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adam_text | Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Part I: Nature: The World as We See It 1
1 Energy in Nature 3
Earth and Sun 3
How It All Began 4
Life on Earth 5
Energy Flows to Earth 6
Energy as the Basis for Life 8
Food Chains 10
The Maximum Power Principle 11
Energy and Growth 12
Population Growth Dynamics—r and k Selectionists 12
Open, Closed, and Isolated Systems 13
Nature as a System, Not a Machine 14
The Gaia Hypothesis 15
Nature and Humanity 15
2 The Scientific World View 16
A Priori and Empirical Sciences 16
Pure and Applied Sciences 17
Facts and Values 17
The Scientific Method 19
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The Use of Models 21
The Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness 21
What Is Not Science? 22
What Science Is Not 23
Emergent Properties and the Systems Approach 25
3 Energy—A Scientific Perspective 27
What Is Energy? 27
Stocks and Flows 28
Energy Potential 28
Transformation Pathways 29
Energy Basis for Activity 31
Thermodynamics—The Science of Energy 32
The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics 32
The First Law of Thermodynamics 33
The Second Law of Thermodynamics 36
The Third Law of Thermodynamics 44
Nature, Nonequilibrium Processes, and Thermodynamics 44
Energy and the Economic Process 46
Scientific Development and the Laws of Thermodynamics 46
4 The Political Economic World View 47
Economics 47
Two World Views 48
Social and Economic Systems 49
Political Economic Beliefs 51
The Economic View of Human Behavior 52
Branches of Economics 55
Efficiency and Optimal Resource Allocation 55
Production 57
Consumption 59
The Economic Model of Society 59
Equilibrium and Growth 60
The Economic View of Natural Resources 60
Externalities—The Economic View of Pollution 61
The Time Value of Money 62
Cost Benefit Analysis 64
Economics and Energy 66
Economics as a Science 68
Problems in Economics 69
The Place of Economics 70
5 The Systems Approach 72
Systems Background 72
Contents xi
Hard and Soft Systems 73
Feedback 75
Characteristics of Complex Systems 78
Open Systems Behavior 78
Thermodynamics and Systems Theory 80
The Systems Appoach and Policymaking 81
6 The Biophysical Systems World View 83
The Physical Basis of Economic Activity 83
Energy in Society 84
Energy and the Economic Process 85
Energy Analysis 86
The Energetic Model of Society 87
Net Energy and Physical Accessibility 89
New Energy Technologies 92
Dynamic Energy Systems Analysis 93
Energy and Systems 94
Aims of the Biophysical Systems World View 95
Part II: Limits: The Dark Side 97
7 The Physics and Morality of Growth 99
The Meaning of Growth 99
Arithmetic of Growth 100
Growth in Nature 103
The Political Economic Perspective of Growth 104
Desirable and Undesirable Growth 109
The Biophysical Systems Perspective of Growth 111
Directions for the Future 113
8 Feedbacks and Externalities 114
Energy and Ecology 114
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect 116
Technical Control of Pollution 117
Dynamic Feedbacks 118
The Economics of Pollution 119
The Tragedy of the Commons 120
Valuation of the Environment 121
Agendas for the Future 123
9 Myths of the Political Economic World View 125
The Meaning of Myths 125
Myths of the World View 126
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Myths of Economic Behavior 129
Myths of Market Failure 144
The Myth of Energy as Commodity 144
The Myth of Environment as Commodity 145
Problems in Economics 145
The Place of Economics 147
A Wider Perspective for Economics 148
10 Myths of Science and Energy 150
The Myth of Linearity 150
The Myth of Scientific Objectivity 151
The Myth of the Technical Fix 152
The Myth of Cheap Energy 153
The Myth of Renewability 154
The Myth of Sustainability of Industrialized Society 155
The Place of Science 155
11 Ecology versus Exemptionalism 157
World Views 157
The Exemptionalist Arguments 158
The Ecological Arguments 160
, Paradigm Conflict 161
/ Prospects for the Future 163
A New World View 164
12 Humanity Separated from Nature 166
Science and Humankind 166
The Enlightenment 167
The Protestant Work Ethic 172
The Separation of Humanity from Nature 172
Humanity and Hyper reality 173
Collapse of the Illusion 174
Lessons for the Future 175
Part III: Choices: Toward the World as It Could Be 177
13 Values for a Sustainable Future 179
A Vision 179
Global Needs 180
Constraints 181
Problems of the Marketplace 182
Resources for Future Generations 184
The Need for Restraint 185
Contents xiii
Stewardship of the Total System 186
Inventing the Future 187
Ends and Means 188
Toward Sustainability 189
Steady State 190
An Ethical Point of Departure 191
14 Energy for a Sustainable Future 192
The Global Context of Energy Planning 192
The End Uses of Energy in an Economy 194
Increasing End Use Efficiency 196
Institutional Blocks to Energy Conservation 196
Choosing Our Future Energy Demand—Inventing Our Future 198
Soft and Hard Options 199
Sustainability 200
The Future 201
Making Short Term Objectives Consistent with Long Term Goals 203
15 Sustainable Development 204
Environment and Development 204
Is Balance Possible? 206
Sustainable Development and Hicksian Income 207
A Hierarchy of Policy Options 209
Strategies for Integrating Economics and Ecology 211
Policy Issues 214
Environment, Equity, and Generalizability 216
Population, Resources, and Environment 217
16 Ecological Economics 219
The New Political Economic Imperative 219
The Policy Hierarchy 220
Ecological Economics 221
Broader Perspectives on Sustainability 222
Modifications to Conventional Economics 224
Incorporation of Physics into Economic Methods 231
Dynamic Biophysical Systems Approaches 231
Conflicts between Economics and Physics 233
17 With People s Wisdom: Stewardship and Sufficiency 235
Prerequisites for a Sustainable Future 236
Adult Learning 239
Adult Education Models 242
Governments, Sustainability, and General Adult Education 246
xiv Contents
Conclusion 248
New Scientific Tools 248
Limits 249
Changes in Society 250
A Straw Man? 250
New Social Tools 251
New Images 252
Values 252
Appendix: The Venice Declaration 255
Notes 257
References 277
Index 299
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