On 24/11/2014 3:32 PM, JanW wrote: > ... > > My reaction (without reading the article, I admit, because there is usually > an agenda running behind these sorts of story) was: > - won't work for whom - when it already is working > - won't work where - when it already is working > - won't work at what level - when it already is working > > Blanket statements like "Won't Work" don't have credibility. ...
Hey there, I don't wish to keep chiming in with the same link, but it seems everyone is missing it. It's pertinent to the entire conversation: http://thoughtmaybe.com/can-this-current-way-of-life-continue/ Can This Current Way of Life Continue? (VIDEO) By Dermot O'Connor. 2012. (34:52) Combining graphs and other visual examples in animation, this short film goes through the issues surrounding the collapse of industrial civilisation--by collating the interconnectedness of energy depletion, carrying capacity, population growth, peak natural resource extraction, and other issues with the problems of exponential economic growth on a finite planet. Can this current way of life continue? The film takes us through these problems and also examines some of the many flaws inherent in some proposed solutions, such as 'change-by-personal-consumer-choice', or the vague belief in technology as the deus ex machina to save the day. These serious problems need serious solutions and require a radical rethinking of this current way of life that cannot continue indefinitely. Time is short... I'm sure it may entertain answers to your questions. Best, Jore. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
