{"id":28421,"date":"2017-11-29T09:06:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28421"},"modified":"2017-11-29T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:07:01","slug":"a-video-game-analogy-to-our-energy-predicament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28421","title":{"rendered":"A Video Game Analogy to Our Energy\u00a0Predicament"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Video Game Analogy to Our Energy\u00a0Predicament<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The way the world economy is manipulated by world leaders is a little like a giant video game. The object of the game is to keep the world economy growing<\/strong>, without too many adverse consequences to particular members of the world economy. We represent this need for growth of the world economy as being similar to making a jet airplane fly at ever-higher altitudes.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. Author\u2019s view of the situation we are facing. World leaders look at their video screens and adjust their controllers to try to make the world economy fly at ever-higher levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

World leaders look at their video game\u00a0screens for indications regarding where the world economy is now. They also want to see whether there are specific parts of the economy that are doing badly.<\/p>\n

The game controllers that the world leaders have are somewhat limited in the functions they can perform. Typical adjustments they can make include the following:<\/p>\n