Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh FLAGS across Oxfordshire were lowered yesterday as people mourned the tragic loss of the Duke of Edinburgh, who died just a few months before his 100th birthday. Buckingham Palace confirmed the passing of Prince Philip in a statement just after midday. that devastated the country. Oxford City Council marked this solemn event by flying its flags at half-mast during the period of national mourning. They will remain like that until the day following the funeral. As touching tributes to Prince Philip continue to pour in, this is how people in Oxfordshire reacted to the shocking news yesterday:
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E/G is the energy intensity of the GDP
F/E is the carbon footprint of energy
If we want to get F, total carbon to zero, we have to get one of these four factors to zero.
Assuming that at some stage this century we must drive F (total carbon rate) to zero, this implies at least one of these factors must also be zero. But which ones?
Setting P = 0 is the human extinction plan and I think we can rule that one out. Nonetheless humanity is now entering an entirely new demographic state we have never been in before; many developed nations are now at zero or even negative population growth. This has long term implications well worth exploring in a future post.