Fossil Fuel based growth has ended: This is the best place to learn about the future
The title and quotations are copied from a recent essay by Karl North. It is good. It was an eye-opener because it introduced me to systems thinking about agriculture. It’s a super holistic way by a farmer who practices what he writes. I am grateful to Karl North for providing an introduction to his essay: …
Quote from a discussion in Dr Tim Morgan’s blog on Surplus Energy Economicshttps://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2023/11/10/265-explore-and-explain/ I have in front of me a wooden table dating from the 1980s. It’s solid, heavy, and if it ever gets to look too tatty I can just sand it down and paint it again. What good is that to the world’s …
How financialization heralds the end of the industrial age A piece published by The Honest Sorcerer: A critic of Modern Times – offering ideas for honest contemplation. Well worth reading at https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/financing-the-end-of-modernity Western neoliberal economies are on the brink of a steep economic decline. Barring an energy / productivity miracle a prolonged and deep recession …
This 90 minute Roundtable podcast in Nate Hagens series the Great Simplification is fascinating. There are so many lessons which are relevant to the UK. To see the original go to https://youtu.be/lb2tJXopTJA__________________________________________________________________________________________________- The four speakers are as small-scale farmer Jason Bradford, permaculturist and documentarian Andrew Millison, regenerative agriculture activist Vandana Shiva, and regenerative farmer and …
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy. Christopher Ketcham October 29 2023, 8:00 a.m. William Nordhaus, who turned 82 this year, was the first economist in our time to attempt to quantify the cost of climate change. His climate-modeling wizardry, which won him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2018, …
Copied from The Automatic Earth. August 2012 Alexander Aston: I think about history … a lot. It has always been my deepest fascination. When I was little I would construct whole civilizations with my Legos and play out their existence. Monuments would be constructed, kings would die, wars would start, cities would be rebuilt, lineages …
First published in the RADIX think tank “Brevity is the soul of wit.“William Shakespeare From the top down: The future looks dire. Soaring unemployment, increasing energy prices and food poverty all seem unavoidable. And a growing mental depression about the nation’s state – the inability of politicians to say anything positive which is believable. From …
I asked GPT: Tell me about grassroots growth GPT Replied: Grassroots growth, also known as bottom-up economic development, is an approach to economic growth that begins at the local or community level and builds upwards. Unlike traditional top-down approaches where economic development is primarily driven by government policies and large corporations, grassroots growth emphasizes the …
“Those who propose replacing the top-down with the bottom-up may have a valid case.”Tim Morgan, in his Surplus Energy Economics blog We can’t imagine the future. But we can try and interpret where we are heading from what is going on now. Top-down economic growth is over. It was nice while it lasted, even …
First published in the RADIX thinktank Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not all it seems. When I was employed by Liverpool City Council in the 1970s, amongst other things, I was responsible for traffic signals in the city. At that time, there was widespread trade union activity. It was important to who did what. I …
Alan Bates: We are in a crisis in the evolution of human society. It’s unique to both human and geologic history. It has never happened before and it can’t possibly happen again. Copied from: My New 12 Trillion-dollar Annual Budget “We’ll not have to tighten our belts anywhere.“ Full fossil fuel price reform would reduce …
If you are “retired” or tired and wondering what to do, you could consider listening to Nate Hagens’ conversations in his Great Simplification project. The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics will span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the …
Copied from Igor’s Newsletter igorchudov@substack.com Prof Harper told the Telegraph: “I think it’s a good thing that the high-income, high-consuming countries of the world are reducing the number of children that they’re having. I’m quite positive about that.” The academic said declining fertility in rich countries would help to address the “general overconsumption that we …
Copied from the Naked Emperor Newsletter In ancient Rome, the term “mos maiorum” represented the unwritten code of conduct that shaped Roman culture and identity. Translated as “the way of the ancestors,” mos maiorum encompassed the values, customs, and traditions passed down through generations. As Romans navigated the complexities of life, they often looked to …
by William E. Rees, School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada; wrees@mail.ubc.ca Abstract: Homo sapiens has evolved to reproduce exponentially, expand geographically, and consume all available resources. For most of humanity’s evolutionary history, such expansionist tendencies have been countered by negative feedback. However, …