Civilization Faces Many Crises, So Let's Abandon Science
Wednesday, I was lucky enough to attend a conference presented by the Institute for Integrated Economic Research, a non-profit research organization focused on developing an unbiased view of global...
View ArticleHuman Evolution and Global Resource Depletion
Nate Hagens is a well-known authority on global resource depletion. In my quest to come up to speed with his thinking on the subject, I interviewed him for my next book, and make an ongoing attempt to...
View ArticleEconomics of Energy
A friend from Chile just sent me this brilliant article on the economics of energy, adding, “If the author is right, it seems like we are in very deep four-letter-smelly-nitrogenous-compound.” I...
View ArticleThanks to Nate Hagens, Ph.D. For His Contribution to “Is Renewable Really...
Nate Hagens is a well-known authority on issues related to global resource depletion. Until recently he was lead editor of The Oil Drum, one of the most popular and highly-respected websites for...
View ArticleAmory Lovins Rocks The House
Thursday afternoon I had the pleasure of listening to Amory Lovins present his latest thinking on the world energy picture at the University of California at Santa Barbara, which he sums up in his...
View ArticleSurvey: Is Our Way of Life Sustainable?
I’m wondering if I could ask your help in another of our surveys. There is not too much doubt that the last 150 years have brought ever-accelerating damage to our environment. There IS, however, a...
View ArticleThe Economics of Mitigating Climate Change
Frequent commenter Gary Tulie sent me this Wiki-article describing the 700-page “Stern Report” which, published in 2006, lays out a comprehensive set of economics regarding climate change mitigation....
View ArticleNate Hagens – Why The Next 40 Years Are Going To Be Tough
When economist Nate Hagens agreed to an interview for my second book (“Is Renewable Really Doable?”) I was quite pleased – in part because I knew that his thinking lies at odds with a great number of...
View ArticleThe Future of Energy Generation and Consumption
My colleague Nate Hagens came across a press release on one on my books today and wrote to me: “Craig: You’ve been busy…. I wrote this (linked below), in case you’re interested. Kindly, Nate” I invite...
View ArticleMore Discussion on the Old “Limits to Growth” Subject
Reader “Alan” writes: I suggest you read Brian Czech’s “Supply Shock” on the thermodynamics of why we can’t grow or profit our way out of our onrushing date with extinction. Naomi Klein’s “This Changes...
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