PEAK ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF GLOBAL CIVILIZATION

http://www.econ.utah.edu/~mli/Economics%207004/Morrigan_2010_Energy_CC4.pdf

PEAK ENERGY,
CLIMATE CHANGE,
AND THE
COLLAPSE OF GLOBAL CIVILIZATION
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The Current Peak Oil Crisis
TARIEL MÓRRÍGAN

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triple paned glass windows or cold fusion

numbers dont lie by vaclav smil why understanding how humans hunt is essential to understanding why millions continues to be spent on cold fusion projects instead of triple paned windows. why not start with what is proven? windows. smil explains that triple glazed windows can create savings of 90% - no other opportunities for billions of units. cost 15% more. why isnt this done? because it doesnt hunt. no hunter is going to acquire large solar surplus from the being the "johnny appleseed of triple glazed windows" in the same way the way that hunters can create surplus gains from investing the chance at discovering and controlling cold fusion. why are large surpluses found at the frontier - fusion vs windows? the chance at property rights. there are no 10x or 10,000x multiples for investors in triple glazing. all the benefits from paying to replace acrue to the homeowner. the key is to find the right investor. utilities will offer rebates to install energy efficiencies. since ...

simple questions about collapse

1. why have complex societies formed? 2. why have complex societies formed only in the past 10,000 years? 3. the genus homo has been around for 2.5 million years - but only recently formed complexity - why? 4. could it be that one time special environmental conditions allowed unprecendented ecosystem exploitation first through hunting in the ice age, and then farming? 5. could it be that a passing environmental "sweet spot" allowed the genus homo to flourish - and that once the unusual weather has passed - the genus homo will find it difficult once again?

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men compete for resources women reward men for collecting resources men that use a military industrial complex have better reproductive success men that build bigger moai have better reproductive success and the afterlife? if only it were true it breaks my heart that the meek will NOT inherit the earth that good deeds in this life will not be rewarded that ancient people's whose ancestors were all killed are gone forever from the gene pool we are the descendants of Cain make no mistake - the meek are dead and it breaks my heart to accept it

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