https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2018/10/18/carbon-civlisation-and-the-energy-descent-future-life-beyond-this-brief-anomaly/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/carbon-civ-cover.pngCarbon-Civ-cover2022-09-02T07:09:03+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/book-orders/2022-09-02T07:06:01+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2020/11/06/a-guide-to-making-sense-of-the-inquiry-beyond-energy-futures/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/pexels-photo-258173.jpegcity lit up at nightPhoto by Pixabay on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/city-lit-up-at-night-258173/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2021-03-10T01:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2020/11/06/inquiry-arc-2017-2020/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/pexels-photo-220201.jpegastronomy atmosphere earth explorationPhoto by Pixabay on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/astronomy-atmosphere-earth-exploration-220201/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2020-11-06T04:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2020/08/29/german-edition-of-carbon-civilisation-and-the-energy-descent-future/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/carbon-civ-german-cover-1.pngCarbon-Civ-German-cover2020-08-29T10:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2020/01/20/announcement-energy-storage-and-civilization-ebook-release/2020-04-06T05:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2019/09/13/energy-storage-and-civilization/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/energy-storage-and-civilization.jpgenergy-storage-and-civilization2020-04-06T05:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2020/04/02/thinking-about-hydrogen-economies/2020-04-05T07:55:32+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/post-index/2020-01-20T02:39:55+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/contact/2019-01-30T00:09:18+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2018/10/11/degrowth-in-the-suburbs/2019-01-29T01:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2019/01/29/carbon-civilisation-launch-event-at-sustainable-living-festival/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/carbonciv.jpgcarbonciv2019-01-29T01:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2018/10/11/status-update/2018-10-18T03:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/06/14/visualising-this-brief-anomaly/2018-03-01T11:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2017/09/01/pathways-to-the-post-carbon-economy/2018-02-02T11:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/04/26/accounting-for-a-most-dynamic-universe-part-3/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/air-standard-carnot-cycle-temperature-entropy-diagram.pngAir-standard-Carnot-cycle-Temperature-entropy-diagramFigure 2: Temperature-entropy diagram for the air-standard Carnot cycle, showing the relative magnitude of pressure and specific internal energy at each of the cycle vertices.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/air-standard-carnot-cycle-steady-flow-equipment-schematic.pngAir-standard-Carnot-cycle-steady-flow-equipment-schematicFigure 1: schematic diagram showing arrangement of equipment that could in theory be used to implement the air-standard Carnot cycle operating with steady-flow.2017-10-24T10:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/05/16/the-engineering-view-of-systemic-efficiency-available-energy/2017-10-24T10:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2017/07/20/retrofitting-suburbia-for-energy-descent-futures/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/raworthk-embedded-economy.jpgRaworthK-Embedded-Economy2017-07-21T02:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2017/07/11/the-unseen-cost-of-travel/2017-07-21T02:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2017/05/23/how-do-we-transition-to-a-renewable-society/2017-10-17T03:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/about-me/2017-05-23T01:06:06+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2016/08/28/flying-in-the-face-of-climate-science-part-2-air-travel-emissions-in-perspective/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/post-044-figure-3-emission-budget-per-capita.pngPost-044-Figure-3-emission-budget-per-capitahttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/post-044-figure-2-emission-peak-timing-effect.pngPost-044-Figure-2-emission-peak-timing-effectFigure 2: Relationship between the timing of the peak in global emissions and the subsequent emission reduction curve required to remain within a fixed overall emission budget. Source: Australian Government Climate Change Authority.