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Norman Pagett

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The End of More: Infinite demand on finite resources Is making humankind unsustainable

A concise summary of how the world became capital, and how we spent it

2013

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Stories

Norman Pagett

we can only plan our future using the compass of history

there are no exceptions to that

Aug 17, 2023

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the collapseniks imagine, after their collapse has taken place, that there will exist a "United…

Which misses a fundamental point.

Aug 9, 2023

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the energy available to any nation, within its own borders is fixed.

they can of course thrust outwards an steal it from elsewhere, but this in turn burns limited energy---which what the Americans have been…

Jan 31, 2022

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Wheels

When the internal combustion engine was linked to the wheel, the fulcrum under the lever of human affluence shifted.

Jan 30, 2022

Jan 30, 2022

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The American Dream, what it really cost.

We can pin down the date when the American Dream became a nightmare for all of us.

Dec 7, 2021

The American Dream, what it really cost.

Dec 7, 2021

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Oil is still your life support.

Our problem is not a shortage of oil, but being able to afford it.

Apr 12, 2021

Apr 12, 2021

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Anti-Vaxxers

A children's ‘comic book’ from 1904, against vaccination for smallpox

Sep 3, 2020

Sep 3, 2020

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Enough is enough

I am the ruling virus That now strikes fear in you My armies come in numbers beyond your means to know

Apr 6, 2020

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floods, hurricanes, plagues.

these are all narure’s incursions that disturb our status quo

Mar 15, 2020

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Bugs rule…OK?

The sideswipe of disaster Was bound to come one day We thought it would be warfare Or a strike from outer space

Feb 18, 2020

Feb 18, 2020