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The Guardian - 21/02/12
'Fossil fuels are the new whale oil', says environmentalist Amory Lovins
The energy expert and physicist describes his vision of how the world can attain a green energy future by 2050.
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Basically, carrot instead of stick. Just keep the 'growth donkey' climbing.Lovins: Well, we use private enterprise, co-evolving with civil society and sped up by military innovation, to end run Congress. The transition we describe requires no act of Congress. It's led by business for profit.
Cars completely powered by fuel cells and bio fuels? How? 84% of trucks and planes running on bio-mass?— the book lays out a plan for the U.S. to achieve the following by 2050: cars completely powered by hydrogen fuel cells, electricity, and biofuels; 84 percent of trucks and airplanes running on biomass fuels; 80 percent of the nation's electricity produced by renewable power;
So why do we want all this cheap energy?Aurora wrote:The Guardian - 21/02/12
'Fossil fuels are the new whale oil', says environmentalist Amory Lovins
The energy expert and physicist describes his vision of how the world can attain a green energy future by 2050.
Article continues ...
+1 +1 +1frank_begbie wrote: So why do we want all this cheap energy?
To carry on making things that nobody really needs to line the pockets of the same people as we are today?
Better a massive die off and get back to living how nature intended.
after you....frank_begbie wrote:So why do we want all this cheap energy?Aurora wrote:The Guardian - 21/02/12
'Fossil fuels are the new whale oil', says environmentalist Amory Lovins
The energy expert and physicist describes his vision of how the world can attain a green energy future by 2050.
Article continues ...
To carry on making things that nobody really needs to line the pockets of the same people as we are today?
Better a massive die off and get back to living how nature intended.
+1 +1 +1JonB wrote:after you....frank_begbie wrote:So why do we want all this cheap energy?Aurora wrote:
To carry on making things that nobody really needs to line the pockets of the same people as we are today?
Better a massive die off and get back to living how nature intended.
This is the important part of FB's post, despite the humorous responses.frank_begbie wrote:So why do we want all this cheap energy?
