Joe Tainter: “Surplus, Complexity, and Simplification”
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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Is Renewable Energy the Answer to the Energy Complexity Spirale?
In 1900, we produced oil and gas in the United States at an e-roy of 100 to 1. In 1940, that's now down to 15 to 1; trend is not reversible," he says. "I don't know whether it's possible to increase energy production rapidly under a renewable energy economy or whether it's not possible" The social scientist thinks people should choose paths that aren't quite as energy intensive.
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