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Tag Archives: Constraints
Graphic of the Week: What’s the required build rate for a sustainable energy system?
One aspect of energy system that’s largely ignored is the ultimate sustainable capacity that can be achieved with a given rate of installation. Accustomed as we are to news about renewables breaking new installation records, we may overlook the fact … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Infographics, Simulations
Tagged Constraints, Energy, Germany, Graphic of the week, Nuclear, Renewables
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Graphic of the Week: The hidden “fuels” of renewable energy
It is well known that there is no such thing as a free lunch. However, it is somewhat less known that there is no such thing as free energy, either. Despite all the hoopla about new renewable energy sources being … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Infographics, Scarcities and constraints
Tagged Constraints, Energy, Graphic of the week, Nuclear, Renewables
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On the relationship between regulation, technological change and competitiveness
Translation of my presentation in the 38th Ilmansuojelupäivät in Lappeenranta, Finland, 20.8.2013 If we deconstruct the topic of the panel, “is environmental protection a threat or an opportunity to a country’s competitiveness,” sooner or later we will end up considering … Continue reading
Crises are “come as you are” events, not springboards, simulations say
My PhD research topic deals with resource constraints and, by implication, resource shocks such as the oil crisis of 1973 – and the current slow-mo energy crisis. What I’m trying to do is to sort out whether sudden constraints, such … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in process, Scarcities and constraints, Simulations
Tagged Constraints, Innovation, Research, Simulations
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