A Thought Experiment Reflecting on Rio+30? Or, Merely the Result of Heat Stroke? Because I roam the desert a lot, the UV Index is something I pay attention to. It is an international standard that measures the strength of ultraviolet radiation
A serious essay on the need to retire our old arguments and economic thinking. It is time that we, all of humanity, stopped using 18th-century economic paradigm(s) to solve vastly different 21st-century challenges. For starters, the global population has grown
In honor of my long-time colleague, mathematical physicist, and economist, but also a likely nominee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Dr. Robert U. (“Bob”) Ayres, I call it the Blue-Green-Red Resource Squeeze on the American economy. It is
Climate scientists are shocked by the intensity and scale of floods in Germany. In the West and Pacific Northwest of the United States, we’ve had record-breaking heatwaves. In fact, June 2021 was the hottest June on record for the United
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: John A. “Skip” Laitner In 2017, businesses, households, and government enterprises throughout the global economy spent an estimated €6.4 trillion to meet the many demands for various energy services. Current projections suggest the present scale of annual expenditures may
John A. “Skip” Laitner According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the United States will spend ~$1.1 trillion in 2017 for its many uses of energy — whether for heat, electricity, or for transportation needs. At the same time,
John A. “Skip” Laitner The idea of stranded assets—that is, existing investments which have substantially less financial value as the result of market conditions impacted by climate change and/or the transition to a low carbon economy—is receiving greater attention in
John A. “Skip” Laitner Because I roam the desert a lot, the UV Index is something I pay attention to. It is an international standard that measures the strength of ultraviolet radiation from the sun at a given time and place.
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