John Michael Greer has embarked on a series revisiting his earliest energy predictions, and the results are spicy, to say the least. It is an interesting exercise, with plenty of topics affected by energy also being considered, and reconsidered.
This is the original post from 2006. Truth be told, I came on board around this time, thanks for Jim Kunstler and the Peak Oil Doomer circles I was obsessed with then.
Jim has gone off the reservation with Biden Derangement Syndrome. I still have a lot of love for his elderly white man yelling at the clouds persona.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/pinot-noir-california-wine-sales-decline.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA.vik2.88JwPnctFR9H&smid=url-share
"Owners of bars and bottle shops in California said that younger consumers have increasingly asked about nonalcoholic options, and speculated that winemakers had lost some business because of the popularity of cannabis. Customers who wanted wine, they said, tended to look for chilled reds, orange wines and white wines that felt unfussy."
Soumya Karlamangla is a Times reporter who covers California. She is based in the Bay Area.
