Curating Content To Support Learning About Humanity's Transition

This content was posted on  17 Aug 22  by   Charles Eisenstein  on  Facebook Page
I'm really happy with this new essay. Here is an excerpt: “The condition called burnout …

I’m really happy with this new essay. Here is an excerpt: “The condition called burnout mirrors the depletion of fossil fuels. But the solution to burnout is not to drink more coffee, or eat more food, or take better supplements. Nor is it to keep doing what we’ve been doing, only less of it. It is the same with fossil fuels: the solution is not to ramp up fracking to get more oil, nor is it supplementation with “renewables,” nor is it to use energy as before, only less of it (conservation). Burnout signals that the time has come to turn one’s energy toward different ends.

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Energy policy blah blah blah, life cycle analysis blah blah blah, energy return on energy invested, peak oil, carbon footprint, renewables, hydro, nuclear, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. That was a compelling analysis, wasn’t it? Now that I’ve gotten it out of the way, let’s move on to th…


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