Wednesday, September 4th 2013

“Essentials of Economic Sustainability – Energy: The Ultimate Source of All Economic Value”

“A sustainable economy must be able to maintain its productivity and value to society indefinitely, essentially forever,” and that sustainability “ultimately depends on the sustainable use of energy.”  
This is so simple it’s mindboggling.  Once again we’re slapped in the face with the fact that we have the resources for sustainable energy just waiting to be harnessed on a large scale—the Sun.  Until our economy “revolves” around it so to speak, we’re fighting an uphill battle.  It’s actually quite ridiculous.  It’s like a sick person having medicine right at their bedside, and yet they choose to ignore its presence rather than using the medicine…instead, for a false sense of comfort, they eat ice cream, likely with high fructose corn syrup while watching GIFs of cute puppies.  Yes.  It’s almost just like that.  Moral of the story: as a result of mankind’s choices, the planet is “sick.”  The economy is sick.  We are sick.  The sun is our medicine.