[An expanded treatment of some of this material appears in Chapter 4 of the Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet (free) textbook.]| Do the Math
After inaugurating the Do the Math blog with two posts on the limits to physical and economic growth, I thought it was high time that I read the classic book The Limits to Growth describing the 1972 world computer model by MIT researchers Meadows, Meadows, Randers, and Behrens. I am deeply impressed by the work, and I am compelled to share the most salient features in this post.| Do the Math
[An updated treatment of this material appears in Chapter 2 of the Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet (free) textbook, and also forms the basis for a 2022 article in Nature Physics.]| Do the Math
What success might look like? Image by Emma Farley from Pixabay.| Do the Math
Image by Edar from Pixabay| Do the Math
From Pixabay/Activedia| Do the Math
[An updated treatment of this material appears in Chapter 1 of the Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet (free) textbook, and also appears as part of an article in Nature Physics in 2022.]| Do the Math