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SEDA conference in Edinburgh is all about sufficiency
I will be using the opportunity to diss the Abundance agenda and push the sufficiency economy.
 • Lloyd Alter
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Will self-driving cars and robotaxis bring us Jaywalking 2.0?
I can't believe we are still talking about this
 • Lloyd Alter
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How much house is enough?
In a world where we worry about upfront carbon emissions, we have to ask what is a big enough home, what is sufficient, and what is too much.
 • Lloyd Alter
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The cockeyed optimists of the energy transition say "the tide of cheap, clean electricity is unstoppable."
In the space of a few weeks, we get three concurring views that should give doomers and pessimists hope.
 • Lloyd Alter
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Study confirms that switching to and from Daylight Saving Time is bad for our health
If you have to pick one, standard time is better than daylight saving time, but I will once again make a case for local time.
 • Lloyd Alter
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Plastics: Better living through chemistry, or a serious health hazard?
Alas, a new study from Habitable finds it to be the latter.
 • Lloyd Alter
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The abundance fantasists are going to cook us all
If they really believe all this stuff, I have a hyperloop to sell them.
 • Lloyd Alter
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The energy efficiency of gas-powered cars is worse than we thought
A quarter of the energy in gasoline is lost before it gets to the pump.
 • Lloyd Alter
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