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/post-044-figure-1-cumulative-emissions.pngPost-044-Figure-1-cumulative-emissions2017-05-04T06:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2016/08/21/flying-in-the-face-of-climate-science-part-1/2017-08-29T12:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2015/07/19/economic-trend-report-energy-descent-transition-and-alternatives-to-2050/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trend-report-fig-4.pngTrend-report-fig-4Figure 4: Comparison of Moore’s law for semiconductor transistors, with costs for solar PV and wind turbine technologies. Note the logarithmic scale for costs. Source: Zehner (2014, Figure 6). Used with permission.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trend-report-fig-3.pngTrend-report-fig-3Figure 3: World petroleum (crude oil plus lease condensate) production, 1994-2014. The US component is indicated separately, revealing the production plateau for conventional petroleum since 2005. The global post-2009 increase is contained entirely within the US component, and is due to the contribution from tight oil. Source: EIA (2014b). See Mushalik (2014) for more detailed incremental production analysis.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trend-report-fig-2.pngTrend-report-fig-2Figure 2: GWP per capita, 1820-2008. Data source: Maddison (2008). The five data points from 1820 to 1950 are Maddison’s estimates.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trend-report-fig-1.pngTrend-report-fig-1Figure 1: Global primary energy use, 1800-2008. Data source: Smil (2010a). Smil’s data is “adjusted for pre-consumption losses and for non-energy uses” (2010a, 62). For comparison, IEA (2013a) gives world total primary energy supply (TPES) in 2011 as 13,113 Mtoe, or 549 EJ. IEA includes peat with the coal component.2017-03-20T01:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/02/29/energy-transitions-feasibility-studies-and-the-limits-of-abstraction-the-case-for-a-soft-systems-approach/2017-03-16T22:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2014/07/06/eroi-and-the-limits-of-conventional-feasibility-assessment-part-2-stocks-flows-and-power-return-on-investment/2017-03-16T02:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2015/08/30/an-integrated-view-of-energy-transition-what-can-we-learn/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-17-wind-and-pv-annual-emplacement-rate-extreme.pngChart-17-Wind-and-PV-annual-emplacement-rate-extremeFigure 9: Wind (blue) and PV (green) electricity generation nameplate capacity emplaced annually under extreme emplacement rate scenariohttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-16-wind-and-pv-net-energy-services-out-extreme-emplacement-rate.pngChart-16-Wind-and-PV-net-energy-services-out-extreme-emplacement-rateFigure 11: Net energy services delivered by wind and PV (buffered and unbuffered) under extreme emplacement rate scenariohttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-15-total-energy-services-extreme-emplacement-rate2.pngChart-15-Total-energy-services-extreme-emplacement-rateFigure 10: Total final energy services under extreme emplacement rate scenariohttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-13-wind-and-pv-eroi.pngChart-13-Wind-and-PV-EROIFigure 7: EROI for wind (green) and PV (blue)https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-1-total-final-energy-services-global.pngChart-1-Total-final-energy-services-globalFigure 2: Total final energy services (energy sector in blue, “rest of economy” in green, and total in red)https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-14-windpv-net-energy-services-out1.pngChart-14-Wind&PV-net-energy-services-outFigure 8: Net energy services delivered by wind (green: unbuffered; blue:buffered) and PV (red: unbuffered; orange: buffered) electricity generationhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-12-energy-supply-self-energy-service-demand-all-sources-stacked1.pngChart-12-Energy-supply-self-energy-service-demand-all-sources-stackedFigure 17: Self-energy services demand rates for all energy sourceshttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-11-supply-capacity-emplaced-annually-all-sources-stacked1.pngChart-11-Supply-capacity-emplaced-annually-all-sources-stackedFigure 16: Nameplate supply capacity emplaced annually, all sourceshttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-10-battery-storage-emplaced-annually1.pngChart-10-Battery-storage-emplaced-annuallyFigure 14: Battery capacity emplaced annually (wind portion in blue, PV portion in green)https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chart-8-new-windpv-annual-emplacement-rate1.pngChart-8-New-wind&PV-annual-emplacement-rateFigure 3: Wind (blue) and PV (green) electricity generation nameplate capacity emplaced annually2016-09-27T01:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2016/09/22/navigating-the-energy-transition-landscape-summary-findings-from-a-dynamic-systems-view/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-12-dynamic-eroi-wind-and-pv.pngfigure-12-dynamic-eroi-wind-and-pvFigure 12: ‘dynamic energy return on investment’ for wind and PV.