tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post2890429416494375748..comments2024-03-27T16:08:30.313-05:00Comments on The Great Change: The Great Pause Week 82: Cars that Solve for ClimateAlbert Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627996921976501534noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-26680245158107024912021-10-10T15:57:37.747-05:002021-10-10T15:57:37.747-05:00Albert you are tempting us. I've been reading ...Albert you are tempting us. I've been reading your posts for years, we've talked, I've watched you take a stand for post-carbon recovery, but never like these last two posts. RethinkX is unabashedly techno-optimistic; we really get to have our energy and burn it too in their playbook. Have you looked to see whether any of their or Seba's forecasts about 2020 have born out? <br />I didn't read anywhere their taking account of the ecological consequences or even potential to rewire society as fast as they predict, not the monetary consequences of extreme debt/assets or even debt to GDP global. All set to hang up: global BLUE SCREEN.<br />Maybe it's time for the fourth revision of your collapseniks chart from 2014; there are quite a few new players like Seba on the scene now. Have you moved from lower left quadrant, technoskeptic doomer along with such worthies as Greer, Eisenstein, Foss, Heinberg, Orlov, Bardi, Lovelock, Odum and Tainter?<br /><br />Ian Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975374352244687491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-90143327539285589932021-10-10T14:13:41.612-05:002021-10-10T14:13:41.612-05:00This seems like a rare miss from Albert. Cars aren...This seems like a rare miss from Albert. Cars aren't sustainable, just like the entire setup that supports them. Full stop. The sooner we make them as rare as horses are now, the better. Though we're probably too far along for that to happen. dex3703https://www.blogger.com/profile/05045018928899315754noreply@blogger.com