Is Democracy Hitting the Fossil Fuels too Hard?
Industrial civilization and its fossil fuels have allowed for a lacksadaisy modern way of life that places an overwhelmingly stronger inclination on the various guises of narcissism than on genuine...
View ArticleCap Fossil Fuel Production Now!
In short, we need fossil fuels to go away, but in a measured and predictable way.
View ArticleCan We Afford the Future?
As a child of the 1950s I grew up immersed in a near-universal expectation of progress.
View ArticleUntold Climate Truth with Kevin Anderson
During the Paris climate talks, one leading scientist says the fundamentals of the whole process is "wildly optimistic". It starts with climate models that assume too much, spills into unreal...
View ArticleHow Africa Could Leapfrog Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy Alternatives
Africa has within its reach a future that creates a homegrown, robust, clean energy economy that keeps jobs and money on the continent.
View ArticleWhy we have a wage inequality problem
Wage inequality is really a sign of a deeper problem; basically it reflects an economic system that is not growing rapidly enough to satisfy everyone.
View ArticleA Renewable Energy Economy will Create More Jobs. Is That a Good Thing?
The 20th century fossil-fueled economic growth spurt happened not because the energy industry created many jobs, but because it created very few jobs.
View ArticlePresenting Our Renewable Future
David Fridley and Richard Heinberg present on our energy future.
View ArticleMore than One Way to Fall off a Cliff
The Energy Cliff is a key concept in ecological economics. Should we understand this Cliff as both a mathematical ratio and a historical reality?
View ArticleEarth News: More than News of the World “Let’s Think in Terms of the Next One...
The challenge is greater than preparing individuals and groups to fight back.
View ArticleEnergy Prospects: Little to Smil About?
Anyway, this is all vaguely relevant to my present theme, which is some thoughts on Vaclav Smil’s Energy and Civilization: A History (MIT Press, 2017). It’s hard to keep up with Smil’s output, since he...
View ArticleIs Democracy Hitting the Fossil Fuels too Hard?
Industrial civilization and its fossil fuels have allowed for a lacksadaisy modern way of life that places an overwhelmingly stronger inclination on the various guises of narcissism than on genuine...
View ArticleCap Fossil Fuel Production Now!
In short, we need fossil fuels to go away, but in a measured and predictable way.
View ArticleCan We Afford the Future?
As a child of the 1950s I grew up immersed in a near-universal expectation of progress.
View ArticleUntold Climate Truth with Kevin Anderson
During the Paris climate talks, one leading scientist says the fundamentals of the whole process is "wildly optimistic". It starts with climate models that assume too much, spills into unreal...
View ArticleHow Africa Could Leapfrog Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy Alternatives
Africa has within its reach a future that creates a homegrown, robust, clean energy economy that keeps jobs and money on the continent.
View ArticleWhy we have a wage inequality problem
Wage inequality is really a sign of a deeper problem; basically it reflects an economic system that is not growing rapidly enough to satisfy everyone.
View ArticleA Renewable Energy Economy will Create More Jobs. Is That a Good Thing?
The 20th century fossil-fueled economic growth spurt happened not because the energy industry created many jobs, but because it created very few jobs.
View ArticlePresenting Our Renewable Future
David Fridley and Richard Heinberg present on our energy future.
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