To start the second year, Stan Cox looks ahead to our long-term prospects for a livable future. For “In Real Time” the bottom line is twofold: that a rapid, nationally mandated phaseout of oil, gas, and coal is necessary to drive down US greenhouse-gas emissions at the required rate, and that the resulting decrease in the supply of energy and other resources will require equitable allocation of physical and economic resources to meet basic needs. Given the nature of our institutions and power structure, it’s becoming increasingly difficult even to imagine a scenario in which that sort of just, humane phaseout can be achieved. But it remains essential to push harder than ever for such policies, despite the long political odds they face.
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-accumulation-of-human-made-mass-on-earth/
https://citylights.com/blog/
https://landinstitute.org/
Follow this link to view the artwork accompanying this series, by Priti Gulati Cox:
https://pritigcox.wordpress.com/