[p2p-research] Scientific American: Does Economics Violate the Laws of Physics?

[Ryan Lanham]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Paul D. Fernhout <
pdfernhout at kurtz-fernhout.com> wrote:

>
> So given that, the attitude Hall outlines there, like Catton's, is IHMO
> dysfunction, harmful, and unreasonable given the facts if people really
> studied the subject of renewable energy, like Amory Lovins' and Hunter
> Lovins' work in Brittle Power.
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_Power
> "Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security is a 1982 book by
> Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, prepared originally as a Pentagon
> study, and re-released in 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The book
> argues that domestic energy infrastructure is very vulnerable to disruption,
> by accident or malice, often even more so than imported oil. According to
> the authors, a resilient energy system is feasible, costs less, works
> better, is favoured in the market, but is rejected by U.S. policy. the
> preface to the 2001 edition, Lovins explains that these themes are still
> very current."
>
> Within the last 3 days the Obama Administration has proposed a
multi-billion dollar reworking of the e-grid along these lines.  The Lovins
book is a classic policy brief...scary, smart and completely out of left
field.

Ryan
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