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-11-mean-conversion-efficiency-energy-to-services.pngfigure-11-mean-conversion-efficiency-energy-to-servicesFigure 11: mean conversion efficiency for energy to services (work and heat).https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-10-stacked-plot-gross-power-output-all-sources.pngfigure-10-stacked-plot-gross-power-output-all-sourcesFigure 10: stacked plot of gross power output for all sources. PTF = petroleum transport fuel; CFE = coal-fired electricity; NGE = natural gas-fired electricity; CH = coal-fired heating; NGH = natural gas-fired heating; BEFH = biomass-fired electricity, fuels and heating; HE = hydroelectricity; NuE = nuclear electricity; WE = wind electricity; PVE = photovoltaic electricity.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-9-energy-services-ratio-energy-sector-and-rest-of-economy.pngfigure-9-energy-services-ratio-energy-sector-and-rest-of-economyFigure 9: Energy services ratio, showing relative sizes of energy sector and 'rest of the economy'.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-8-stacked-plot-net-energy-services-by-source.pngfigure-8-stacked-plot-net-energy-services-by-sourceFigure 8: Stacked plot of net energy services from each supply source. PTF = petroleum transport fuel; CFE = coal-fired electricity; NGE = natural gas-fired electricity; CH = coal-fired heating; NGH = natural gas-fired heating; BEFH = biomass-fired electricity, fuels and heating; HE = hydroelectricity; NuE = nuclear electricity; WE = wind electricity; PVE = photovoltaic electricity.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-7-installed-supply-capacity-all-sources.pngfigure-7-installed-supply-capacity-all-sourcesFigure 7: Stacked plot showing installed supply capacity for all sources.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-6-stacked-plot-emplacement-rates-all-sources.pngfigure-6-stacked-plot-emplacement-rates-all-sourcesFigure 6: Stacked plot of emplacement rates for all sources. CFE = coal-fired electricity; CH = coal-fired heating; NGE = natural gas-fired electricity; NGH = natural gas heating; PTF = petroleum transport fuel; BEFH = biomass-fired electricity, fuels and heating; HE = hydroelectricity; NuE = nuclear electricity.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-5-wind-and-pv-emplacement-rates.pngfigure-5-wind-and-pv-emplacement-ratesFigure 5: changes in the wind and PV emplacement rates with time.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-4-total-final-energy-services.pngfigure-4-total-final-energy-servicesFigure 4: total final energy services. Year 0 on the time scale represents 1900, and so the energy transition commences in 2015. The red bar indicates the 50-year transition period.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/figure-3-im-model-screenshot-v2_6.pngfigure-3-im-model-screenshot-v2_6Figure 3: screenshot of the Insight Maker energy transition model implementation (version 2.6).2016-10-19T10:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/07/14/a-rough-guide-to-visualising-energy-density-2/2016-08-11T04:33:53+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2016/08/10/the-city-as-commons/2016-08-11T00:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2016/07/21/a-deeper-dive-on-pv-eroi/2016-10-14T11:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2016/04/07/what-is-the-potential-for-renewable-energy/2016-08-30T07:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/09/26/dealing-with-causality-in-an-uncertain-world/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/linear-view.pngLinear-viewhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cyclical-view.pngCyclical-view2016-03-21T03:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2015/12/10/the-energy-costs-of-energy-transition-model-refinements-and-further-learning/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/08-pv-lcoe-per-unit-net-output-r1.png10-PV-LCOE-per-unit-net-output-r1Figure 10: PV plant LCOE and battery levelised capital cost per unit net output.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/07-wind-lcoe-per-unit-net-output-r1.png09-Wind-LCOE-per-unit-net-output-r1Figure 9: Wind plant LCOE and battery levelised capital cost per unit net output.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/06-pv-lcoe-per-unit-gross-output-r1.png06-PV-LCOE-per-unit-gross-output-r1Figure 6: PV plant LCOE and battery levelised capital cost per unit gross output.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/05-wind-lcoe-per-unit-gross-output-r1.png05-Wind-LCOE-per-unit-gross-output-r1Figure 5: Wind plant LCOE and battery levelised capital cost per unit gross output.