On Friday, July 13, 2018, 8:10:15 AM PDT, John Newman <[email protected]> wrote: On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 05:20:30PM +0000, jim bell wrote: >> This article sure sounds foolish. As I see it, the main driver in the >>increase in "growth" (other than population) is productivity. Productivity >>tends to be driven by gradual adoptions of automation, which has been a major >>factor for 50+ years, and actually far larger. Automation isn't going away, >>and will only increase in effectiveness for decades >> Energy is a factor, but society is well on its way to the widespread >> adoption of solar and wind energy. Solar is useful in most locations, and >> wind will eventually be useable just about everywhere, 24 hours per day, >> with the use of low-resistance materials to conduct that energy, for example >> metallic carbon nanotubes. (MCNTs). >> Jim Bell
>Personally I wish the "progressive left" could get over its deep fear of nuclear energy, and we could build some modern reactors. Maybe when (if) they ever get a fusion reactor that can substain a reaction... Yes. A couple of years ago, I looked up some statistics that said that since 1980, about 100 billion tons of coal has been burned for the generation of electricity in the world. Unfortunately, the eco-nuts of the 1970's, when they opposed nuclear power, thought absolutely nothing about the fact that about half of that CO2 release could have been avoided by the adoption of nuclear power. Myself, I'm far from a "global warming believer", But I think a program like this needs to be operational to determine if the greenhouse effect can be reduced using sulfur dioxide. (or other sulfur compounds.). Google search 'MIT sulfur dioxide global warming'. Two important results from that search: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/511016/a-cheap-and-easy-plan-to-stop-global-warming/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603974/harvard-scientists-moving-ahead-on-plans-for-atmospheric-geoengineering-experiments/ Jim Bell The world’s first nuclear fusion plant is now halfway to ‘First Plasma’ Of course, solar and wind power is great :) Anything to stop burning more fucking carbon.. - John > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018, 9:15:13 AM PDT, Steven Schear ><[email protected]> wrote: > > "If we extrapolate this trend forward, labour productivity growth would >reach zero by 2028." > https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/govt-economic-advisor-warns-british-defence-planners-that-growth-is-ending-abf806f17845 > -- GPG fingerprint: 17FD 615A D20D AFE8 B3E4 C9D2 E324 20BE D47A 78C7 | | | | | | | | | | | The world’s first nuclear fusion plant is now halfway to ‘First Plasma’ The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) nuclear fusion program reached an important mileston... | | | ×
