tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post3723468306726129990..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: Power, Responsibility and HistoryTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-91591793197468917812010-08-10T14:24:50.343+00:002010-08-10T14:24:50.343+00:00Part 2
The United Nation's Environment Progra...Part 2<br /><br />The United Nation's Environment Programme <a href="http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/" rel="nofollow">(GEO4)</a> identifed that we we are living 25% beyond what the Earth can sustainably supply. Global population is only forecast to stabilise at 9-10 billion using the assumption that developed world standards of living spread to the "undeveloped" world as a higher standard of living (=impact on resources) is seen as part of the reason why population growth falls in developed nations. Clearly the "necessary" growth in the undeveloped world that is "needed" to stabilise global population will send us careering wildly even further into <a href="http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/earth_overshoot_day/" rel="nofollow">ecological overshoot</a> mode. <a href="https://1oniuq.blu.livefilestore.com/y1msE5rpyuzxaKMbWTYNrPdXf4gze8_B2EGrMiErqKnTl7KwFu2dYysXguw2mdrwRXBX3CiU673-dvCCtXzXt2EkAzQApvzE5fj1KGWmAzTZNN8OXE-3KnDMbE5kgzuOb4sI_9B4bddalh0-JXpFfN9Ww/Earth-overshoot.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click for graphic</a><br /> <br />In short, we cannot afford economic growth any more. Further conventional economic growth would be "uneconomic growth" where the bad consequences outweigh any benefits.<br /><br />Back to the recession/depression. Here's a couple of sites to make Geoff Cook's toes curl. The first - <a href="http://www.theenergyreport.com/cs/user/print/na/7005" rel="nofollow">The Energy Report</a> - is relatively optimistic (although you'd never know it until you read the second, much longer, one...).<br /><br />Brace yourself for <a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-8-2010-stoneleigh-takes-on-john.html" rel="nofollow">The Automatic Earth</a> (which references the first article).Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-90341412338553761062010-08-10T14:19:10.920+00:002010-08-10T14:19:10.920+00:00Part 1
"Other problems are blamed on more ge...Part 1<br /><br /><i>"Other problems are blamed on more general circumstances such as the economic recession."</i><br /><br />Hmmm. There are quite a few "knowledgable" pundits who are speculating that we might be heading for a double dip recession which is where you have a recession, then see "green shoots" for a bit but then the recession carries on down. A bit like a "dead cat bounce" in an individual share on the stock market.<br /><br />We keep hearing about the "green shoots" from our economic advisers, and those who trust in them, as they continue to believe, like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_%28film%29" rel="nofollow">Annie</a>, that "the sun'll come out tomorra - bet your bottom dollar".<br /><br />The likes of Ozouf and Maclean are wedded to the hope that a resumption in economic growth will solve all ills and they think it's just a matter of the Island/World bunkering down until then, however significant figures are whispering the "D" word - Depression.<br /><br />We've got to this point because of centuries of economic growth, fuelled by relatively easily available and cheap fossil fuels, combined with a global population and average international "standard of living" which meant that the available resources of Planet Earth were ample (ish).<br /><br />We are now at the point where we can say that <a href="http://archive.richardheinberg.com/museletter/185" rel="nofollow">Peak Everything</a> will dampen the growth party - maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of our lives.Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-78856784494425600072010-08-10T09:00:25.009+00:002010-08-10T09:00:25.009+00:00Sorry Nick, it didn't show up - perhaps you co...Sorry Nick, it didn't show up - perhaps you could post again, or I could cut/paste and say it was from you?TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-22338589415899733772010-08-10T08:40:08.095+00:002010-08-10T08:40:08.095+00:00Tony - did my comment yesterday about recessions/d...Tony - did my comment yesterday about recessions/depressions not "work"?Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551055170763412146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-52428944811135457602010-08-09T22:43:45.266+00:002010-08-09T22:43:45.266+00:00Tony, could I please use your blog to a make a qui...Tony, could I please use your blog to a make a quick but important point unrelated to this entry, but related to local bloggers?<br /><br />I use various browser add-ons to block annoying adverts, pop-ups and suchlike.<br /><br />I'm finding these add-ons to be incompatible with a number of the comment systems used on local blogs.<br /><br />With those blogs the only way I can comment is by messing about switching browsers, cutting and pasting URL's etc, which most of the time I won't bothered to do. <br /><br />Rico's blog is one example of the "bad" comment system. Yours is one example of the "good" comment system.<br /><br />I've tried reconfiguring my ad-block etc. software to allow me to post on those blogs using the "bad" system, but with no luck. I can type my text into the comment box, but the second I hit preview it all disappears into nothing. I'm left staring at an empty comment box and wondering why I wasted my time typing.<br /><br />I don't believe I can be the only person experiencing this. <br /><br />I would politely suggest to all local blog owners, if you want to offer the highest possible level of accessibilty to people who may wish to comment on your blogs, please set your blog to use the same simple comment system as this blog. It's a simple system that seems to work no matter what add-ons a browser is using, unlike some of yours!<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-53484847030730563562010-08-09T16:29:25.423+00:002010-08-09T16:29:25.423+00:00SoJ HR are staging would you believe, a "HR V...SoJ HR are staging would you believe, a "HR VR Clinic", where a person concidering a package on leaving can have a face to face consultation with a HR Officer.<br /><br />Makes you wonder if the high earners will be dealt with this way or will they, [the high earners who are not needed anymore and a good excuse to now get rid of] be told to go quietly and without making a fuss, behind closed doors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com