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Forget tech-optimism…

17 september 2022admin
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The article series begins on a Saturday , with the front page of the economics section of the NRC national newspaper featuring the ticker: “believe in growth or shrinkage.” With that, I was immediately on the fence. Because it’s not… Continue Reading →

behaviour, capital, climate, future, interview, lifestyle, newspaper, policies, society, technology

Continue partying, or (CO2) lockdown ?

14 april 2022admin
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There are actually only two options (‘scenario’s’): Either we go into CO2 lockdown, or we party on until the whole thing collapses…. The latest IPCC report makes that perfectly clear again. What we are doing now is a case of… Continue Reading →

behaviour, climate, CO2, consuming, economy, future, IPCC, lifestyle, news, policies, society, transition

Carbon storage: the land-time relation 2/2

20 februari 2022admin
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There are many ways you can start “accounting” for CO2 (as comments on the previous article also showed), but at the end of the day what matters are absolute CO2 emissions, from whatever activity. And cutting down a tree and… Continue Reading →

agriculture, assessment, biobased, climate, CO2, Embodied Land, forests, future, housing stock, land, landuse, materials, resources

Living of presents , all year round…

8 november 2021admin
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In the coming weeks, the Black-Peter discussion will undoubtedly re-surface: its a Dutch tradition celebrating Saint Nicolas assisted by “black Peters’ coming from ‘Spain’ and distributing presents for children in shoes next to the fire place, by Black Peters climbing… Continue Reading →

behaviour, climate, consuming, society

The UN SDG’s adapted for rich countries…

7 maart 2021admin
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In recent years we have seen the Sustainable development goals of the UN appear more and more often as a stepping stone for all kinds of initiatives. [1] And that, however well-intentioned, is not always a good thing. I wrote… Continue Reading →

climate, future, policies, society, sustainable, transition

Climate neutral Rugby…

24 januari 2021admin
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There is a lot of discussion, how to ‘fight’ climateheating. Especially now, with massive investments in the economy. But what is clear, is that every sector has to make its contribution, to become carbon emissions free. Every sector? Yes. We… Continue Reading →

bamboo, climate, climateneutral, forests, transition

Corona & Climate update: the R-value of Climate

3 januari 2021admin
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There are many similarities between the Corona crises and the climate crises. But there is 1 difference: there is no vaccine against climate change, after which we can pick up where we left off. That is more or less the… Continue Reading →

climate, CO2, corona, pandemic, policies, society

2020-2040: What goes up, must come down…

21 december 2020admin
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Last year I wrote about a publication from 20 years ago, in which prominent figures looked 20 years ahead. [1] The result was not that good, the future is always more different as expected. However, a number of reactions wondered… Continue Reading →

climate, CO2, economy, future, innovation, policies, politics, society, transition

Solar panels: ≤ 1m2 PV per m2 floor …

26 oktober 2020admin
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As we want to get rid of fossil fuels, we will at least have to develop everything now without fossil fuels. And in any case the operational energy. In the case of new buildings this leads to “0-energy buildings”, which… Continue Reading →

0-energy, architecture, climate, climateneutral, CO2, embodied energy, energy, energyneutral, materials, nZEB, resources, solar energy, solarpanels, transition

Biomass (-growth) is our reference : Back to the forests

19 juli 2020admin
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By now its obvious: the way we are currently dealing with climate, environment, raw materials, food, biodiversity, will not help us prevent disasters. But what then? The struggle and discussion on solutions is in full swing currently. Just look at… Continue Reading →

biobased, bioenergy, biomass, climate, CO2, ecology, food, forests, future, resources, sustainable, transition

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Form Follows Fysics - reinventing the built environment (2021)
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