by Graham Palmer | Apr 28, 2018 | Energy, Energy efficiency
A biophysical perspective of economic growth in Australia In my last post, I introduced the biophysical interpretation of the economy by augmenting the standard circular flow model with energy. In this interpretation, energy is only partially substitutable with...
by Graham Palmer | Jul 29, 2017 | Energy, EROI, Uncategorized
Pathways to the Post-Carbon Economy In June 2017, Nafeez Ahmed published an article 3 ways Clean Energy will make Big Oil extinct in 12 to 32 Years — without subsidies which illicited debate in the sustainability community. In response, Nafeez suggested a symposium...
by Graham Palmer | Jul 8, 2017 | EROI, Uncategorized
Japan as a template for how societies might reconfigure with economic stagnation and declining net-energy Japan has enormous debt, falling population, and faces a demographic ‘time bomb’. But my current visit to Japan reveals a vibrant, friendly, and civilised...
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