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Methane belching from the permafrost, the deep and shallow seas, hydrates and clathrates, tropical wetlands.. as well as the millions of wells.

— Michael Dowd Hopium Dealers Hall of Fame (2022)

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I dedicate this book to the glory of God.

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The history of more than 80 previous boom and bust societies... reveals how and why Homo colossus is destined for near-term extinction.

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Denial gets a bad wrap, because denial is instinctual.

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Denial is also the instinctual impulse to reject or discount information that calls into question our hopes, assumptions, or expectations about the future.

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Homo colossus is Willam Catton's term for "industrial" humanity. That's where each of us uses 20-50 times the resources, and exudes 20-50 times the waste as Homo sapiens.

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