by Daniel Brouse Humans are part of nature. Yet much of modern society has become fundamentally out of balance with the natural world that sustains us. The energy imbalance is the cause of climate change. Human activity has disrupted the Earth’s natural energy balance, creating an accelerating accumulation and redistribution of energy throughout the climate […]
Category Archives: Religion
Humanity’s Greatest Threat Is Humanity
Cognitive Ability, Christian Nationalism, and Climate Change Denial
Simplified Introduction Cognitive Ability, Christian Nationalism & Climate Change Denial A new 2026 study by sociologist S. L. Perry finds a significant negative association between verbal cognitive ability and Christian nationalist beliefs in the United States. That finding raises an important question: What does cognition have to do with climate change denial? Climate science is […]
The Future of Humanity: +4°-7°C
by Daniel Brouse Introdution 🌎 THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY +4°C → +7°C: From Civilization Crisis to Human Survival Crisis What happens to humanity if Earth doesn’t stop at +2°C or +3°C—but eventually reaches +4°C and then +7°C? There is no scientifically established population number for a +7°C Earth. But the physical constraints are becoming increasingly […]
From Climate Denial to Climate Authoritarianism: Fossil Fascism, Ecofascism, and Petro-Masculinity
by Daniel Brouse Introdution 🌎 FROM CLIMATE DENIAL TO CLIMATE AUTHORITARIANISM Climate politics is evolving. As outright denial becomes harder to sustain, the narrative can shift from: “Climate change isn’t happening.”→ “Fixing it will cost too much.”→ “Blame the outsiders.”→ “Protect our resources.” This article examines four related concepts: 🔹 Climate denial & climate delay🔹 […]
Tropospheric Ozone = #1 Climate Gas
Known Ozone: The Climate Change Agent That Damages the Carbon Sink By Daniel Brouse Tropospheric ozone is a powerful greenhouse gas. Ozone (O₃) is one of the most important individual greenhouse gases contributing to global warming, ranking behind carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) in terms of its direct contribution to human-caused warming. But ozone […]
Money Moves People: Why Demand Destruction May Be the Fastest Path Beyond Fossil Fuels
by Daniel Brouse 2026: The New Economic Reality Money moves people. The climate costs of fossil-fuel dependence are increasingly outweighing its benefits—not in some distant future, but here and now. We are moving beyond arguments about what climate change might cost decades from today. Across the Western world, climate impacts are already imposing costs of […]
Integrated Climate Stewardship: The Fossil Fuel Question and Answer
Question: I use phasing out in a way that means completely ending the use and production of fossil fuels down to zero. Phasing down means a gradual reduction or scaling back in FF use over time without specifying a complete stop. Would add or alter that in any way? How would you define differntiate ‘transition […]
Science Is Science: Confronting Denialism and Ecofascism
About Denialism and Ecofascism: Science Is Science The ObservationGlad to know you’re watching out! At the same time, this divisiveness—when we desperately need everyone to pull together because it’s a CRISIS, right?—makes me somehow deeply sad. That’s a big job right there… How do we reach those who seem furthest away from any kind of […]
The Two Sides of the Climate Crisis: Consumption and Production
by Daniel Brouse Climate change is often discussed as a problem of emissions, but emissions are the result of two interconnected forces: consumption and production. Q: What are the greatest drivers of climate change?A: Consumption and production. At present, I would rank our addiction to consumption and ecofascism as the two most significant drivers of […]
State Your Climate State
Estimated Consumption-Based Climate Footprint (tCO₂e per person per year) Rank State Estimated Footprint Primary Drivers 1 Wyoming 28–31 Large homes, long travel distances, fossil-fuel lifestyle 2 Alaska 27–30 Heating, aviation, imported goods 3 North Dakota 25–28 Energy-intensive lifestyle, heating 4 Texas 24–27 Large homes, automobiles, air conditioning 5 Louisiana 23–26 Cooling demand, transportation 6 Oklahoma […]