Download Causes of Global Warming

Planet Earth
A Century of Change
(1900 (=1) vs 2000)
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Industrial Output: 40
Marine Fish Catch: 35
CO2 Emissions: 17
Total Energy Use: 16
Coal Production: 7
World Population: 4
No More Fish by
2100 at this rate
of Consumption
Key Ideas
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We are special (different than other animals)
We are uniquely positioned at the center of the
Universe (reflects our “specialness”)
The Universe is ordered, logical and rational
With the application of Reason, humankind is
unbounded
Survival of the Fittest
The Bias of GB
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You can build a global society with priority on
the basic E principle of personal property
(arguably we have)
You can build a global society with priority on
the E concept that All Mean Are Created Equal
(this is my preference)
You can not do both (but you can pretend that
you have)
Be Optimistic
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Collective Humanity is currently in an
adolescent state.
Adolescents don’t pay attention, are immature,
and haven’t fully developed their cognitive skills
We can (and will) move beyond this phase
eventually to cultivate more wisdom and less
reaction in our future affairs as we are still
building the global society on E values
But consumption needs to slow
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Earth isn’t big enough to accommodate factor
40 industrial growth for this century
To avoid this:
Consumption/Scarcity WaveForms
The Second Industrial
Revolution
USA vs India and China
Energy Production
1995
2005
% growth
GNP 1995
GNP 2005
% growth
Energy Intensity 95
Energy Intensity 05
% growth
US
1
1
6%
1
1
88%
1
1
52%
China
0.38
0.73
107%
0.10
0.78
1363%
0.27
0.94
750%
India
0.11
0.19
70%
.046
.028
1042%
0.41
0.64
750%
Choice Pathways
 Social/Culture structure based on a
belief system that is then projected on
to the natural world to support that
belief (little e driven)
 A structure based on scientific
methodology to enable, on a planet
wide scale, the enlightenment motto
that all men are created equal (Big E)