When we think of the economy we normally think of things like labor and capital. Labor is the workforce that enables our social and economic well-being. But there is also the thing economists call capital—in effect, the infrastructure, the machines,
Yes… If we invest in a more productive infrastructure and a more energy-efficient economy (and as I’ve said before, if we retire our old arguments and thinking!) If we choose to run a business-as-usual investment and spending pattern over the
What if… we could harness the mechanical vibrations of everyday objects we interact with and turn it into electrical energy? What if the fibers moving around in the pockets of our favorite shirts and pants could charge our cell phones while wearing them, or the motor mounts in our cars were also energy-reaping shock absorbers that re-charged the car battery while also powering other devices?
There is an ongoing, slow erosion of the economy. . . Even as the burdens of growing waste and the cost of climate change continue to grow. The good news is that the Biden Infrastructure Plan is a step forward that might bolster our lagging infrastructure and weakened economy to a positive benefit. But it is just a down payment on the scale of effort needed if we are to succeed as a nation. Indeed, as a global economy!
Published by – The National Council for Science and the Environment Since 1950 the U.S. population has more than doubled. It has grown from an estimated 152 million people to perhaps as many as 329 million inhabitants today. Real per capita
By: George Burmeister* Local government leaders are starting to see the climate and economic necessity of decarbonizing and transitioning to 100-percent renewable electricity supply. They are now focusing on the importance of investments to transform their economies by the productive use
There is neither a law of physics nor economics that prevents us from quadrupling the productive use of energy and other resources. Rather, it is much more an issue of imagination and our political will to get it done.
– John A. “Skip” Laitner