The Renewables Trap

Will decarbonisation save the day?

My latest guest for Planet: Critical, scientist Louis Arnoux, states that our current attempts at decarbonisation address only symptoms of the energy crisis whilst neglecting the fundamental thermodynamic cause.

[missingpiece]

which is what, that human society is a heat engine

[davidwilkie]

Exactly, so the same old superficial, irresponsible lies and deception persists.

[russtaylor]

Exactly. Doesn't matter how we power our civilisation, we are in massive human population and ecological overshoot for starters...