Design in the light of dark energy
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Architecture & Energy conference, Philadelpia, 2012
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- 1. DESIGN IN THE LIGHT OF DARK ENERGY John Thackara Architecture & Energy, Philadelphia, 2012
- 3. The economy must expand to infinity because Mr Monti says so
- 4. an economy that expands to in infinity in a finite world? techocratic? theocratic, more like.
- 5. energy intensity oil production we don’t have infinite supplies of the kind of energy the economy runs on We don’t have infinite supplies of the kind of energy Mr Monti’s economy runs on
- 6. Henshaw System Energy Assessment - “Dark Energy” - (Henshaw) And we’re using up to 5x more energy than gets counted (= “dark energy”)
- 7. Lots of energy & money are needed to instal green kind
- 8. energy intensity x energy production x debt Small problem: we don’t have that much energy and money
- 9. catabolic collapse Result: Mr Monti is in for a disappointment
- 10. The road ahead? (Hint: 5% of the resources we’re used to now)
- 11. 8. Not that road - this road We can learn from folk who get by on 5% of the resources we to - today
- 12. Good news: we can do a lot using social energy
- 13. 13 Paris as a sponge and natural energy can power the infrastructure
- 14. Tomorow’s cities will be depaved, and overgrown
- 15. City of Seeds “City of Seeds”
- 17. @johnthackara