“[T]he American Institutionalist economist Clarence Ayres explained the exponential growth or proliferation of technical devices in light of the fact that ‘the more devices there are, the greater is the number of potential combinations.’
New and better technology, in turn, meant that natural resources were really ‘materials’ that could become ever more abundant as ‘natural resources are defined by the prevailing technology’ rather than what nature had made available to humanity.”
– Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak, “Seven Billion Solutions Strong.” February 7, 2020.
Boom! Add economist Clarence Ayres to the other Institutional-school economists explaining how economic progress is open-ended, and how progress sets the stage for ever more.
Such helps to explain, for example, the paradox of expanding ‘depletable’ minerals.
Simon and ‘Schools’ of Economics
Julian Simon reversed his thinking to realize that more people meant more resources and progress, not less.…
Continue Reading“Learn hundreds of wide-ranging ideas, including how to talk about the climate crisis in age-appropriate ways; amplify the voices of youths demanding change; get kids off screens — and outdoors; change your lifestyle in ways that deepen bonds, improve moods, and reduce your impact on the Earth.”
“How Kids Can Stop Fearing the Future and Tackle Climate Change” by Michael Krasny fawningly describes a new propaganda book by Mary DeMocker, “The Parents Guide to Climate Revolution,” complete with a foreword by deep ecologist Bill McKibben.[1]
Subtitled “100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep,” Parents Guide is self-advertised as follows:
… Continue Reading“Relax,” writes author Mary DeMocker, “this isn’t another light bulb list. It’s not another overwhelming pile of parental ‘to dos’ designed to shrink your family’s carbon footprint through eco-superheroism.”
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Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
Study: Green New Deal would cost $75K per household
in first year
Sorry Virtue Signalers, a Carbon Tax
Would Have No Impact on Climate
14± million trees felled in Scotland
for wind development, 2000–2019
Why Some Families Living Near Wind Facilities Contemplate
Vacating Their Homes
The Misguided Green Virtue-Signaling
of Solar Panel Mandates
Surprising Disadvantages of Using Solar
Energy
Don’t like CO2?…