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The Low Energy Trap
- Though energy may never be “too cheap to meter,” Vernon and Dourado explain that higher energy consumption directly increases economic growth. Achieving energy superabundance would radically improve the US economy as well as the quality of life for all Americans. They show us a vision of the future that includes flying cars, hyperloop, sub-orbital ... See more
from Energy Superabundance: How Cheap, Abundant Energy Will Shape Our Future - The CGO by Austin Vernon
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All my experience tells me that such a level of fatalism isn’t realistic; we can, up to a point, design and choose the society we wish to live in. Besides, there have been few moments in history when we have needed creativity more—to work out how to get to net zero carbon emissions and avert climate change; how to cope with ageing populations; how
... See morefrom Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan