This post is part 4 of 6 in a serialization of Energy Constrained Learning.
Scenario of Scarcity Industrialism: Explores a feasible future. “[John Michael] Greer’s work provides a rich resource for thinking critically about tomorrow. It’s a thoughtful and well-written depiction of the near future that challenges readers to consider what happens to industrial societies that, in a mere 300 years, managed to blow away nearly one-half of the recoverable fossil fuels that it took nature half a billion years to make.”
This post is part 3 of 6 in a serialization of Energy Constrained Learning.
What’s the Concern? Makes the counterpoint. “Insufficient time exists to scale up non-fossil fuel energy sources to ensure safety from climate change and to also maintain current average standards of living in the world.”
This post is part 2 of 6 in a serialization of Energy Constrained Learning.
Peak Oil and Climate Change: Makes the mainstream point. From the International Energy Agency: “Cutting emissions sufficiently to meet the 2°C goal would require a far-reaching transformation of the global energy system.”
This post is part 1 of 6 in a serialization of Energy Constrained Learning.
Introduction: Sets the context. From a recent journal on public health: “.. the ways in which we live, eat, travel, vacation, work, recreate, trade, manufacture, and consume will all likely be very different from today.”
Sleepwalking into tomorrow cannot possibly help.
With climate change and the imminent peak in crude oil, the world sits between a rock and a hard place. The implications for learning and educational institutions are likely to be significant.
My impression is that portions of a device designed for the researcher/writer exist currently, but I’m not aware of anything that pulls all the pieces together into a single product.
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