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Heroin Anyone?

Heroin Anyone?. Can we do it better and smarter?. Smith Theory. The Big Oops The GREAT Depression Modern Chemistry Modern Engineering Grand Coulee Planes, Trains and Automobiles. WW II. Massive industrialization Rosie the Riveter Mass production in a major way More new chemistry

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Heroin Anyone?

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  1. Heroin Anyone? Can we do it better and smarter?

  2. Smith Theory • The Big Oops • The GREAT Depression • Modern Chemistry • Modern Engineering • Grand Coulee • Planes, Trains and Automobiles

  3. WW II • Massive industrialization • Rosie the Riveter • Mass production in a major way • More new chemistry • Chemical Engineering

  4. Post War Bravado • Conquer the world • Pent up demand • Pent up sex • GI Bill • Television • Romancing the American dream

  5. Production is the Goal • Ozzie and Harriet • College explosion • New Chemistry • New Engineering • Elvis

  6. Hippies • Who drives the SUVs? • Who lives in the big houses? • Who revels in their grand kids? • Who are the real culprits? • Who has spent decades getting ready for retirement?

  7. Jared Diamond: Collapse • We couldn’t have planned it better! • Montana – the wild places

  8. Toxic wastes Forests Soils Water Air Climate change Biodiversity Pests Population growth Overhunting Overfishing Increased per capita impact The Dozen Problems: Diamond

  9. The Magnitude of The Problems • 6.5 billion vs. less than 1 billion • Life friendly Temperatures and Toxicities • Jacobs • No Long Term Experiments • Norgaard

  10. Sieferle • “Economic growth became the system imperative.” • “If it ends in a dead end, there is a danger, because of its tendency towards globalisation and universalisation, that for the first time in history not only a single society but in principle all of humanity will be affected.”

  11. Need • What does this word mean? • Be an economist and THINK • The Race to Work • Play the radio • http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89231809 • 7:46 • Recall 62% of moms are sad • 6:27 or 6:28

  12. Time to Play • Break into your teams 1-3 • Take the rest of class • Define a community • Create a list of 12 aspects that define a successful community • Bring list to class next time

  13. Class Break

  14. Jacobs • NOT the theory of THINGS • How many of your measures of success include THINGS? • How many of your success measures MUST be energy intensive?

  15. Duke • 1997: every year we burn 422 years of sunshine using fossil fuels • 100 tons of biomass=1 gallon of gasoline • Let’s repolicy the FED? People can’t pay their bills

  16. Ethanol papers • The complete corn crop =12% of gasoline • Does not replace coal or LNG • Does not include deforestation

  17. What is the New Path ? • Nannies • Automobiles • Babies as Fashion • Vacations to travel the globe

  18. Easter Island: Diamond • As he was cutting down the last tree, what did the guy say? • Page 114

  19. Story of Stuff • http://www.storyofstuff.com/

  20. Issues • Travel • Tom vs Dean • Playing • X-box vs Scrabble • Kids • Yeah or nay

  21. What is the new path? • Discuss in your teams • Class discussion

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