An Insufficient DecadeWe are entering a decade of insufficiency. We’ll at once feel like we’re making insufficient progress on the climate problem and…Nov 24, 2022Nov 24, 2022
Valuing Avoidance of Climate Tipping PointsThis piece originally appeared in The Impact, 4th May, 2021Oct 20, 20222Oct 20, 20222
Oil execs are talking about life after oil. Should we believe them?Originally published in The Impact, 18th May, 2021Oct 20, 20223Oct 20, 20223
A key week in the death of oilOriginally published in The Impact; 2nd June 2021Oct 20, 2022Oct 20, 2022
Life after a caustic electionIt’s the day after the 2020 election as I write this. It looks as though Joe Biden will win enough states to win 270+ Electoral College…Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
Published inThe StartupConferences after COVIDNobody, lying on their deathbed, ever said: “I wish I’d attended more conferences”Apr 15, 20201Apr 15, 20201
Musings on Malthus“The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape…Feb 25, 2020Feb 25, 2020
Published inStories from the Decentralized WebDecentralizing: ending walled gardensBeyond the walled gardenJan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Published inThe StartupHow hard could this be?How hard, how difficult, how expensive will it be to convert most, nearly all, of the world’s energy consumption from fossil fuels to…Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
And all the rights and privileges …If you’ve graduated from a U.S. university, you get a degree and a piece of paper that includes the words: “with all the Rights…Nov 11, 2019Nov 11, 2019