There is a strong correlation between a country's wealth and its level of environmental protection.
Read more: https://humanprogress.org/study-finds-economic-prosperity-is-associated-with-a-cleaner-environment/
In 1958, 45% of white Americans said that they would ”maybe” or ”definitely” move if a black family moved in next door.
That number fell to just 2% in 1997.
https://t.co/oGDm3pHlC7
In a high-energy future, we could make A/C available to all, desalinate as much water as we want, and release vast lands to nature with hyper-efficient farming.
In a low-energy future, we are doomed to poverty and stagnation.
The choice is ours.
https://t.co/JLacZ5dDoC
Sorry @billmaher, @elonmusk is right!
Resources of all kinds—food, metals, you name it—are becoming more abundant over time.
In fact, population growth increases abundance as more minds get to work solving scarcity.
You can learn more in our book: https://superabundance.com
Germany, once hailed as a climate leader, is now heavily dependent on fossil fuels and plagued by energy scarcity.
Some researchers even predict a period of de-industrialization and declining prosperity.
Will the rest of us learn from Germany's mistake?
https://t.co/vI6OMhq2ze
The Liberating Power of Energy. @robert_zubrin shows the strong link between energy abundance and human freedom. https://humanprogress.org/energy-abundance-is-liberating-humanity-from-grueling-labor/ via @HumanProgress
Sri Lanka was a warning.
We must never take the relative rarity of starvation in modern times for granted nor romanticize and seek to return to farming’s all-organic past.
https://www.humanprogress.org/sri-lanka-is-a-wake-up-call-for-eco-utopians/