Envisioning a Fully Renewable Society — A thought experiment — let’s imagine what the world would look like if it completely revolved around renewable energy assuming that we have no major technological breakthroughs. This will likely take many decades, and we might not even reach this level of decarbonization. There’s a laundry list of sectors we…

As scientists repeatedly confirm human activity has tipped the biosphere out of its natural balance, governments have begun enacting policies designed to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy. …

How blockchain technology could help create a new energy-efficient global economy. — The neoclassical and Keynesian brands of economics have come under increased scrutiny following their failure to explain the 2008 financial crisis and the environmental effects of human-led climate change. Prominent thinkers in the fields of behavioral science and complexity theory are embracing a more interdisciplinary approach and place their emphasis…

This is the conclusion to a three part series highlighting how cryptoasset technology can incentivize renewable energy adoption and lead to the development of a decarbonized techno-economic paradigm. Conclusion The great political economists, from Adam Smith, to Marx, Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman, all rigorously analyzed the market mechanism and thought deeply…

This is the introduction to a three part series highlighting how cryptoasset technology can incentivize renewable energy adoption and lead to the development of a decarbonized techno-economic paradigm. Introduction Since the first Industrial Revolution some 200 years ago, societies have organized capital and labor in a manner that advances both economic…