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The environmental cost of making the car takes a reasonable amount of the resources used in is lifecycle. So in the case you only need the car for a few miles a week you should con…

So we need to add into EROEI all the energy needed to deactivate/retrofit de old technology used in planes and large boats. If I don't do this exercise I will be as in denial as th…

What is the energy return of energy invested on getting hydrogen from solar and then turning into ammonia?

Regarding closing the case with glue, I have an iPod Classic 5Gen and there are a lot of mod's but I don't see one that change the case to be easily open. Remarkable don't apply to…

It could work if the promise was to give people time instead of a 9 to 5 shitty job, and assuring equality through a Universal Basic Income. That income could be financed with taxe…

In the video the economist talks about progress just as if progress is the end in itself, but is not. We need to have a goal in order to progress to that goal. To have infinite pro…

If I was a car manufacturer I would invest heavily on Uber. The fact that people need to have a new car to work for Uber is one of the main factors that keep the auto industry out …

What would happen if we put the externalities to the level they need to be is that the local economy would be more efficient that the global economy. The important organizations ar…

It would promote the local economy (the one with less externalities). That would created meaningful jobs, jobs that you know have a propose. Yes we could not buy cheap clothing eve…

You could place the externalities directly on an UBI (universal basic income). This would address a problem of redistribution of the tariffs income. France had the yellow jackets b…

I'm with you. we need to act even if it means the end on economic growth. Economy is a mean to an end not the end on itself.

Marcus Aurelius had the quote "Confine yourself to the present". He was one of the most respected roman emperors, and a famous stoic. Today living the present is associated with re…

You have the effect "mix vs sort" that shows that if you are very good making thing you are bad distributing them. So mass production is not as effective as local production if you…

For me protectionnism could be a good thing environmentally like adhelas said. It could be a good measure if you use this tariffs to improve equality, distributing this equally thr…

That's my opinion. For me this protectionism could be a good thing environmentally, and even socially if the tariffs income are well spend. For instance if we spend this tariffs in…

Is anyone here curious about where the tariffs income will be spent?

One think that can lead to loneliness is material abundance namely the abundance of houses. Here in Portugal we have 40% more houses than families. For instance the building that I…

It's time to question economic growth. We cannot change the whole economy with a green one, we simply don't have the resources. This is just one example of many. What we need it's …