by Bart Hawkins Kreps Auto industry voices in Canada have made headlines recently by urging a longer timeline for the transition to electric cars. We should hope that Prime Minister Mark Carney does not give in to this demand. Yet even if Canada’s federal government sticks to the current policy, and Canadian new car sales are 100 percent zero-emission by 2035, carbon emissions will decline much more slowly than the world needs. The post Carbon and Canada’s Cars: “Business As Usual, Elec...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by Amelia Jaycen In counties across the U.S.—rural and urban, democrat and republican—communities are living up close and personal with data centers. And the new neighbor is a real nightmare. The number of data centers in the U.S., whether planned, under construction, or operating, is 3,897. This is by far the most anywhere in the world, and the number is increasing weekly. We are hitting our heads on the ceiling of limits to growth. The post Technocene Ground Zero: Counties Face Off with...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by David Shreve In cap-and-trade systems, the government places a “cap,” or limit, typically on pollution or resource extraction. The amount of pollution or extraction is then divided into “allowances,” which are allocated to the polluting or extracting corporations. These corporations can trade their unused allowances in the marketplace. Cap-and-trade policies promise significant abatement at an optimally low cost. But does experience with cap-and-trade systems vindicate this promise...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Gold demand is high and prices are skyrocketing, but the technics for a "circular" supply, dominated by recycling and reuse, are conceivable.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Sustainability is trending—so is overconsumption. Gen Z has high stakes in Earth's future but is influenced by social media consumerism.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
American housing is mired in unaffordability and unsustainability. CASSE's Sustainable Housing Act conduces smaller houses and less sprawl.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy