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The so-called 'Five Horsemen' technologies that can and will reshape the world and humanity's impact on it -- nanotechnology, biotechnology, robotics, information technology and applied cognitive science -- are approaching rapidly enough that the time has come to seriously consider how to incorporate these technologies into a sustainable future.
by Brad Allenby
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Just as railroads fundamentally changed the country and the world in the 19th century, five even more power technologies are already among us, making it all the more imperative that we examine them from their potential environmental impacts.
by Brad Allenby
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The practice of science offers a solution to our many looming crises -- climate change among the largest -- only if we step back from our drive to analyze details at the smallest possible level and begin examining the bigger picture.
by Brad Allenby
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A recent trip to the Netherlands demonstrates how infrastructure design can either liberate or constrict the choices we make about the way we travel.
by Brad Allenby
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While environmental considerations are clearly key to sustainability, it is also axiomatic that 'green engineering' is not sustainable engineering.
by Brad Allenby
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Wait a minute, you might say: it’s environmentalism against technology? Positioning environmentalism against technology, however, has its problems.
by Brad Allenby
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Because we're only human, there is a tendency to confuse ends (better environmental performance) with means (end-of-pipe controls). The potential costs of this confusion are enormous. By Brad Allenby.
by Brad Allenby