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Jancovici : Can we save energy, jobs and growth at the same time ? 08/01/2018

Jean-Marc Jancovici · lecture · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Jean-Marc Jancovici lectures at ENS Paris on whether energy use, jobs and growth can all be preserved. He argues for a physical approach to economics, since resource depletion and climate limits make perpetual GDP growth unrealistic.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a sober, physics-based account of how energy underlies the economy.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Jancovici is a legend.”

    Jancovici talks in English raised climate awareness.

    yamrzou, 2022-02 · Strong recommendation · in “France to Build Six New Nuclear Reactors”

  2. “Another really interesting conference [1] about energy, economics and physics.”

    Conference on energy, economics and physics.

    blencdr, 2019-03 · Recommendation · in “Cheap renewables won’t stop global warming (2018)”

  3. “You have to look at energy consumption (joules / year). The correlations are uncanny and seem to explain just about everything.”

    Links energy consumption to GDP stagnation.

    H8crilA, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Stagnation and Scientific Incentives”

  4. “this doc illustrates the enormous realities of energy challenges with sober clarity often exposed by Jancovici”

    Sober illustration of energy challenges.

    artur_makly, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Climate experts call for 'dangerous' Michael Moore film to be taken down”

  5. “the content is amazing and he definitely have a point if you want to follow [0]”

    Content by a French nuclear-minded ecologist.

    nunja, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors”

  6. “it does accurately summarize our economy as one of energy transformation”

    Frames economy as energy transformation.

    BoiledCabbage, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “WTF Happened in 1971?”

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Topics: energy, gdp, climate, nuclear, peak oil

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