[FRIAM] A Theory of (Almost) Everything - IEEE Spectrum

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Merle, and all, 

 

A naïve question:  Do we have an energy supply problem or do we have an energy distribution problem?   For starters, let there be a solar collector on the roof of every house in santa fe, roughly the area of the roof (roofly the area of the rough?) .  Assuming energy were entirely miscible, what proportion of the total energy needs (except food, of course) of Santa Feans would that generate.  I assume hundreds of percents, right?  

 

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A Theory of (Almost) Everything - IEEE Spectrum

 

Almost, but not quite, Jochen.  He doesn't know about embodied energy.  A motor car has an embodied energy contents of 20 800k kWh, while an electric car's embodied energy amounts to 34 700 kWh.  Perhaps if he knew this he wouldn't be so optimistic.  We are racing toward our doom.

 

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 10:06 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net <mailto:jofr at cas-group.net> > wrote:

Interesting IEEE podcast: an interview with Václav Smil, who wrote a book about "Grand Transitions", similar to "The Major Transitions in Evolution" from John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry 

https://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/geek-life/history/a-theory-of-almost-everything

 

-J.

 

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