Arithmetic, Population and Energy – Dr Albert A. Bartlett

May 4, 2010 by: marija

On YouTube this is labeled as The Most IMPORTANT Video You’ll Ever See. Well, I am not sure if it is THE most important one, but it is certainly very important. Dr Albert A. Bartlett addresses the issues of over-population, over-consumption, fossil-fuel dependence, the decline of democracy as there are more people per each policy maker; and comes to the conclusion that we can not have both sustainability and growth.

“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.”

exp-function

Do not give up after the 1st part; and if you are a teacher, please show this video to your students.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

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