The slower the growth, the more sustainable an economy is over the moderately long term. Energy consumption and the use of complexity tend to rise together. Too much complexity can lead to collapse. In general, the most "efficient" economies can be expected to do best. Over the long term, all economies will collapse. There have […]
Today’s guest post by Preston Howard discusses an issue central to our overshoot predicament that is often ignored: The Maximum Power Principle (MPP). The MPP states that life optimizes for maximize power, not maximum efficiency, and implies that life does not look forward in time to consider the consequences of maximizing power today. While preparing […]
Source: Japan abandons Monju fast reactor: the slow death of a nuclear dream. The Ecologist. ‘Fast breeder’ reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future. But all the evidence tells us they are … Continue reading →
En hemsida med bilder från olika ställen i USA som blivit övergivna av olika anledningar. Det är fabriker, små samhällen och annat där varsamheten har upphört och som bara står kvar och sakta förfaller när naturens krafter tar över.
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