Nephologue
My blogs
| Occupation | Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah |
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| Location | Salt Lake City , UT |
| Introduction | As a professor of atmospheric sciences, my research mostly focuses on the complex interplay between aerosols, clouds, precipitation, radiation and climate. This blog discusses another complex system, the global economy. I have developed a "physics-based" economic growth model that is based on the finding that global rates of energy consumption are tied through a constant value to the accumulation throughout history of a very general representation of global wealth. While some see it as strange that someone would try to treat human systems as a simple physical system, I think it is critical. We are never going to find solutions to the pressing global problems of the coming century by pretending we can beat the laws of thermodynamics. |