The Usborne Book of the Future by Kenneth W. Gatland

We could- and should convert to renewables in far less time than it would take to deplete the world's fossil fuel deposits, not because we're going to run out of oil, but just because it's the sensible thing to do.įinally, there's the mention of smog and acid rain. Pretty much every writer in the 1970s thought 'peak oil' would happen by 2000, and while that clearly hasn't happened even now in 2022, there are still plenty of good reasons to want to phase out oil. There's also the fact that they point out that oil is virtually non-existent, again reflecting 1970s fears of 'peak oil'. But if anything, the birth rate in developed countries is declining. That was considered a big deal at the beginning of the environmental movement in the late 1960s and 1970s, when it looked as though the human population would be reaching numbers Earth could no longer support, and even well-off countries like the United States would starve. The most obvious one is, as you mentioned, the emphasis on population control. But it's still very dated, and here are a few reasons why. There are actually a lot of things in the upper scenario that clearly mark it as a product of the 1970s- which isn't to say, by any means, that we should ignore the warnings they're trying to give us. New Reddit banana background by sergei akulich from Pixabay Solarpunk slogan: 'Move quietly and plant things'įundraising related to solarpunk, open source, environmental, and non-profit projects are acceptable content. Here's a good intro essay and reference guide.

Solarpunk is everything from a positive imagining of our collective futures to creating it.

The Usborne Book of the Future by Kenneth W. Gatland