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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 2)

The future of "growth" is in "productivity" that is increasing output for static amounts of energy input. At least, that my utopian idea for the day.

Well, that's not a very novel idea.

Increasing output for the same or smaller energy use is the history of basic/process industry for the last 30 years.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 10:32:44 AM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 3)

or the last 4000 years. How did they build those pyramids?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:07:41 PM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 3)

Theres good evidence that it was a social welfare scheme to keep people busy during the two to three months a year when agricultural work was impossible. an early example of socialist work schemes to keep the population in food and loyal to the empire.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:29:48 PM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (none / 1)

I'm sure the guys at the wrong end of the whips appreciated it!

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:37:22 PM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 4)

Um, no. Actually not. If you look at most industrial processes, energy use for production has not deviated significantly in 10 years or so.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 01:01:21 PM EST
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