Heinberg – Post carbon living: beyond technofix

On January 12, The Guardian quoted departing chief scientific adviser Sir David King as saying,


If I could debate the point with Dr. King, I would begin with a discussion of our differing understandings of the nature of the crisis itself. In his view, climate change is caused by technology and therefore must have a technical solution. But to me this is a blindingly superficial framing of the situation. It