Archive for December, 2011

An Outline of Benefits from a Lower Energy Civilization

Monday, December 12th, 2011

The Premises
The universe ultimately runs on an energy economy, not a market economy as the dominant economic ideology claims. Ecological damage is tied to energy use of any kind in our peculiar type of economy where the operating rules of the system require maximization of profits at any cost. Unrestrained profit maximization in turn impels [...]