Tag: material intensity

GDP Decoupling from Energy and Resource Use

Jun 2, 2015

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Environment, Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic

Harvard Business Review: Stuff: When Less Is More One of the most persistent economic misconceptions I see is the presumed fixed relationship between a unit of GDP and the energy/resources consumed in the process. This false relationship is projected into the future to show that growth is leading to total collapse in the near future.…