Govt economic advisor warns British defence planners that growth is ending... and it's not just the U.K.

Steven Schear schear.steve at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 08:24:41 PDT 2018


A possible alternative is to transition to biofuels, which harvest all
their carbon from the atmosphere, and can be net carbon neutral.

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 8:10 AM John Newman <jnn at synfin.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 05:20:30PM +0000, jim bell wrote:
> >  This article sure sounds foolish.  As I see it, the main driver in the
> increase in "growth"  (other than population) is productivity.
> Productivity tends to be driven by gradual adoptions of automation, which
> has been a major factor for 50+ years, and actually far larger.  Automation
> isn't going away, and will only increase in effectiveness for decades
> > Energy is a factor, but society is well on its way to the widespread
> adoption of solar and wind energy.  Solar is useful in most locations, and
> wind will eventually be useable just about everywhere, 24 hours per day,
> with the use of low-resistance materials to conduct that energy, for
> example metallic carbon nanotubes.  (MCNTs).
> >             Jim Bell
> >
>
> Personally I wish the "progressive left" could get over its deep fear of
> nuclear energy, and we could build some modern reactors. Maybe when (if)
> they ever get a fusion reactor that can substain a reaction...
>
>
> https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/iter-nuclear-fusion-reactor-halfway-complete/
>
> Of course, solar and wind power is great :)  Anything to stop burning
> more fucking carbon..
>
> -
> John
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Friday, July 6, 2018, 9:15:13 AM PDT, Steven Schear <
> schear.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  "If we extrapolate this trend forward, labour productivity growth would
> reach zero by 2028."
> >
> https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/govt-economic-advisor-warns-british-defence-planners-that-growth-is-ending-abf806f17845
> >
>
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