Published:
October 30, 2015
It is practically impossible for us to significantly alter many of the long-term causes of energy and food cost trends, writes Dr. Carey King, assistant director of the Energy Institute, in a new article in American Scientist. As a consequence, the ability of our energy system to aid in the achievement of environmental and socioeconomic goals lies primarily in using technology to consume less energy and deal with the obvious: Earth is a finite planet. Read more.