The Biophysical Unrooting of the Superorganism

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There is not a direct policy logical response to combat the superorganism in its current form. Next week, I'm going to outline 10 potential pathways that would lead to a post growth future and indirectly using less oil and less emissions. The following week, I'll give personal advice on as those prosocial humans aware of our situation where do we go? Unroot these pathways.

In Part 2 of this Frankly Series, Nate breaks down why energy - and specifically oil - is currently the central foundation of our entire modern economic system. There are ecological and energetic laws that apply to all life, including humans and our economies. By accessing a huge surplus of dense carbon energy in the form of fossil sunlight, we’ve effectively turbo-boosted our economies, populations, and material wealth - but what happens if this fossil abundance were to go away? What are the systemic implications of an economy tethered to growth, tethered to carbon? Is it even possible for us to choose to stop using oil? How do these complex constraints on our global systems affect the options - and most likely outcomes - in a future with declining oil availability and rising climate insecurity?

For Show Notes and More: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/39-just-stop-oil-part-2-oil-is-the-economy

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