Problem Solving: Complexity, History, Sustainability - Joseph A. Tainter 2000 ( web.archive.org )
Sustainability or collapse follow from the success or failure of problem-solving institutions. The factors that lead to long-term success or failure in problem solving have received little attention, so that this fundamental activity is poorly understood. The capacity of institutions to solve problems changes over time,...
Oil 2023 – Analysis - IEA ( www.iea.org )
Oil 2023 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency....
Collapse: A Very Short Introduction
Defining Collapse...
"Electric Vehicles": Arthur Berman, Simon Michaux & Pedro Prieto | The Great Simplification ( www.thegreatsimplification.com )
A new podcast format for Mr. Hagens show called "Reality Roundtable". I consider Hagens, Michaux and Berman to have a little of what they themselves term energy blindness, but skewed towards the unrealistic pessimistic, but I prefer it to the alternative! First show I've personally seen with Pedro Prieto.
Peak oil and the low-carbon energy transition: A net-energy perspective ( www.sciencedirect.com )
A often referenced pinned topic from the OG #collapse Discord in #fuel-depletion