We are worried these days with saving the old economic model by making it environmentally friendly(green growth) and a nice meeting is coming on very soon.
We all know that economies, developing or developed, need energy to run efficiently; and we know or we should know that without energy there is no economy. Economies are not financial markets, financial markets can be saved with money, we proved that with the last global crash, but economies can not be save with money if there is no energy around.
We are rational thinkers I think or I was taught so how can we as a global society or our leaders put again all the eggs in one basket, emission mitigation control or minimization, without even thinking about planning for an orderly transition to a clean economy later on in case we are wrong again..
Those countries with the widest renewable enerty technology gap will fall like flies when non-renewable resources are exausted or put aside by big powers.
Then preventing the collapse of full economies or full economic sectors may be more socially desirable than living with pollution as lives, millions perhaps, will be at stake.
50 years or 100 years from now what do you think will be the topic of relevance, the renewable energy technology gap or controlling emissions? What do you think?.
As many literatures suggest, 50 years from now almost all non-renewable resources will be depleted and the survival of human being will be endangered unless other energy resources come to exist. This may cause a crash in economy for countries that will have not been practicing green energy or those who don’t have renewable energy resources for that matter.
Countries that own a great deal of petroleum and advocates its use for energy means due to their economic dependability fall in great threat for their lack of preparedness in practicing alternative renewable energy means and for not creating its awareness among their society.
Now a day the contribution of distributed generation to the remote and rural people of both developed and developing countries is growing. Distributed generation using renewable resources such as thermal, solar, wind, mini/micro-hydro etc. is becoming a life-saver to the sustainable development of rural people’s economy especially in developing countries.
Concerning our non-renewable mega power plants such as nuclear and thermal for instance can be replaced with the one that uses renewable energy resources so that we can gradually detach our dependability on non-renewable energy resources. And in doing so, economic growth will be sustained and pollution free environment will be achieved in 50 years.
As to me, in 100 years human beings totally (100%) depend on renewable resources for their energy needs.
Dear Samuel, thanks for participating. I see it is not only me that look at the future this way and I am sure there are many others, but the world is today focused fixing the dying sustainable development model and make it less polluting instead of starting at least to plan an orderly transition from the dirty economies to the clean economies.
In the last Rio process renewable energy was framed as a current and future complement to non-renewable energy not as a full substitute and in the coming global warming discussion the thought seems the same. I am surprised to see players in the process who should be advocating for this approach just following the green economy thought.
There is a need to develop a global and local transition plan from dirty economies to clean economies now to prevent expected future social, economic and environmental tsunamis to at least envision an orderly transition....but the political will is not there yet, but it will come...
You may find these ideas interested Samuel
Understanding the Road Towards the Current Dominant Non-Renewable Energy Use Based Economy: Using An Inversegram to Point Out a Step by Step Strategy Towards an Efficient Dominant Renewable Energy Use Based Economy
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281230333_Understanding_the_Road_Towards_the_Current_Dominant_Non-Renewable_Energy_Use_Based_Economy_Using_An_Inversegram_to_Point_Out_a_Step_by_Step_Strategy_Towards_an_Efficient_Dominant_Renewable_Energy_Use_Based_Economy
Have a nice day!
Article Understanding the Road Towards the Current Dominant Non-Rene...
Dear Samuel, I am sharing here my most recent publications as food for thoughts:
Adam Smith and Karl Marx Under the Sustainability Eye: Pointing Out and Comparing the Sustainability Gaps Behind these Two Great Simplification Failures
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299885202_Adam_Smith_and_Karl_Marx_Under_the_Sustainability_Eye_Pointing_Out_and_Comparing_the_Sustainability_Gaps_Behind_these_Two_Great_Simplification_Failures
Understanding the Death and Paradigm Shift of Adam Smith’s model: Was Going Green the Only Option? If not, Is This Option the Most Sustainable One?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299882613_Understanding_the_Death_and_Paradigm_Shift_of_Adam_Smith%27s_model_Was_Going_Green_the_Only_Option_If_not_Is_This_Option_the_Most_Sustainable_One
The Unintended Consequences of Paradigm Death and Shift: Was the Arrow Impossibility Theorem Left Behind?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299879934_The_Unintended_Consequences_of_Paradigm_Death_and_Shift_Was_the_Arrow_Impossibility_Theorem_Left_Behind
Paradigm Evolution and Sustainability Thinking: Using a Sustainability Inversegram to State Paradigm Death and Shift Expectations under Win-Win and No Win-Win Situations
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298353982_Paradigm_Evolution_and_Sustainability_Thinking_Using_a_Sustainability_Inversegram_to_State_Paradigm_Death_and_Shift_Expectations_under_Win-Win_and_No_Win-Win_Situations
Article Adam Smith and Karl Marx Under the Sustainability Eye: Point...
Article Understanding the Death and Paradigm Shift of Adam Smith’s m...
Article The Unintended Consequences of Paradigm Death and Shift: Was...
Data Paradigm Evolution and Sustainability Thinking: Using a Sust...
Dear friends, here sharing my most recent article which I trust you may find interesting in terms of food for thoughts:
If Going From Free Markets to Non-Free Markets is the Way to Go: Does This Means the End of Rational Decision Making Thinking or Is This Just a Temporary Block of a Perfect Paradigm Shift to Green Markets?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312092336_If_Going_From_Free_Markets_to_Non-Free_Markets_is_the_Way_to_Go_Does_This_Means_the_End_of_Rational_Decision_Making_Thinking_or_Is_This_Just_a_Temporary_Block_of_a_Perfect_Paradigm_Shift_to_Green_Mark
Article If Going From Free Markets to Non-Free Markets is the Way to...
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