Sorry George, I can't point you "to well supported findings or persuasively argued papers that counter [your] impression that the whole world's population and its economies are basically on rails towards collapse and without brakes".
*What we can all do together, though, is starting preparing our families and our communities for it*. At very least, it will be an interesting ride. Take Care, Ryan D. Hottle On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM, George Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear ST list folks: > > In CNET.com, staff writer Michael Kanellos reports the findings of an > assessment of projected energy needs and, for every known renewable option, > what sort of ramp-up it would take to back off our lead-footed rush toward > carbon death of the > planet<http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9928068-54.html?tag=nl.e703>. > The bottom line is we are not only nowhere near a course toward reduced > emissions, there is not money or will enough in all the planet to build > capacity to harness the needed energy renewably. Kanellos confesses to a > to > an appetite for reporting doomsday sightings but sees no way this picture > is > anything but realistic. One quick use you may have for the article are the > numbers [they are staggering] that measure what scale an adequate building > program would require to meet projected needs through renwables. > > The basic notion of "use less, use carefully" that many on this list > espouse > in some form is a position that we may have come to as an ethical response > to what we have learned about the long term impact and sustainability of > our > personal consumption. What seems clear to me in light of the reported > assessment by SRI international researchers is that the rest of the planet > will not have the psychological luxury or comfort of reaching this position > on consumption via responsible reflection...they and all of us are going to > have the decision to use less taken away from them. We simply will have > less to use and it is that eventuality that we should be personally > preparing for. If the scale of the projected renewable energy shortfall is > indicative of shortages in other basics [and our present grain shortages > indicate how strongly fuel-lust in rich countries is linked to food planet > wide] then we are not talking about having a little less, we are talking > about dire deprivation beyond the worst we now experience in any country > with haves and have-nots thrown in to unavoidable conflict. As a society > in > the grip of a world view fostered by investments vast and cold in the > profits of the energy status quo, appropriate responses in government, > finance, technology or personal habits simply won't come fast enough, and > are already too late to be of much help. > > The one "bright spot" cited, i.e. at least we do *have* enough coal to meet > demand, is to me a demented response that ignores a climate already in the > early stages of collapse under its thickening blanket of CO2. In fact, the > clear implication of the report is that the chances of leveling off or > reducing CO2 emissions to Kyoto levels or to those prescribed in Hansen's > proposals is nil. If someone can point me to well supported findings or > persuasively argued papers that counter my impression that the whole > world's > population and its economies are basically on rails towards collapse and > without brakes, please do so. > > Happy dearth day :( > [earth day is one day a year, all the rest are....] > > -George > > -- > freedom is not more important than fairness and much easier to fake. > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- Ryan Darrell Hottle The Renaissance Group Program Manager www.ConserveFirst.com Global Climate Solutions www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org (coming soon!) Ohio Peak Oil Action (OPOA) Co-Founder, Director www.ohiopeakoilaction.org 30 N. Rose Blvd. Akron, OH 44022 (740) 258 8450 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
