transformative development and planetary boundaries.
Posted: 03 September 2010 08:33 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Johan Rockstrom is an unusually sane voice in the ongoing environmental debate:
http://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_let_the_environment_guide_our_development.html
Clearly FF fits the bill as far as transformative development is concerned.

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Posted: 03 September 2010 06:27 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Not tea bags, aside from a half-dozen or so serious false assumptions.  But I certainly agree that FF is transformative; it renders almost all of the issues and problems he claims to be ‘solving’ moot. Surplus energy is something completely outside his world-view, though.

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Posted: 03 September 2010 06:48 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Well it’s no panacea. I don’t agree it renders these issues moot. I do agree that power is key, if that’s what you mean. Note he’s not solving anything; he’s setting a safe operating space. How to stay within that space he puts as a challenge and an oportunity for transformative change. His emphasis on change and human creativity puts him ahead of the curve: not too conservative, but not reckless either. Can’t help it: that sort ‘o stuff resonates with me wink

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