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Quote Of The Year. And The Next. And The One After
Quote Of The Year. And The Next. And The One After I very rarely read back any of the essays I write. But maybe that’s not always a good thing. Especially when they deal with larger underlying issues beneath the problems we find ourselves in, why these problems exist in the first place, and what […]
Overview of Our Energy Modeling Problem
Overview of Our Energy Modeling Problem We live in a world with limits, yet our economy needs growth. How can we expect this scenario to play out? My view is that this problem will play out as a fairly near-term financial problem, with low oil prices leading to a fall in oil production. But not everyone […]
Putting the Real Story of Energy and the Economy Together
Putting the Real Story of Energy and the Economy Together What is the real story of energy and the economy? We hear two predominant energy stories. One is the story economists tell: The economy can grow forever; energy shortages will have no impact on the economy. We can simply substitute other forms of energy, or do […]
Review of Collision Course (Endless Growth on a Finite Planet)
Review of Collision Course (Endless Growth on a Finite Planet) Kerryn Higgs, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2014 This informative book is about the rise of economic growth to the status of the number one goal of nations; the short-lived challenge to that dogma from the book The Limits to Growth (1972); the solidity of the Limits position as confirmed by […]
What we can still learn from “Star Trek”: a saga of harmony in diversity.
What we can still learn from “Star Trek”: a saga of harmony in diversity. The death of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who impersonated Mr. Spock in the original TV series “Star Trek” has ended an age. Star Trek was a true 20th century saga, a way of seeing the world. To some of us, it may look […]
Peak Oil: What Does Any Of This Mean? – Peak Oil Matters
Peak Oil: What Does Any Of This Mean? – Peak Oil Matters. Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize (for his book The Quest) has earned him a fair amount of street cred, judging by how often his opinions are solicited on the state of fossil fuel supply and production. I haven’t read the book, but I’d be lying if I […]
Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it | Ensia
Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it | Ensia. December 3, 2014 — Limits to growth are a fundamental and widely accepted principle of sustainability. You might even call them the first law of sustainability. Nevertheless, as ecological economist Richard Norgaard first noted, limits make a terrible metaphor for sustainability. They don’t inspire […]
What Is the Carbon Limit? That Depends Who You Ask by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360
What Is the Carbon Limit? That Depends Who You Ask by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360. How much carbon can we safely emit into the atmosphere without the planet suffering dangerous climate change? It would be good to know. The world’s governments have agreed that “dangerous” should mean any warming above two degrees Celsius. And […]
How to Shrink the Economy without Crashing It: A Ten-Point Plan Post Carbon Institute
How to Shrink the Economy without Crashing It: A Ten-Point Plan Post Carbon Institute. The human economy is currently too big to be sustainable. We know this because Global Footprint Network, which methodically tracks the relevant data, informs us that humanity is now using 1.5 Earths’ worth of resources. We can temporarily use resources faster than […]
The Krugman Function Part 2–Whole System Thinking – Transition Milwaukee
The Krugman Function Part 2–Whole System Thinking – Transition Milwaukee. Whole System Thinking Anyone who has spent much time thinking about ecology, peak oil and the economy, or global carbon emissions with any degree of complexity understands the importance of whole-system thinking. Whole-system thinking reminds us that our economy cannot be intelligently assessed without an […]
