Heroin Anyone?
Can we do it better and smarter?
Smith Theory
The Big Oops The GREAT Depression Modern Chemistry Modern Engineering Grand Coulee Planes, Trains and Automobiles
WW II
Massive industrialization Rosie the Riveter Mass production in a major way More new chemistry Chemical Engineering
Post War Bravado
Conquer the world Pent up demand Pent up sex GI Bill Television Romancing the American dream
Production is the Goal
Ozzie and Harriet College explosion New Chemistry New Engineering Elvis
Hippies
Who drives the SUVs? Who lives in the big houses? Who revels in their grand kids? Who are the real culprits? Who has spent decades getting ready for
retirement?
Jared Diamond: Collapse
We couldn’t have planned it better! Montana – the wild places
The Dozen Problems: Diamond
Toxic wastes Forests Soils Water Air Climate change
Biodiversity Pests Population growth Overhunting Overfishing Increased per capita
impact
The Magnitude of The Problems
6.5 billion vs. less than 1 billion Life friendly Temperatures and Toxicities
Jacobs No Long Term Experiments
Norgaard
Sieferle
“Economic growth became the system imperative.”
“If it ends in a dead end, there is a danger, because of its tendency towards globalisation and universalisation, that for the first time in history not only a single society but in principle all of humanity will be affected.”
Need
What does this word mean? Be an economist and THINK The Race to Work Play the radio
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89231809
7:46 Recall 62% of moms are sad
6:27 or 6:28
Time to Play
Break into your teams 1-3 Take the rest of class Define a community Create a list of 12 aspects that define a
successful community Bring list to class next time
Class Break
Jacobs
NOT the theory of THINGS How many of your measures of success
include THINGS? How many of your success measures
MUST be energy intensive?
Duke
1997: every year we burn 422 years of sunshine using fossil fuels
100 tons of biomass=1 gallon of gasoline Let’s repolicy the FED? People can’t pay
their bills
Ethanol papers
The complete corn crop =12% of gasoline Does not replace coal or LNG Does not include deforestation
What is the New Path ?
Nannies Automobiles Babies as Fashion Vacations to travel the globe
Easter Island: Diamond
As he was cutting down the last tree, what did the guy say?Page 114
Issues
TravelTom vs Dean
PlayingX-box vs Scrabble
KidsYeah or nay
What is the new path?
Discuss in your teams Class discussion