Culture and Energy Consumption

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Citizens of the Bahamas tend to bend towards group living

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Evolutionary law

Hypotenuse- “Every increase in available energy leads to an improvement in the human standard of living.”

For many centuries, the only immediate sources of energy were human and animal muscle, which progressed to today’s steam engine and nuclear energy.

However, as more energy became available, the yield in goods and services per unit of energy was in a steep decline as the world became more diverse and unequal in culture.

Natural Law – “Every increase in available energy leads to a decrease in the human standard of living.”

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R. D. Bent - Energy: Science, Policy, and the pursuit of sustainability, 2002

Brendan Dooley – Perspectives on the Power to Work, 2006

Dennis O'Neil - What is Culture, 2006