Since the very beginning of modern growth-critique, starting with the publication of the report „Limits to Growth“ in 1972, the mainstream response to this critique has always been: “Well, we can grow the limits by making things ever more efficient”. Now, with the shiny user interface of the ongoing digital revolution, the holy grail of the efficiency revolution gets yet another new finish: By ...
By Mark Burton It can be difficult to form a view of what’s really going on in our atmosphere, given the amount of information and of contradictory claims. This piece concerns recent reports on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and levels. On 16th March, a Guardian headline over an article by John Vidal said: Surge in renewable energy stalls world greenhouse gas emissions That sounds good...
Von Kai Kuhnhenn und Eva Mahnke Teile von Politik und Wirtschaft loben Deutschland gern als „Klimaschutzvorreiter“, zuletzt etwa die vier CDU/CSU-Politiker Michael Fuchs, Georg Nüßlein, Joachim Pfeiffer und Thomas Bareiß in einem Brief an ihre Fraktion. „Deutschland gehört global zu den Vorreitern bei der Erneuerbaren- und Klimapolitik“, heißt es darin. Wer anderes behaupte, versuche die weitr...
