Le monde sans fin

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1. palataSep 2023
   You completely miss my point. You are the arrogant want saying "don't worry, we can solve it, we know". I am the one with humility saying "guys, I have seen how engineering works, it's always harder than we think". Tell me: how do you make plastic with solar energy? Because last time I checked, plastic was made of oil. There are tons of engineering problems (from the fact that nobody has ever produced that much solar energy to the fact that you can't control solar energy - what do you do when there is no sun? Happens at least every night...).

   Plus, if your only reference is the price of solar power today, then you are highly uninformed on the subject at hand. Of course solar power is cheap: in many places it is subsidized, and it is built with cheap, abundant fossil fuels. But make no mistake: solar today is absolutely marginal. So you are extrapolating from the current marginal energy production of solar to 100% of the world, with the only argument that "last you checked, solar today is very cheap" and "those who believe they know slightly more than me are arrogant, I won't listen to them".

   > while not having any desire to learn.

   Let me take you on that. I will share with you my favorite introduction book on the subject (it is cheap, from a really respected french engineer, and it took me 5h to read). If you do have any desire to learn, read it seriously. Now in all fairness, if you share with me the title of a serious book that explains why degrowth is "arrogant and stupid", I commit to reading it.

   Do we have a deal?

   My choice is "World without end" (in French: "Le monde sans fin"):

   https://www.amazon.com/World-Without-End-Blain-Christophe-eb...

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2. yamrzouJun 2022
   Not vegetarian, but recently started reducing my meat intake:

   1. For better health.

   2. To help preserve the climate (I see it as a collective duty, and therefore I should fulfil my share of it).

   What convinced me were two books:

   - The Real Story of Money, Health, and Religion by Loren Howe.

   - Le monde sans fin (French) by Jean-Marc Jancovici.

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3. yamrzouFeb 2022
   Jancovici is a legend. Listenening to him and reading his latest comic book (Le monde sans fin) made me very aware of climate issues and directly influenced my behavior.

   He deserves to be better known by international audiences. Here are some of his talks in english:

   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGt4XwBbCvA

   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s254IPHXgVA

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