tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post8190482236191509349..comments2023-06-20T01:49:29.525-07:00Comments on Blogging About the Unthinkable: Robert Bryce at CounterpunchSovietologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09099598091505738702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post-71439551808426299892008-03-02T10:52:00.000-08:002008-03-02T10:52:00.000-08:00It's interesting to compare Jevons Paradox on ener...It's interesting to compare Jevons Paradox on energy with Malthus’ Paradox on food. The later posits that given that population increases geometrically while food only arithmetically, the natural outcome is poverty. The former posits that an improvement in the efficiency of resource-use leads to an increase (rather than a decrease) in the use of that resource, and that energy depletion is also a natural outcome.<BR/><BR/>To date, Malthus’s paradox seems to have been resolved through technological progress,Similarly, Jevons’ energy paradox has a potential technological fix. It seems to me, however, that while both require technological progress, one should go all the way to a “mindset fix”, including changing, not just our industrial structure, but values systems, world view and attitudes to embrace these truths and just deal with them with the best tools at hand.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.com