The Mordor Economy | Frankly #23
January 27, 2023
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Episode 23 · January 27, 2023
The Mordor Economy | Frankly #23
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Description</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, Nate walks through the path we are currently on en route to the Great Simplification - a path towards a "Mordor Economy". Based on data from colleagues Art Berman and Carey King, Nate untangles the complex relationship between biology, GDP, and net energy. How is an economic metabolism based on a need for growth creating a pathway for increasing amounts of energy to be directed to the energy sector itself? Why hasn't the rapid growth of renewables satiated our energy appetite? How is the use of credit masking the full energetic-cost of energy? Can we proactively take the necessary steps to reset the balance between energy efficiency and energy con</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">sumption to pass through Mordor unscathed and arrive at the Great Simplification?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To Watch on Youtube:</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/HoYg9M8brF4">https://youtu.be/HoYg9M8brF4</a></p> <p>For Show Notes and More: <a href="https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/23-mordor-economy">https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/23-mordor-economy</a></p>
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