{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/636043704a707a001284b68b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"640: Mark Mills, part 2: Low cost, high availability energy creates wealth","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1667253092037-f44f4c93a4598902ee13731b9717a942.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mark and I share more highly researched, thoughtful conversation on human welfare and the environment. We see things differently, but I consider our conversations the type we should have more of.</p><p>This session we cover</p><ul><li>The book <em>Limits to Growth</em> as well as the concepts underlying limits to growth</li><li>Earth's carrying capacity</li><li>How much wealth is consumed by food and fuel, now and historically, and how much it's dropped</li><li>How the low cost and high availability of energy has allowed us to devote more money for other things, inventions, and life improvements</li><li>What is pollution?</li></ul><p>and plenty more.</p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}