[FRIAM] Edge: The Need for Heretics

[David Breecker]

Interestingly enough, the two pernicious forms of growth are  
population, and energy intensity per capita.

The only well-established way to halt population growth (that I know  
of) is economic development through industrialization.  Which, to  
date, has meant greater energy intensity and more burning of carbon- 
emitting fuels.

But we can flip that interaction if we develop non-fossil based  
energy sources, thus allowing greater energy intensity in the  
developing world, leading to economic development, industrialization,  
and a brake on population growth.
db

On Aug 11, 2007, at 10:36 PM, sy at synapse9.com wrote:

> Yes, that's one of the tightly reasoned paths, but how do you stop  
> growth without wrecking everything??
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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