Svenergy
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Talk
- Recording of the talk - This was the first rendition of the talk. Unfortunately I ran over time by quite a bit so that the last section and the discussions were cut short.
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- Talk slides These are the slides used in the talk.
References
(not yet complete)
- Dupont 2021, Capellán-Pérez 2019 - I link these two papers because they give a clue where we currently are in terms of societal EROI (8ish) and where we might be going if we were to try the renewable energy road-map (EROI < 3). Of course, society would have collapsed before we reach 3.
- Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet - This is a great textbook on the biophysics of our predicament. It's the first textbook I know, that sorts basic science around the nature of our predicament. Its great, you now get all the science you need to understand what we are facing in just one textbook instead of one on Physics, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Biology, Ecology etc... Plus its open source!
- Food, Energy, and Society - This book focuses a bit more on the Food and Energy connection throughout human history than other stuff I have linked. It is somewhat dated and has substantial mistakes. I recommend it nevertheless because the thinking is good and the overall conclusions valid. Just don't go out and quote the numbers.
- Overshoot - An absolute classic written by W. R. Catton back in 1982. Just in case you though we didn't know all along. I would link to the club of rome too, but I'm sure you heard of them already.
Other talks of the same kind on youtube