A new chapter titled The Bottleneck Ahead has been published at EnergyShifts.net:
The view from the Global South - Looking from the outside in:
Extract:
Global policy-making for the entire world is mainly directed by institutional frameworks that are led by the country bloc formations of the Global North. In comparison, nations in the Global South have limited influence in international decision-making when it comes to world affairs. Even their own affairs are strongly influenced from abroad through initiatives that are driven by the powerful northern blocs. Such is the reality of long-standing power imbalances with regards to North–South hemispheric relations.
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In recent years, there has been much discussion about a new multi-polar world that would potentially grant nations in the Global South more voice and influence. However, considering the usual structural realities of core nations centrally dominating country blocs, it is unlikely that such a shift would fully materialise. Peripheral nations are usually brought into power blocs more for what they can offer and provide materially and strategically (for natural resources and geopolitical positioning), rather than for the additional influence they could assert on the world stage.
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The bottleneck ahead is a transition from an old industrial system to a new one – a transition that may or may not be successful due to feasibility and viability issues related to the limitations inherent in the proposed technologies. These issues constitute some of the biggest blind spots concerning the energy transition.
The segment titles in this chapter are as follows:
Introduction
Limits vs. No Limits
Visible and Invisible Boundaries
Central Perspectives Projected
Zones of Centralisation
The Metaphysical View
Axial Age Transitions
After The Fall
Marginal Representation
Centralised Wealth Preservation
An Empire State of Mind (Revisited Once More)
The Non-Thinking Public
Global Solutions for Complex Systems
Linear vs Cyclic Models
Global Growth Management
The Realities of Power Imbalances
Environmental Destruction Zones
The Bottleneck Ahead
The Cyclic View
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