Those vast scales of resource extraction in the Dark Spaces are - TopicsExpress



          

Those vast scales of resource extraction in the Dark Spaces are needed to feed the ever-growing cities in which we humans now choose to live. Its the feedback of all that resources consumption in cities (as in climate change) that means there is little space on the planet that can truly be thought of as untouched. And as Luis Bettencourt, a physicist at the Santa Fe Institute who works on cities, notes: The way weve been drawing these resources from nature and into the cities is simply not sustainable. An urbanized planet will need more energy, but it is crucial we get it in different ways: that is possible but requires massive change. Something, therefore, has to change — and our polar ideas of nature vs. civilization may be the first thing that needs to go.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:00:00 +0000

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