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Archive for January, 2010
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Foiling Malthus
January 20, 2010: Were we successful stabilizing global population at about 9 billion people in a post-expansionary society, say by 2040,... -
What is Vigorous Learning
“Vigorous” suggests several attributes of learning. First, that it should be aggressive, and a core part of daily activity. Second,... -
What is Compression?
Compression refers to: Population growth packing us ever tighter on a finite planet Squeezed resources; they’re not unlimited. Compress waste out of all... -
Operational Objectives of Compression
Objectives Statement: Globally improve quality of life to an industrial society equivalent using no more than half the energy and half... -
Why We Must Transition into Compression
The case for Compression does not rest on the slow increase in global temperature. It is a multiple-challenge manifesto. Many... -
Expansion is the Opposite of Compression
Expansion is a bonanza mentality; trying to gain a big payback from minimum work or investment. Seldom works out for... -
Out of Expansion Economics
About 500 years of global physical expansion has affected everyone on earth. It is still picking up speed, driven by... -
A Precarious Environment
Climate change critics seize on uncertainty of global temperature warming to insist that nothing is really changing. But temperature is... -
Resource Shortages
A few substances may actually be near a limit. An example is rare earths important for electronic gear, like terbium... -
Energy and Energy Yield
Most industrial society denizens would like the benefits of cheap energy without any of its downsides. For example,uranium mining and... -
Oceanic Disruption
Half of all our oxygen comes from the ocean, by a CO2-oxygen exchange cycle not as completely understood as we... -
Over-Consumption Exacerbates Over-Expansion
Not only has population expanded, in industrial societies physical consumption per person expanded too. One measure of excess consumption is...
The LED Compression Lesson
World Grain Supply — 2010 and Beyond
1. The Case for Compression
2. Compression of Resource Use
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