56. evaluating energy options Energy return on investment Size of resource Infrastructure requirement Convenience of use
57. evaluating energy options Energy return on investment Size of resource Infrastructure requirement Convenience of use Environmental impact
58. evaluating energy options Energy return on investment Size of resource Infrastructure requirement Convenience of use Environmental impact Renewability
59. evaluating energy options Energy return on investment Size of resource Infrastructure requirement Convenience of use Environmental impact Renewability Scalability
60. evaluating energy options Energy return on investment Size of resource Infrastructure requirement Convenience of use Environmental impact Renewability Scalability Location of resource
61. There is no credible scenario in which alternative energy sources can make up for fossil fuels once declines begin.
62. depleting materials Antimony China Thermoelectric/paraelectric materials Barium China Thermoelectric/paraelectric materials Bismuth China, Mexico Thermoelectric/paraelectric materials Cobalt Kinshasa, Australia Photovoltaics GalliumChina Photovoltaics Germanium Belgium, Canada Photovoltaics Indium China, Canada Photovoltaics, thermo/paraelectric mat’ls Manganese Gabon, S. Africa Photovoltaics Nickel Canada Fuel cells Platinum S. Africa Fuel cells, para/thermoelectric materials Rare Earths China Fuel cells, para/thermoelectric materials Tellurium Belgium, Germany Solar cells, semiconductors Titanium Australia, S. Africa Solar cells Zinc Canada, Mexico Photovoltaics, fuel cells
74. “We’re in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime set of economic conditions. The perspective I would bring is not one of recession. (Steve Ballmer Chairman, Microsoft)
75. Rather, the economy is resetting to a lower level of business and consumer spending based largely on the reduced leverage in the economy.” (Steve Ballmer Chairman, Microsoft)
76. what to expect Unemployment Homelessness Bank failures Hunger Crime Political instability International conflict
87. reforming economics The economy is a subset of the environment growth in population and consumption levels is not sustainable
88. reforming economics The economy is a subset of the environment growth in population and consumption levels is not sustainable Renewable resources must be harvested at less than the rate of natural replenishment
89. reforming economics The economy is a subset of the environment growth in population and consumption levels is not sustainable Renewable resources must be harvested at less than the rate of natural replenishment Non-renewable resources must be recycled, use must decline
90. reforming economics The economy is a subset of the environment growth in population and consumption levels is not sustainable Renewable resources must be harvested at less than the rate of natural replenishment Non-renewable resources must be recycled, use must decline Wastes must be food
92. ecological economics Cap-and-dividend system for extraction rights for basic natural resources Shift from taxing income toward taxing resource depletion and environmental pollutants
93. ecological economics Cap-and-dividend system for extraction rights for basic natural resources Shift from taxing income toward taxing resource depletion and environmental pollutants Limits on income inequality
94. ecological economics Cap-and-dividend system for extraction rights for basic natural resources Shift from taxing income toward taxing resource depletion and environmental pollutants Limits on income inequality Tariffs to allow countries with sustainable policies to remain competitive with countries without them
100. food systems, transport systems, efficient buildings, and more Building resilient communities
101. Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend upon the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive and available until the politically impossible becomes politically inevitable.—Milton Friedman
104. Transition Towns A bottom-up community organizing model that puts together all of these strategies and more “Life can be better without fossil fuels…”
105. emphasize what’s not at peak Community Satisfaction from honest work well done Intergenerational solidarity Cooperation Free time Happiness Artistry Beauty of the built environment
