Nodding agreement about the unfolding changes we face

Engineering for Change.

The idea that tomorrow will be sharply different from today is mostly given nodding agreement, but rarely articulated.

However, the contributing editor to Engineering for Change, Josh Kearns, is aware of the challenges and articulates the unfolding scenario in the piece: “The end of global development as we know it”.

Kearns explains the realities associated with the energy supplies to which the developed world is now addicted and how their certain depletion will enforce lifestyle changes many have not yet even thought about, much less attempted to comprehend.

“Soon, much of the taken-for-granted armature of modern affluent life will break down and go whistling down the wind of history. Unfortunately, this will be a painful process that will catch many by surprise. The prevailing assumptions are that growth is endless and prosperity always rises. We have a quasi-utopian faith in the unalloyed beneficent proceeds of technology and innovation. But a practical look at net energy suggests otherwise,” Kearns writes.