and why the transition away from fossil fuels is too.
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Both clips above seem to reinforce my hypothesis expressed here:
https://individualsovereignty.
As the erudite political scientist and human ecologist Dr. Patrick Ophuls states: "Electrifying the Titanic" (one of his book titles) is a good thing, but it won't suffice. We also have to convert from a high-energy society to a low-energy society. High energy use requires natural resource abundance (ecological abundance), but we're at the beginning of natural resource scarcity. We've already picked the low-hanging fruit (so to speak); what's left is getting too expensive to extract from the ecosphere. We're talking about dozens of metals and several rare earth elements. Never mind water and petroleum. All are necessary for the production of high tech renewable energy gizmos. We must transition to renewables, but we also have to change our lifestyle and worldview. Scientific studies and common sense make that crystal clear.
