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The Words of Our Lives | Earth Day 2023

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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Energy Laundering and the American Way of Life

The United States has used more fossil hydrocarbons and carbon than any other country in history. The American way of life, from a biophysical perspective, this is largely due to the special geology and seniority we get from the US dollar being the global reserve currency. We have not been efficient on soil degradation, natural resource conservation, ecosystem protection, and we certainly haven't been efficient on resilience.

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