It was Malm's paper I was thinking of. Very interesting work. Sent from Huawei Mobile
Gar Lipow <[email protected]> wrote: Cockshott's point on a related thread remains valid. Coal replace hydro mainly as a means of strikebreaking. booksandjournals.brillonline.com<http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com>\content\journals\10.1163\1569206x-12341279 And yes electricity can replace much oil transport - Specifically when it comes to ground transport. Trains are a mature technology though replace most car traffic of them would require a reversal of sprawl in many nations. Given replacement of fossil fuels with renewable electricity, many unsurvivable practices could be replaced by survivialbe ones. Water efficiency and desalinzation, capture and composting of organic waste to close to repair the food->waste->fertilizer loop that was broken with the dawn of industrialization. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Perelman, Michael <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The Corn Laws raised the price of grain relative to people. Suddenly the railroad gained an advantage over horse drawn transportation, leading to improvements in steam engines ... Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael dot perelman at gmail.com<http://gmail.com> Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321<tel:530-898-5321> fax 530-898-5901<tel:530-898-5901> www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com<http://www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com> _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com
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