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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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Ha Joon Chang’s ‘Shortest Economics Textbook Ever’

Ha Joon Chang’s ‘Shortest Economics Textbook Ever’ The 5 things they don’t tell you about economics… Economics in brief from Ha Joon Chang At the time of writing this textbook, he was Professor of Economics at Cambridge University, UK, now with SOAS University of London? Chang has created some great resources, I’ve linked to some more […]

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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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Energy’s role in economic production is severely underestimated!

Energy’s role in economic production is severely underestimated! Another brilliant exposition by Prof Steve Keen. The wording below is from a LinkedIn post I made tonight, targeted to Megan Woods (NZ Energy Minister) and Tina Schirr (BEC Lead) I posted the following to LinkedIn tonight, here’s the link to the OP: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nathansurendran_friede-gard-prize-lecture-05-energy-in-production-activity-6994962828289851392-oU7s Friede Gard Prize Lecture […]

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