March 9, 2012

A Low-Risk, Viable Vision for the Future

Tom Murphy, GigaOm


GigaOm

So far on Do the Math, I’ve put out a lot of negative energy — whatever that means. Topics have often focused on what we can’t do, or at least on the failings or difficulties of various ambitious plans. We can’t expect indefinite growth — whether in energy, population, or even growth of the economic variety. It is not obvious how we maintain our current standard of living once fossil fuels begin their inexorable decline this century. And as I’ve Read Full Article ››


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