In several earlier posts I wrote about some very high level, Institute for Advanced Study type level, research that has been done on energy and societal collapse. I recommend you go back and look at those posts covering the work of Tainter among others. Here's the point though: You can be a supporter of clean … Continue reading The night the lights went out in Spain
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The Problem of Energy for Complex Societies and the Risk of the Transition to Clean Energy Done Prematurely Causing Societal Collapse
There is a serious danger that if we try to speed up too much the transition to clean energy we will have societal collapse. The results could be even much worse than climate change itself, which is saying a lot. I think it's important in a site like this to discuss higher level macro-political topics … Continue reading The Problem of Energy for Complex Societies and the Risk of the Transition to Clean Energy Done Prematurely Causing Societal Collapse