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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-1813695,00.html
In a Murdoch owned paper too......Rupe, what has got into you mate?
In a Murdoch owned paper too......Rupe, what has got into you mate?
Hmmm. Hardheaded pragmatism, or an antiglobalizationist's wet dream? I doubt this is the kind of innovative thinking Huebner had in mind...Not everyone believes we're doomed. Cheerier prognostications suggest that our future will more closely resemble 1990s Cuba. The American trade embargo, combined with the collapse of Cuba's communist allies in eastern Europe, suddenly deprived the island of imports. Without oil, public transport shut down and TV broadcasts finished early in the evening to save power. Industrial farms needed fuel and spare parts, pesticides and fertiliser — none of which were available. Consequently, the average Cuban diet dropped from about 3,000 calories per day in 1989 to 1,900 calories four years later. Of necessity, the country converted to sustainable farming techniques, replacing artificial fertiliser with ecological alternatives, rotating crops to keep soil rich, and using teams of oxen instead of tractors. There are still problems supplying meat and milk, but over time Cubans regained the equivalent of that missing meal. And ecologists hailed their achievement in creating the world's largest working model of largely sustainable agriculture, largely independent of oil.
A_Wanderer said:I dug up a critique of his methodology that may be found here
http://accelerating.org/articles/huebnerinnovation.html
Is it just me or does page 2 turn into parody at the end?
A_Wanderer said:Colour me skeptical, the solutions will not lie in massive government rollout for a "great leap forward", these things may progress at their own rate. If oil starts hitting 70 dollars a barrel then other reserves become more economically viable, it becomes cost effective for alternative energy sources. Such a rollout for profit would be cheaper, faster and more effective than any bloated government franchise.