tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237294928533384511.post7799597328289982488..comments2022-01-29T23:46:26.594-08:00Comments on Energy Returned over Energy Invested: A rough guess spoils an accurate ERoEI Tom Wayburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722539859652296773noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237294928533384511.post-21496539405911403362013-10-02T09:43:46.464-07:002013-10-02T09:43:46.464-07:00Me again,
great link and handy info once again.
Ec...Me again,<br />great link and handy info once again.<br />Echoes a lot of C.A.S.S.E and particularly Bartlett (well may that Son of Malthus rest in peace!)<br /><br />I think the problem of issue traction and message uptake is due to the message being unattractive to the audience: it's not something in their language and not written in a suggestivist enough style so as to convey agency to the reader (in addition to the problems I've mentioned in other comments: there is a limit of 4096 characters per anonymous posting...) <br />To invoke your star wars metaphor; Obi Wan: "it all depends on your certain point of view".<br /><br />E-Prime, A. Korzybski... the audience is global and speaks many languages - simplest is best, whole "Platonic Noble Lie" thing and all... it might help, but that's only part of the problem. Then, you've got to distinguish your message from all the other signals and noise out there that the audience is soaked in daily (we are saturated in information overload in the Orwellian world). You've gotta differentiate your message... and even then, its not done. The real proof is in the action: then, there has to be proof to overcome the 'empty air' rhetoric defense known as simple logic/proverbial wisdom. This approach is omitting ALL the other factors which must be overcome simultaneously... and meanwhile, more people and fiat currency is being printed, and the potential problems get all the worse.<br /><br />Assuming those things can be overcome, there'll be a whole gambit of other issues: was it Ghandi who said "First they laugh at you and hate you, then they fight you, then you win."?<br />Good old inevitability of atrophy... Carlin said it best perhaps; time will tell.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com