Pg. 11 -
- "In nature, there is no waste: one organism's waste is another's food."
- Recycling should be drive by renewable energy, otherwise we will consume more fossil fuel for the energy to recycle than we will save in virgin petrochemical raw materials by recycling in the first place.
- GAIN, not a LOSS ---> CLOSED LOOP
Pg. 55 -
- Ex.) Apollo XI - off course for 90% of the trip ---> MID COURSE CORRECTION!
- Humanity is off course...
- Wealth comes from raw natural resources... We cannot create something out of nothing.
T (technology)/x ---> x/T
T as part of the solution... Redefining wealth.
- Perception: EARTH IS IN CRISIS; not so bad
- Action: INADEQUATE; good enough
- Outcome: collapse; ABUNDANT FUTURE
- The Alarmists vs. Foot-Draggers
homo sapiens are 1/140th of a second on earth's 7 day timescale. (since the Industrial Revolution).
Pg. 60 -
- We have the wrong tax policy!
- We tax GOOD things such as income & prosperity.
- We need to tax BAD things such as pollution, waste & co2 production.
- Applied Intelligence:
- Harness solar income.
- Stop consuming stored natural capital.
- Close recycling loop & eliminate waste & toxic emissions.
- ---> Change the way we live, redefine wealth & come together as communities.
We lose rainforests at a rate of 1 football field every 2 seconds! The rainforest is home to 1/2 of the world's species.
Plutonium has a lifespan of 500,000 years.
Sea levels will rise 20 inches in the 21st century. That is 9,000 sq. miles of the US underwater in 100 years!
