The International Energy Agency warns of imminent oil price increases
In an article in today’s iddue ot The Independent, Dr. Faith Birol of the International Energy Agency warns of imminent price increases for oil and a production peak that will arrive much earlier than experts have previously estimated. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/warning-oil-supplies-are-running-out-fast-1766585.html The Washington Post carries an article on green energy technology by the CEO of General Electric, [...]
Peak Coal
I read the recently published book “Blackout” by Richard Heinberg. It goes into detail about the challenge of “Peak Coal”. In the past, similar to oil, coal resources have been overestimated. Experts have estimated that resources would last hundreds of years into the future. This, however, according to Richard Heinberg, does not seem to be [...]
On the potential of new technologies
When I went to university I used to work as a travel guide on tours to Berlin and other cities in Europe. On tours to Berlin I went past one of Sweden’s first two test wind turbines, which was located outside of the city of Trelleborg on the south coast of Sweden. This was twenty-five [...]
The emperor's new clothes
Despite the increasing interest in sustainability we are not even close to solving the problem. Technology development on its own is not the solution. Technology needs to be combined with change management. Increasing investments in technology development are similar to the emperor’s new clothes. How nice! Well done! I keep saying: The emperor has no [...]
Learning in a new area
Since around 1990 when a number of new principles for business process development were invented (Lean Production, Business Process Reengineering and Total Quality Management), companies, and especially leading international firms, have been working to optimize processes to achieve optimal cost and time efficiency. However, almost no processes in companies or in society are optimized based [...]
Organizational learning in society
Organizational learning is the process that rebuilds all structures in society and which is on-going all the time. If we compare the society of today it is much different from the society fifty years ago. This change, as we may conclude, is not random. On the contrary it is the goal oriented effort of individuals, [...]
A path of discovery
In previous postings I have argued that energy transformation will be a route of discovery. This is true for all of us. President Obama is clearly on a learning path regarding economic policy and he has signalled a great interest in energy issues. He doesn’t have a firm plan yet, but he is likely to [...]
Society is a learning organization
Organizations develop through learning. Individuals on different levels learn and they develop and refine society’s structural capital. Society’s learning is directed in the directions that individuals, companies and organizations lead it. Historically, it has been directed in the direction of reduced cost and time, which has been the main factors to impact increasing revenues and [...]
Now, President Obama needs to start a project
Now, President Obama needs to initiate a large scale program to develop and implement the necessary energy related technologies that will be needed in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. During his presidency a bill to avert climate change has been passed and he has initiated talks with Russia, one of the few powers [...]
Global cooperation more important than ever
President Obama reaching out to russia is an important sign that leaders see the importance of global cooperation in the years to come. When oil becomes increasingly scarce the risk of resource wars increases. In order to bridge a period on insufficient oil and a global struggle to reduce dependence, high level cooperation is necessary. [...]
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