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The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics
The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, ‘we have to come up with a different plan.’ Cobalt mining in Congo, says journalist Siddharth Kara, ‘drags humanity back to a time when the people of Africa were valued only their replacement cost.’ Photo via Harvard Kennedy School. “Sometime during […]
#246: The Surplus Energy Economy, part 1
#246: The Surplus Energy Economy, part 1 FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES Introduction We have reached a turning-point at which economics and the economy have parted company. Orthodox economics continues to promise growth in perpetuity, but the economy itself is going in the opposite direction. The explanation for this is simple. Conventional economics assumes that the economy is […]
Professional Managers Are Driving Us Off the Cliff
Professional Managers Are Driving Us Off the Cliff “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” ― Antonio Gramsci We live through transitional times. Transition from an era of growth to economic contraction. From a stable climate to something utterly different and chaotic. From […]
Claims Of A Lower CPI Cannot Inflate Away Reality
Claims Of A Lower CPI Cannot Inflate Away Reality Yes, we have a problem, and claims of a lower CPI cannot inflate away the reality that inflation hurts consumers. To start with consider the argument inflation is much higher than the government reports. That said, Jay Powell is most likely very serious about ending the […]
Our Obsession With Economic Growth is Deadly
Our Obsession With Economic Growth is Deadly
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem As the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, the economic models they use include energy as a small part of the overall picture. Is that model flawed? Jed Dorsheimer, head of Group Head of Energy & Sustainability at William Blair and former advisor on […]
The Pursuit of Growth is a Disaster For Our Country and Our Planet
The Pursuit of Growth is a Disaster For Our Country and Our Planet
Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005
Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005 Back in 2005, the world economy was “humming along.” World growth in energy consumption per capita was rising at 2.3% per year in the 2001 to 2005 period. China had been added to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, ramping up its […]
8 Billion Souls
8 Billion Souls By the time you read this, the counter above will have probably hit 8 billion (1). Screenshot from World Population Clock World population is projected to reach a new milestone — 8 billion people — tomorrow on November 15, 2022. According to United Nations Population Fund chief Natalia Kanem: “Eight billion people, it is a […]
Overnight Degrowth
Overnight Degrowth The Degrowth movement is gaining momentum. You’ve probably read articles about it and thought “Yeah, that makes sense, but it’ll never happen”. And today, you’d be right. Any government that tried to introduce it would soon become like the parrot, an ex-government. However, we all know that infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. Perhaps you’ve […]
The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth
The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth The country has 507 people per sq km, nearly five times the EU average, while liveable land is shrinking due to climate change © Harry Haysom The other morning I cycled around the Dutch town where I grew up. Behind our old […]
Richard Heinberg: Limits and prospects for human survival
Richard Heinberg: Limits and prospects for human survival
Death by Hockey Sticks
Death by Hockey Sticks Courtesy Pixabay (PhotoMIX-Company) You may be familiar with the term “hockey stick curve,” used describe a trend that has been flat/stable for a very long time, but shoots up at the end of the series in dramatic fashion, resembling the shape of a hockey stick. Hockey can be a violent sport, […]
James Howard Kunstler: It’s All Going to Have to Get Smaller
James Howard Kunstler: It’s All Going to Have to Get Smaller “I’m not a techno-narcissist. I don’t think there are technological rescue remedies that will allow us to keep doing what we’re doing…”— James Howard Kunstler There is a prevailing fallacy, despite warning signs to the contrary (looming peak oil, fragile markets, and climate weirdness, […]
