Below is a chronological listing of posts. As the posts are building towards what I anticipate will eventually emerge as a structured whole, this page will provide a snapshot of where we are in that unfolding process. While the individual posts viewed in succession by publication date constitute a linear time sequence of ideas and views, the overall inquiry will, if my intended approach is effective, have a different structure, involving cross-referencing that will eventually be both backwards and forwards. At times there’ll be value in looping back to earlier themes; full development of some themes initially given introductory consideration only will unfold more thoroughly in later posts.

1. Thinking about thinking about energy
2. Energy transitions, feasibility studies and the limits of abstraction: the case for a (soft) systems approach
3. Foundations for establishing a view
4. Thinking with systems—Part 1
5. Thinking with systems—Part 2
6. Thinking with systems—Part 3
7. Maps and territories: the very abstract nature of the energy concept
8. Accounting for a most dynamic world—Part 1
9. Accounting for a most dynamic world—Part 2
10. Accounting for a most dynamic world—Part 3
11. Fueling an industrial world
12. Energy and the biophysical view of economic activity: from joules to fuels
13. The distribution of energy wealth
14. In praise of fossil fuels—Part 1: establishing context
15. In praise of fossil fuels—Part 2: the remarkable legacy of ancient life
16. Visualising this Brief Anomaly
17. Energy density and the prospects for renewably-powered societies
18. A rough guide to visualising energy density
19. Responding to the Millennium Project’s Energy Challenge
20. Worldviews and energy futures
21. Slaying systems disorders
22. In memory of Frank Fisher
23. Dealing with causality in an uncertain world
24. Driving in circles: road building and causal thinking
25. Introducing efficiency: the energy costs of energy supply and use
26. Analytic perspectives on efficiency
27. A comprehensive view of system performance
28. The engineering view of systemic efficiency: available energy
29. Post Carbon Institute’s ‘This is Our Energy Reality’: visualising this Brief Anomaly
30. The economic view of systemic efficiency: energy return on energy investment
31. The economic view of systemic efficiency: rebound and backfire—Jevons’ legacy
32. EROI and the limits of conventional feasibility assessment—Part 1: The technical potential for renewables
33. EROI and the limits of conventional feasibility assessment—Part 2: Stocks, flows and power return on investment
34. EROI and the limits of conventional feasibility assessment—Part 3: Intermittency & seasonal variation
35. Descent Pathways
36. Economic Trend Report: Energy Descent, Transition and Alternatives to 2050
37. Energy transition, renewables and batteries: a systems view
38. An integrated view of energy transition: what can we learn?
39. The energy cost of energy transition: model refinements and further learning
40. What is the potential for renewable energy?
41. A deeper dive on PV ‘EROI’
42. The City as Commons
43. Flying in the face of climate science—Part 1
44. Flying in the face of climate science—Part 2: Air travel emissions in perspective
45. Navigating the energy transition landscape: summary findings from a dynamic systems view
46. How do we transition to a renewable society?
47. The Unseen Cost of Travel
48. Retrofitting Suburbia for Energy Descent Futures
49. Pathways to the Post-Carbon Economy
50. Status update October 2018
51. Degrowth in the Suburbs
52. Book announcement: Carbon Civlisation and the Energy Descent Future
53. Book announcement Energy Storage and Civilization: A Systems Approach