these days takes the debate in various fora on the issue of energy. In ways that continue to indicate a sort of persistent intellectual laziness.
The writer is not even anti-nuclear and nuclear does not believe in the redeeming virtues of "renewable" but neither is prejudiced contrary to give them credit.
If anything it is elsewhere, interested in a different way to set this matter. As the following address dominant perspective is typical of recent decades, which has proved pernicious: the point of view bid. That economic theory of supply that has malfunctioned - as he always repeats the Nobel Prize Paul Krugman - and that applied to the growing shortage of energy, resulting in the trivial (lazy) recipe to replace the sources being depleted with others, but always assumed abundant, easy availability and management, cheap. In short, the magical and simplistic replacement of oil with something else. In any case, assuming as unchanged / unchanging demand.
So the heart of the problem seems to seek resources equivalent to burn belly nell'irrinunciabile get enough of the SUV, so continue to heat and thermoregulate both houses as offices in the most senseless and coolers today, and so on.
Maybe forgetting (deliberately?) That if fossil fuels are no data coming up in a few decades, the uranium will follow in the common destiny little later, ignoring the fact that any alternative solutions is not strong enough to support the current consumption levels. Not accepting the simple evidence that we live in a finite system and that the limits are the natural order of things.
That seems much more reasonable (and responsible) to overturn the point of view thinking in terms of demand, not the effort to chase panting inconclusive Sisyphus a measure of the level of supply at current consumption patterns because - rather - to realign the organization of society and the resulting lifestyle to the actual possibilities available to us. Saving and back.
is clear that - at this point - the issue of energy science and technology becomes highly political. With all the difficulties involved, given the current state of the art (enough accidents) of public action. The fact remains that the current setting is only a short postponement soothing, calm and satisfied that we start to catastrophe in the medium term.
The alternative - Exactly - is to reorient towards sobriety: therefore, the prevalence of public consumption, and a rethinking of collective models extraordinary work of civic education outreach. From the selection and reuse of waste.
In short, even before the alleged ABRAKADABRA of science and technology, expected on faith as a kind of manna from heaven, the practice to draw on the collective commitment to active awareness.
To do this will require some very difficult passages. Which require the direct involvement of the citizenry that is aware and - simultaneously - a deep reflection on the trends inherent in the dynamics social guidelines as a policy renewed at the root from that degree of credibility that will enable it to exercise leadership in their communities (which now held him in a deep-rooted contempt).
On the other hand, the world is being conducted by criticism of "lazy" systems of government based on the theories of supply, the origin of economic bubbles are bursting in the face to all humanity. The same thing applies, for that is the primary question of our survival as food and plausible ways to run in a finite world in the bill.
of Pierfranco Pellizzetti from the XIX Century April 26, 2009
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