Despite the current complacency provided by green business, cleantech and the mainstream blind faith in the capacity of technology to save us from all global challenges (economic, environmental and social), someone needs to wake us up to the gravity of the actual reality outside of our modern life ‘bubble’. The post Carbon Institute has done a marvelous job with their wake up call. This book is a reality check and a guide to face it. Its message is for those willing to acknowledge the extreme urgency to fundamentally phase out our unsustainable growth based, consumption driven global economy that coupled with our exponential population growth keep us in a planetary collision course. We do not have time to embellish our suicidal debt based economy with green products and services. We are in desperate need of a much deeper change. We are running out of time for a fundamental shift that if we do not take seriously ‘pronto’, it will be forced upon us by the effects our human infrastructure’s failure modes. As engineers we should have already implemented a DFMEA for modern civilization…
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January 20, 2013 by Ruben Bernardino
Posted in climate change, consumerism, environmental degradation, fossil fuels, future, global change, renewable energy, sustainable development, systemic risk | Tagged endless growth, sustainability, systemic risk | 3 Comments
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I agree with you with this. Each one of us needs to take a stand not only with words but also with actions in changing the way we use the natural resources such as energy. The human has become attached with the concept of materialism to the point of obsession where it is destroying the environment and the ecosystem around. There hase to be a radical change that will make the people to change the damage we are doing. As I say, in some way in the 3rd world war that we are in (mainly political), the changes have to be more radical
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You are correct, Pilar. The problem however is deeper than what appears on the surface. It is hard for people to be environmental when we are immersed and I would dare say, captive in a highly unsustainable socio-economic system. As much as we may despise it you and I are part of the dysfunctional global economy that is putting the planet at peril. Why? Because we are supporting this economy in our forced role as modern consumers.
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You are absolutely correct. We support the economy and this shows our way to not confront the reality of what is happenning and making that change
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