Oil Barons Own the Earth
We are burning ancient plants and animals (aka fossil fuels, not renewable) to jet around and wear fast fashion, and build highways and skyscrapers, and heat outdoor swimming pools in autumn, and shiver inside in summer, and convert lush ecosystems into sprawling and unwalkable suburbs with silly lawns, and commute alone in our cars to jobs that do
... See moreAyana Elizabeth Johnson • What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
scientist, author, Senior Fellow at the Post-Carbon Institute, and one of the foremost analysts of our energy future, explained it to me: In short, our rate of consumption is overshooting our planet’s sustainable sources of production. According to the Global Footprint Network, humanity is currently using the equivalent of 1.75 Earths to provide th
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
"You might presume, then, that this means our broader appetite for minerals is diminishing. Not a bit of it. For it turns out oil and other fossil fuels have only ever represented a fraction of the total mass of resources we’re extracting from the earth. For every tonne of fossil fuels, we exploit 6 tonnes of other materials – mostly sand and stone
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