Some authorities (P2P) suggest using an alternative - energy Joule based currency, but probably this should be employed only in the case of complete sovereign debt collapse. Autarky, holism and planned economies have ugly associations with totalitarianism & this has to be avoided at all costs. However, both single cells & multicellular organisms are regulated entities. If it is accepted that our planet is an increasingly hungry, thirsty and overcrowded space ship, then some kind of generally agreed regulation becomes inevitable. Possibly each carbon neutral domain, or “symbiotic cell” (consisting of an autotrophic rural area balancing out CO2 emissions from the adjacent heterotrophic city) could be given the status of an ancient Greek city state. Nevertheless it appears that the whole planet is now on a war footing, not among ourselves (yet) but with melting polar ice. By employing a sustainability model based on the deconstruction and reuse of waste, using alternative energy, it may be possible to avoid the boom/bust business cycle of competition for control of natural resources and markets that usually and finally culminates in open conflict (petroleum being a particular case in point). I would like to suggest that each US State be divided into carbon neutral regions; cities or urban (heterotrophic) areas, using the existing federal system, where high consumption of alternative energy, as well as production of goods and services energy, are balanced by adjacent autotrophic regions (rural areas) which produce much of the energy used by the city. It is possible that the laws of supply & demand will automatically go into effect, curbing consumption of new raw materials when recyclable waste enters the material supply system. This should occur without regulation. If the energy from the sun is transformed into hydrogen, electricity, biofuels and net carbon dioxide fixation in autotrophic zones is linked to consumption of energy in the heterotrophic zones, then considerable progress towards both carbon neutrality, and autarky will have been accomplished without compromising democracy.
Some authorities (P2P) suggest using an alternative - energy Joule based currency, but probably this should be employed only in the case of complete sovereign debt collapse. Autarky, holism and planned economies have ugly associations with totalitarianism & this has to be avoided at all costs. However, both single cells & multicellular organisms are regulated entities. If it is accepted that our planet is an increasingly hungry, thirsty and overcrowded space ship, then some kind of generally agreed regulation becomes inevitable. Possibly each carbon neutral domain, or “symbiotic cell” (consisting of an autotrophic rural area balancing out CO2 emissions from the adjacent heterotrophic city) could be given the status of an ancient Greek city state. Nevertheless it appears that the whole planet is now on a war footing, not among ourselves (yet) but with melting polar ice. By employing a sustainability model based on the deconstruction and reuse of waste, using alternative energy, it may be possible to avoid the boom/bust business cycle of competition for control of natural resources and markets that usually and finally culminates in open conflict (petroleum being a particular case in point). I would like to suggest that each US State be divided into carbon neutral regions; cities or urban (heterotrophic) areas, using the existing federal system, where high consumption of alternative energy, as well as production of goods and services energy, are balanced by adjacent autotrophic regions (rural areas) which produce much of the energy used by the city. It is possible that the laws of supply & demand will automatically go into effect, curbing consumption of new raw materials when recyclable waste enters the material supply system. This should occur without regulation. If the energy from the sun is transformed into hydrogen, electricity, biofuels and net carbon dioxide fixation in autotrophic zones is linked to consumption of energy in the heterotrophic zones, then considerable progress towards both carbon neutrality, and autarky will have been accomplished without compromising democracy.
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