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/04-pv-capital-investment-per-unit-gross-output-r1.png04-PV-capital-investment-per-unit-gross-output-r1Figure 4: PV plant and battery capital investment per unit gross output.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/03-wind-capital-investment-per-unit-gross-output-r1.png03-Wind-capital-investment-per-unit-gross-output-r1Figure 3: Wind plant and battery capital investment per unit gross output.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/02-annual-levelised-capital-cost-sums-wind-pv-batteries-r2.png02-Annual-levelised-capital-cost-sums-wind-PV-batteries-r2Figure 2: Annual levelised captial cost sums for wind plant, PV plant and batteries.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/00-annual-capital-investment-in-wind-pv-batteries-r1.png01-Annual-capital-investment-in-wind-PV-batteries-r1Figure 1: Annual capital investment in wind plant, PV plant and batteries.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/insight-maker-model-financial-cost-module-detail.pngInsight-Maker-model-financial-cost-module-detailFigure 12: Detail of Insight Maker energy transition model financial cost calculation module.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/insight-maker-model-financial-cost-module1.pngInsight-Maker-model-financial-cost-moduleFigure 11: revised version of Insight Maker energy transition model, with financial cost calculation module highlighted at lower right.2016-05-17T02:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/thermodynamics-entropy-and-disorder-in-futures-studies/2015-09-04T00:33:05+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2015/08/07/energy-transition-renewables-and-batteries-a-systems-view/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fig-4-im-energy-transition-model-layout-annotated.pngFig-4-IM-energy-transition-model-layout-annotatedFigure 4: Model layout, showing the 7 major feature blocks.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fig-3-im-energy-transition-model-details-annotated.pngFig-3-IM-energy-transition-model-details-annotatedFigure 3: Insight Maker model display window zoomed in to inspect model element details.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fig-2-im-energy-transition-model-sim-results-annotated.pngFig-2-IM-energy-transition-model-sim-results-annotatedFigure 2: Insight Maker display window for simulation results (maximised view).https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fig-1-im-energy-transition-model-overview-annotated.pngFig-1-IM-energy-transition-model-overview-annotatedFigure 1: Insight Maker display window for the model “Energy transition to lower EROI sources”2015-09-02T02:56:42+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/02/23/thinking-about-thinking-about-energy/2015-08-07T05:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2015/01/21/descent-pathways/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/descent-pathways-editorial-figure-1.pngDescent-Pathways-editorial-Figure-12015-07-16T04:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/the-view-of-knowledge-behind-beyond-this-brief-anomaly/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/conceptual-chart-of-the-cognitive-sciences.jpgconceptual-chart-of-the-cognitive-sciencesThe cognitive sciences in 1991, showing principal disciplines, different approaches and major contributors at that time. Source: The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience, by Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991, figure 1.1, p. 7. Investigators associated with the enactive paradigm (the outermost ring in the diagram, shown in red) are most closely aligned with views in which conception can be regarded as “essentially mistaken”.2015-01-27T22:37:32+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/04/05/maps-and-territories-the-very-abstract-nature-of-the-energy-concept/2015-01-27T22:36:57+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2014/04/25/the-economic-view-of-systemic-efficiency-rebound-and-backfire-jevons-legacy/2014-12-19T06:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/07/21/the-economic-view-of-systemic-efficiency-energy-return-on-energy-investment/2014-12-19T06:16:35+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2014/07/13/eroi-and-the-limits-of-conventional-feasibility-assessment-part-3-intermittency-seasonal-variation/2015-04-14T03:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2014/06/29/eroi-and-the-limits-of-conventional-feasibility-assessment-part-1-the-technical-potential-for-renewables/2015-04-14T02:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/03/26/a-comprehensive-view-of-system-performance/2013-11-19T04:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/05/03/fueling-an-industrial-world/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/energy-in-australia-2012-fig-13.pngenergy-in-australia-2012-fig-13The relationship between TPES and TFC for Australia in 2011. Image source: