warming over the next century and compared...
Challenging the Green Tyranny
published on: Sep 20, 2015
Even as the global economy embraces the opportunities created by the Deployment Phase of the Digital Techno-Economic Revolution, growth is staggering...
Dry California Whine
published on: Jun 23, 2015
California is suffering from another year of drought, which appears to be getting worse. It's affecting consumers, agriculture, and industry. How did...
Wizards, Prophets, and Other Wall Street Fair...
published on: Jun 23, 2015
Is your email overflowing with urgent messages from "get-rich-quick wizards" or "prophets of doom"? It's amazing how many otherwise-smart people are...
Diamond Becomes the New Material of Choice
published on: Jan 17, 2015
For centuries, diamonds have been valued for ornamentation, as well as use in manufacturing applications where their hardness enables them to easily...
It’s a Big Fracking Deal
published on: Nov 17, 2014
Because of the enormous transformational implications built into the economics of the North American Energy Revolution, its promoters and opponents...
Linking Weather Events and Climate Change
published on: Jun 11, 2014
Twenty years ago, the Trends editors predicted that the economic case for the “climate change crisis” and related solutions championed by...
The Green Implosion
published on: Mar 22, 2014
Two of the biggest stories of the current decade are actually flip sides of the same story. On side one is the accelerating North American Energy...
Turning Environmental Trash Into Treasure
published on: Sep 11, 2013
In rough times like we've experienced since 2000, and especially since 2008, many want to say, "The system is not fair." That feeling is at the heart...
Managing the Global Water Crisis
published on: Apr 12, 2013
For over a decade, the Trends editors have been watching the global water crisis unfold. The supply-demand situation has been deteriorating in many...
Adapting to Climate Change, While Unleashing ...
published on: Apr 12, 2013
What do we know, rather than believe, about the state of climate change as of 2013? What trends are most likely to impact climate change and our...
Techno-Phobes and Famine Fanatics
published on: Dec 6, 2012
At least since the days of Thomas Malthus, a steady chorus of opinion-makers has routinely put forward the case that the world will soon face...
Fishing for Answers to World Hunger
published on: Sep 1, 2012
Since the dawn of civilization, lakes, rivers, and oceans have been a major source of food for human beings. However, in recent years, it has become...
Harvesting Arctic Resources
published on: Jun 1, 2012
Regardless of its proximate cause, it’s increasingly clear that the Earth’s climate is warming. The primary debate has been over the...
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