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Peak Oil Tipping Point: A New Era in Global Energy
Rationally predicted based on current trends.
Renewable Energy
The big picture is simple: energy is energy. Right now, largely because of the incentives and excesses within big business, we are hooked on oil. But addictions are not destinies. We don’t have to stay here. For more than a century, our reliance on oil has increased year after year. Still, trends don’t run forever. A tipping point is approaching. Sometime near the end of this decade, around 2029, we are likely to see the first sustained decline in oil use, marking the moment when alternative energy begin to take the lead.
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Power is the ability to carry out one’s will despite resistance.
- Max Weber
- 1922, posthumously, edited by Marianne Weber
Authority
Primarily 1910–1914 (unfinished manuscript)
By distinguishing power from authority, Weber showed that modern systems govern through legitimacy rather than force. When legitimacy is no longer anchored to truth and accountability, authority does not disappear: it hardens into authoritarianism.
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How did Copernicus show both the power and limits of models?
Scientific Modeling
Copernicus teaches us that replacing one model with a better one is not an admission of past foolishness, but a sign of intellectual growth. The power of a model lies in its explanatory strength; its limit lies in the fact that it is still a representation.
Politics
A Science-First Worldview
Evidence before ideology. Curiosity over certainty.
I approach politics and culture the same way I approach science and philosophy: follow the evidence, question assumptions, and revise conclusions when better information appears. No team jerseys—just a commitment to reality, human dignity, and long-term thinking. Yes, I identify as a democrat, but that’s only because Republicans deny science which is the core of my worldview. –Michael Alan Prestwood
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No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
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MAGA
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Wishing climate change away does not change the evidence—desire is not a substitute for reality.
Sat 16 Feb 2019
(7 years ago)
Updated 1 month ago.
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No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Checks & Balances
Recent protests reflect the timeless struggle to limit power and oppression using checks and balances.
Sat 11 Oct 2025
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(6 years ago)
Updated 3 months ago.