I’ve said it before, but it needs repeating: We already have all the knowledge and technology we need to make an ecological society.
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I’ve said it before, but it needs repeating: We already have all the knowledge and technology we need to make an ecological society. It is our political and economic structures that prevent it. The quest for unlimited growth and accumulation exploits both people and our environment.
@benlockwood
How can we create the political and economic structures that support our ecological society? -
Ah, but we *do* have the technology to recycle cement.
So there you have it.
Cement recycling method could help solve one of the world's biggest climate challenges
Researchers have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale -- an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero. The method, which the researchers say is 'an absolute miracle', uses the electrically-powered arc furnaces used for steel recycling to simultaneously recycle cement, the carbon-hungry component of concrete.
ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
@johnzajac @benlockwood That is potentially promising. Let me know when it is out of the research phase and can be used at scale.
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Here you go.
"How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis"
Provisioning decent living standards (DLS) for 8.5 billion people would require only 30% of current global resource and energy use, leaving a substantial surplus for additional consumption, public luxury, scientific advancement, and other social investments.
@kzodasnowman @benlockwood Not sure about “leaving a substantial surplus for additional consumption, public luxury, scientific advancement, and other social investments”. Most analyses I’ve seen say we need to reduce consumption to around 30% of current levels just to avoid exceeding planetary boundaries. Not sure that there is much of a surplus.
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