"The inferences are clear. We're going to have to have some sort of a lower biophysical throughput existence in the future," he says. "We've got to understand that things have changed and things that we have yet to understand how they're changing." In this shifting environment, 'we've got to assess what's absolutely needed for society to function' He adds: 'One or two people can't do it. We've all must do it together.'
On this episode, mining and geology expert Simon Michaux returns to give a preliminary framework for responses to the coming energy and material constraints described in the previous episode. This includes both practical thoughts for how to organize communities around resources and also a shift in mindset from short term to long-term and from competition to cooperation. How do we simultaneously lay out all of the biophysical constraints on the table so that we can begin preparing for and adapting to a changing future?
About Simon Michaux
Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.
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