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- Flesh may be weak. Savotta is strong.
- I’m no longer advocating for clean energy; here’s why.
- Confidence in 100% RE plans is poorly justified and may be dangerous
- Critique of econometric models in Thinking in Systems: a Primer
- Never use the word “consumer”. Here’s why.
- A “strong” AI might be impossible – otherwise we’d seen one by now
- What the Finnish municipal elections tell, and don’t tell, about nuclear power?
- Pro-nuclear environmentalists gain in Finnish elections
- Why I support almost all measures to reduce CO2 emissions – in one graph
Author Archives: J. M. Korhonen
Mutually Assured Economic Destruction: the strongest weapon in the arsenal of the masses
I just understood something profound (to me, very likely not to most others) about Brexit and other supposedly “irrational” decisions by less well off voters. The standard middle-class liberal critique of these decisions almost inevitably includes wonderment why the voters … Continue reading
Flesh may be weak. Savotta is strong.
In a break from my tradition of complaining about things, a positive post and a recommendation – and about a corporation, no less! Savotta of Finland is one of my favorite companies these days. They make my life better, easier … Continue reading
I’m no longer advocating for clean energy; here’s why.
My Finnish readers will already know that I announced some time ago that I’m done with energy/climate change discussions. I’ve been following the debate actively since about 2007 and have been writing about it since late 2010. I’ve written two … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, Uncategorized
Tagged Energy, Environment, Nuclear, Renewables
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Confidence in 100% RE plans is poorly justified and may be dangerous
The recent publication of an unprecedented critique against the so-called “WWS” 100% renewable energy (RE) scenario has re-ignited the debate about the feasibility of renewable only energy scenarios in the United States and abroad. This is a long-overdue debate the … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, History of technology, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged climate policy, Environment, Nuclear, Renewables
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Critique of econometric models in Thinking in Systems: a Primer
Donella Meadows’s book Thinking in Systems: A Primer (pp. 89-90) contains a rather interesting critique of econometric models and their limitations in explaining and predicting what happens in the world. While Meadows acknowledges that econometric models are more useful than … Continue reading
Posted in Economy and the Environment, Notes in process
Tagged Econometrics, Economics, Modeling, Research
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Never use the word “consumer”. Here’s why.
A public service announcement to everybody concerned about environmental and social issues: when writing or talking, refrain from the use of the word “consumer” if at all possible. There is considerable empirical evidence that merely using the word, instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism
Tagged Activism, Economics, Economy and the Environment, Semantics
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A “strong” AI might be impossible – otherwise we’d seen one by now
A recent critical essay by Kevin Kelly on the prospects of “strong” artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked some debate between those who believe that the emergence of a superhuman artificial intelligence is only a matter of time, and between those … Continue reading
