Categorie: resources

There is a wide conviction among people that there are resources that can be renewed, and some that are non-renewable. How come, why is this (mis-) understanding so widely? Is it just convenient to look at it like this? In the first place, to come directly to the point :…

The earth in fact is one big island, on which we have to try to survive. Which was until recently not such a big deal, but with 7 billion of, and increasing to 9,5 billion by 2050, its about time to start organizing and distributing things a bit more tightly…

No two closed cycles, but only 1 and the same, for all resources, biotic or abiotic, renewable or non renewable, only with different loop times and routes ( see previous blog) . That we regularly see two cycles turn up, is typical framing of the situation: That way the technical/non…

(About resource racism… ) Closing cycles is at the hart of decreasing environmental impact: at the same time resources are the foundation of societal development ( water- food-materials-energy). So to maintain a certain level of welfare , the resources are fundamental, as well as their regeneration. If not, depletion of…