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"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know"
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Franklin, Benjamín Cairns, John |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Exponential population growth, increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, markedly decreasing biodiversity, ecological overshoot, and harm to the biosphere are rapidly changing the environment in which Homo sapiens evolved and flourished. In the last 200 years, “more” has been the motto of a growing population. This delusion is the “devil” that humankind knows and expected to last forever. However, perpetual growth cannot continue indefinitely on a finite planet. At present, the “devil you know” is undergoing irreversible change. In short, the “devil you know “(e.g., cheap, abundant fossil fuel) is rapidly becoming the “devil you knew.” Even with approximately half the world’s population not living the “good life,” plus most of the financial “rewards” going to 1-2% of the population, reluctance to change is still strong. Of course, the corporations of “the devil you know” era are fighting change. “Clean coal” is not yet a reality and not likely to become one soon. Alternative carbon-free energy sources (e.g., wind, solar) are not just ignored – in some areas, they are actively shunned. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.johncairns.net/ebook/Devil%20you%20Know%20-%20S40.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
