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Category Archives: Economy and the Environment
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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100% renewables and 100% nuclear are both practically impossible
I’ve been following with interest how some nuclear power advocates are suggesting that building anything else than nuclear power is sidetracking us from the climate goals. These advocates claim that variable, non-dispatchable renewables will not be ultimately capable of delivering … Continue reading
There is now a far-right environmental movement, and I welcome it
I predicted a year ago that we’re going to see more diversity in the global environmental movement, because there are people who actually care about the environment but cannot buy into traditional, heavily Leftist and Western-centric environmentalism – or are … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Economy and the Environment
Tagged Ecomodernism, Environment, France, Nuclear, Politics
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The bubble of traditional environmentalism has burst; long live pragmatic environmentalism
In case any more confirmation was needed, 11/9 (or 9.11. for us Euros) was the final nail to the coffin of traditional environmentalism – at least when it comes to stopping the existential threat of climate change. For years now, established … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Economy and the Environment, Energy
Tagged Ecomodernism, Environment, Nuclear, Politics, Pragmatism, Renewables
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Why we don’t have the luxury of saying no to low-carbon energy, in one chart
I’ve long maintained that the climate crisis is so acute that humanity simply does not have the luxury of picking and choosing which low-carbon energy sources we’d use. That option was foreclosed perhaps two decades ago, but the idea that … Continue reading
Songs from the Hungerland: reflections on Ecomodernism, history, and Nature
Songs from the Hungerland in response to 21.10.15 The Guardian opinion piece: The Brave New World of Ecomodernism During spring and summer 2014, I spent many nights under the Finnish sky. Early the next morning where the picture above was taken, I … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Economy and the Environment, Energy, History of technology
Tagged Ecomodernism, Energy, Environment, Essays, Finland
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The environmental policy of Finnish ecomodernists, in brief
Ecomodernism is a new environmental movement. Many people have asked whether there is anything new to it, or whether it is, as one commenter put it, a slogan searching for a meaning. Fair enough: so far, we’ve been content with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecomodernism, Environmental policy, Finland
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