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

[Merle Lefkoff]

Nick, I think we have an energy supply problem.  We don't have enough stuff
left in the ground to dig up to supply our technology much longer at a
price anyone can afford.  I have a colleague who has calculated that we
will run out of copper in three years, as just one example.  My
understanding is that copper wire conducts most of our electricity.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 11:17 AM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Merle, and all,
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> 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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> Nick Thompson
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Merle Lefkoff
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:51 AM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] A Theory of (Almost) Everything - IEEE Spectrum
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> 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.
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 10:06 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
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> 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
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> https://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/geek-life/history/a-theory-of-almost-everything
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> -J.
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Center for Emergent Diplomacy
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