Episode description
Episode description
How to solve the conundrum that consumption reductions lead to economic disasters while benefiting the environment.
Topics covered include:
- Why consumption, fossil fuel usage, and carbon emissions keep growing
- How fossil fuel consumption goes well beyond heating and transportation uses but is tied to agriculture, steel, and cement production
- The four times global consumption fell and the dire economic consequences that resulted
- How the world is consuming twice as many resources as the planet can sustain
- How the economy could still grow while reducing the environmental impact
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Show Notes
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going by Vaclav Smil
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