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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXV–Decoupling Energy Use From Growth: More Bargaining

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXV November 9, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico. (1986) Photo by author. Decoupling Energy Use From Growth: More Bargaining Today’s short piece is a comment I shared on an article by Nathan Surendran that highlights a debunking of the idea that energy can be decoupled from growth and thus reduce carbon […]

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The decoupling canard won’t die…

The decoupling canard won’t die… aka, ‘Green Growth is an oxymoron’! I keep coming across people contending that decoupling will allow continued economic expansion, whilst reducing emissions. I put together this summary of rebuttals: This is a great starting observation from Tim Morgan at Surplus energy economics: “At the same time, we should dismiss the […]

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Decoupling is dead! Long live degrowth!

Decoupling is dead! Long live degrowth! If making the degrowth case was like baking a cake, disproving the plausibility of green growth would be the equivalent of turning the oven on. Decoupling is only “a myth” or “a fantasy,” some would say, a notorious fallacy that requires as much attention as the confabulations of Flat […]

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Defending degrowth at ecomodernism’s home

Defending degrowth at ecomodernism’s home In June, I was invited to speak at the eight annual Breakthrough Dialogue, an annual invite-only conference where accomplished thinkers debate how to achieve prosperity for humans and nature. The Breakthrough Institute, anecomodernist think-tank, welcomed my presence as a provocateur. I was to participate in a panel called “Decoupling vs. Degrowth”. My […]

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Are We Decoupling? (Not really, but happy 2018 anyway!)

Are We Decoupling? (Not really, but happy 2018 anyway!) “Decoupling”: are we really so smart that we can do more with less? Apparently not: we can paint things in green, but it is not the same thing. But so is life and happy 2018 to everybody!    Decoupling looks like an obvious idea, isn’t it? […]

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Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling

Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling Some people claim that humans—called breatharians—can live on air alone. Others claim we can have economic growth without increasing our resource use, so-called decoupling. Neither claim withstands scrutiny though here I am only going to deal with the second one. Hidden beneath the claim of decoupling is the […]

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