Energy in Australia 2012, p. 15, accessed 1 May 2012 at http://www.bree.gov.au/documents/publications/energy/energy-in-australia-2012.pdf.2013-09-10T12:57:16+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/catablolic-collapse-model-simulation/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/type-7-behaviour.pngType-7-behaviourhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/type-1-simulation.pngType-1-simulation2013-08-29T06:07:30+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/about/2013-08-04T10:19:01+00:00weekly0.6https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/07/03/post-carbon-institutes-this-is-our-energy-reality-visualising-this-brief-anomaly/2013-07-03T04:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/03/19/analytic-perspectives-on-efficiency/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/efficiency.gifefficiency2013-05-15T08:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/03/12/introducing-efficiency-the-energy-costs-of-energy-supply-and-use/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/efficiency-perspectives.pngEfficiency-perspectivesTable 1: Aspects of energy efficiency—perspectives on the costs of energy supply and use2013-05-14T06:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/08/17/slaying-systems-disorders/2013-05-09T05:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/08/25/in-memory-of-frank-fisher/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/006fishermen_2.jpg006Fishermen_2Photo: Rodney Dekker2013-03-14T05:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/07/26/worldviews-and-energy-futures/2013-03-14T04:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/04/19/accounting-for-a-most-dynamic-universe-part-2/2013-03-07T10:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/06/01/in-praise-of-fossil-fuels-part-1-establishing-context/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/melbourne-from-atc.jpgMelbourne-from-ATC2013-02-28T01:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2013/02/15/driving-in-circles-road-building-and-causal-thinking/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/traffic-congestion-linear.pngtraffic-congestion-linearFigure 1: Simple linear view of causation in the relationship between road provision and traffic congestionhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/traffic-congestion-expanded-2.pngtraffic-congestion-expanded-2Figure 3b: A more complex view of the induced traffic effect, adding a second negative feedback loop to the single loop in Figure 3ahttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/traffic-congestion-expanded-1.pngtraffic-congestion-expanded-1Figure 3a: A more complex cyclical view of causation in the induced traffic effect: a single negative feedback loop in which road building apparently reduces traffic congestionhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/traffic-congestion-cyclical.pngtraffic-congestion-cyclicalFigure 2: Simple cyclical view of causation between road provision and traffic congestion: the induced traffic effect2013-02-28T01:43:10+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/05/17/the-distribution-of-energy-wealth/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hdi-vs-energy-use-20075.pngHDI-vs-Energy-use-2007https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hdi-vs-energy-use-2007-expanded-data2.pngHDI-vs-Energy-use-2007-expanded-datahttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/energy-use-per-capita-20074.pngEnergy-use-per-capita-2007https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/proportion-fossil-fuel-energy-use-20075.pngProportion-fossil-fuel-energy-use-20072013-02-28T01:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/2012/05/10/energy-and-the-biophysical-view-of-economic-activity-from-joules-to-fuels/https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/key_world_energy_stats-p-28.pngkey_world_energy_stats-p-28World TFC, 1971-2009. Source: International Energy Agency, Key World Energy Statistics, ‘World final energy consumption for 1971 to 2009 by fuel (Mtoe)’, p.28, accessed 7 May 2012 at http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2011/key_world_energy_stats.pdf.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/world-energy-consumption-by-source.pngworld-energy-consumption-by-sourceWorld primary energy supply by source, 1820 to present. (Original caption “World Energy Consumption by Source, Based on Vaclav Smil estimates from Energy Transitions: History, Requirements and Prospects together with BP Statistical Data for 1965 and subsequent”). Source: Gail Tverberg, ‘World Energy Consumption Since 1820 in Charts’, Figure 1, Our Finite World, March 12 2012, , accessed 7 May 2012.https://beyondthisbriefanomaly.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/29tpes-pdf.png29TPES.pdfWorld TPES, 1971-2009. 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