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*Gunter, Linda Pentz. (2013). "Pandora's False Promises: Busting the Pro-Nuclear Propaganda." [http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/356082/23372330/1377269728920/Aug23_2013_Pandora%27s+False+Promises.pdf?token=B7ikhl2wiYgk8ChS2ZULW75jjEc%3D Link] '''1p., 2min''' | *Gunter, Linda Pentz. (2013). "Pandora's False Promises: Busting the Pro-Nuclear Propaganda." [http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/356082/23372330/1377269728920/Aug23_2013_Pandora%27s+False+Promises.pdf?token=B7ikhl2wiYgk8ChS2ZULW75jjEc%3D Link] '''1p., 2min''' | ||
Read executive summary. Look at whatever else you want. Yes, counterarguments are many; however, we anticipate that those who reap narrow benefit from nuclear fission power will continue to inundate us with these, and we want to expose you to a viewpoint less readily accessible. | Read executive summary. Look at whatever else you want. Yes, counterarguments are many; however, we anticipate that those who reap narrow benefit from nuclear fission power will continue to inundate us with these, and we want to expose you to a viewpoint less readily accessible. | ||
| + | *Monbiot, George. (2014). "The Impossibility of Growth." [http://www.monbiot.com/2014/05/27/the-impossibility-of-growth/ Link] '''3pp., 3 min.''' | ||
| + | Monbiot describes why collapse is inevitable and necessary. | ||
| + | *Rowan, Michael. (27 February 2014). "We Need to Talk About Growth." ''Persuade Me'' [http://persuademe.com.au/need-talk-growth-need-sums-well/ Link] (I'm asking you to read sub-headings 1. and 10. Read more if you like.)'''2pp, 2min; 20pp, 20min if you read it all.''' | ||
| + | Australian Michael Rowan discusses the necessity for an end to growth, quoting people from Adam Smith to Sarkozy to support his case, and calculating both the consequences of various scenarios in which we continue growing and prospects for prosperity in its absence. | ||
| + | *Jackson, Tim. "Prosperity Without Growth." [http://www.nfft.hu/dynamic/20090522_pwg_summary_eng.pdf Link] '''9pp., 10min.''' | ||
| + | Summary of Tim Jackson's book, "Prosperity Without Growth." Look especially at Box 1 on last page. Those of you who've been asking as we moved through the quarter, "How shall we deal with all this?" may find in Jackson's proposals basis for individual and collective action. | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 31 March 2017
Core Readings
- "Zero Carbon Britain." Link 6pp, 6min. (I consider this an evidence and reason-based response to MacKay's near-insistence upon using nukes. Link 1p., 3min.)
The creators of this site have a fairly detailed plan for bringing Britain's carbon budget into balance without reliance upon fossil fuel or nuclear fission. This summary is dense. Skim it to grasp the main ideas. Mark Jacobsen of Stanford and colleagues have developed similar proposals for each of the 50 States.
- Crabb, Peter. (2008). "Technology Traps." Link. 2pp, 5 min
Peter Crabb asserts that technology is a trap into which we've fallen, and that we're avoiding a fundamental issue of how to satisfy human wants with available resources.
- Gunter, Linda Pentz. (2013). "Pandora's False Promises: Busting the Pro-Nuclear Propaganda." Link 1p., 2min
Read executive summary. Look at whatever else you want. Yes, counterarguments are many; however, we anticipate that those who reap narrow benefit from nuclear fission power will continue to inundate us with these, and we want to expose you to a viewpoint less readily accessible.
- Monbiot, George. (2014). "The Impossibility of Growth." Link 3pp., 3 min.
Monbiot describes why collapse is inevitable and necessary.
- Rowan, Michael. (27 February 2014). "We Need to Talk About Growth." Persuade Me Link (I'm asking you to read sub-headings 1. and 10. Read more if you like.)2pp, 2min; 20pp, 20min if you read it all.
Australian Michael Rowan discusses the necessity for an end to growth, quoting people from Adam Smith to Sarkozy to support his case, and calculating both the consequences of various scenarios in which we continue growing and prospects for prosperity in its absence.
- Jackson, Tim. "Prosperity Without Growth." Link 9pp., 10min.
Summary of Tim Jackson's book, "Prosperity Without Growth." Look especially at Box 1 on last page. Those of you who've been asking as we moved through the quarter, "How shall we deal with all this?" may find in Jackson's proposals basis for individual and collective action.
