Welcome to One Finite Planet.
This site published research into topics pages as ‘webpapers‘, which means news and new information, is seldom reported as new individual pages, but normally as updates to existing content. If a page is of interest, that page will be updated for new developments as they occur.
Why the site exists, the philosophy behind content, the structure and how to find content on this site, are all available here.
Topics
Population: We live on a planet where the total amount of life has halved in the last 500 million years and is slowly headed towards total extinction, yet the human population has been growing throughout recorded history. Does it stop now we are at peak child, and what would population stability mean? Why has every other species had a long-term stable or falling population the whole time?
Environment: Our planet has only been suitable to support human life for the most recent 10% of its life, how much longer will our One Finite Planet support life? What real role does CO2 play in determining climate, and is climate change an existential threat or merely an inconvenience?
Influence: No, they don’t want to sell your data, it’s worse.
There is no such thing as free lunch media. In the end, it is us who pay the media companies.
Humans are the species with accessories! Continually improving tools refined from generation to generation are the clearest difference between humans and other species.
EVs, phones, homes and clothes are all tools, and tools give humans ‘superpowers’ and define societies.
Population: yes we have overpopulation but this one is full of surprises, includong surprising economic implictions.
The ‘poster child’ of environment discussion breaks out into its own topic,
Beyond the climate, the popular issues of habitat destruction, extinctions, and plastic waste, there are still suprises that are overlooked, as well as predictions and analyss on covid-19/pandemics that may surprise.
remember when a photograph was proof? Is a video still evidence? What
can we still be certain of in the world of fake news and outrage media
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, is about the likely future outcomes. In the first section, the outcomes are those likely in response to challenges (or “threats” in SWAT terminology), while those in the second section are pure opportunities. section 2, “opportunities”.
Continually updated evolving book on a set of 8 topic groups, that i have found to constain surprises, and key insights into the likely future.
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This site started in 2015, for reasons outlined in ‘why’.
Topics here have evolved to now be grouped under threats and opportunities. All contain subjects I have found to surprise, give insight into our future, or both.
, and have evolved to cover subjects i have found
the future
Not advocacy of what people should do, nor outrage about what people are doing, but a collection of observations that i find either suprising, revealing about the future, or both.
Topics and Subtopics.
Oliver Zipse, BMW CEO climate denial or failure to read the room?
It can be very hard being a CEO. In a company the size of BMW, harder than anything I have experienced. But does it explain
Software and tips for BYD Atto 3 + other BYD EVs.
Although this page will be updated to cover more topics time, it is launching with information on side loading Apps to the BYD Atto 3
Why don’t climate scientists tell the truth?
While part of the problem is like with the boy who cried wolf people are not listening, the recent revelation that the planet will most
Religious environmentalism.
There is a real need to protect the environment, and advocacy for the environment is necessary. However, for some, elements from religion and spiritualism can,
One pedal driving and regen brakes explained: reality, myths, hype, fads and Tesla vs the rest.
To make sense of all the often seemingly conflicting information on “regen“, one-pedal-driving, and how to best drive an EV, it really helps to know there are two different systems for how the “STOP pedal”, aka the “brake pedal”, to works in an EV:
- 1. Like an ICE vehicle, as with Tesla and perhaps some other EVs.
- 2. Using brake-by-wire as with most EVs.
Confusion over the two systems is part of it, but there are so many myths and so much misinformation about regen-braking and one-pedal-driving “regen braking”, and is why a low regen setting can be less efficient in a Tesla, but won’t matter and can help in practically all other EVs, and why “one-pedal-driving” is not necessarily the most efficient way of driving.
Despite the fact there is so many myths leading to so much misinformation making it sound complex, driving an EV for optimum efficiency is usually extremely simple.
Australian fuel efficiency standards: A stall tactic?
At a time when much of the world is preparing for a transition to EVs, Australia is finally doing what other countries did decades ago
Welcome to One Finite World. As opposed to blog posts that convey a persons thoughts at one point in time, most pages here continue to evolve to be improved and updated over time, and are explorations of ideas being examined to discover answers, by career analyst of future trends with a background in science.me to One Finite World. These pages are explorations of a variety of topics from a futurist perspective, and unlike blog posts, have their content updated and improved over time.
The pages are not “this is what I think”, but more “here is the information I have, so what is the answer, and am I missing things?”.
What is here that might be of interest? And how to find it? The summaries, surprises and myths are of potential interest to everyone, while other content is more specialised. The search box and categories to right may help, but the contents below intended to best facilitatinallow finding anything and is organised from general interest through to the more specific as the intended best path to navigate to find content of interest, with the most common theme be .
Population. My journey to understanding population and overpopulation.
- Normal Population growth mirrors what happens with cells within our bodies, there is growth to maturity, growth for repair, but otherwise, there is stability.
- Our recent population explosion was not normal, and resulting in an unsustainable population without major concessions to how we live.
- We are at peak child and approaching Peak Humanity:
- We have only one finite planet, and it is already full of life. Further growth of the human population, requires a reduction in the population of other life.
- Further population growth will erode quality of life for all but a small elite group.
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- We have only one finite world, which can only host a finite amount of life. One of the biggest questions is how much of the life we share the planet with should be other humans, and how much do we leave for other living things?
- Is increasing the percentage of life that is us humans essential for economic growth, or from a certain point, does it means a smaller share each of an increasingly damaged planet?
- Does the qualify of life suffer for all without the wealth to increase their share?
- A summary of the findings from exploration of the population explosion, the impact of future population, and how this elephant in the room taboo topic is not only, as discussed by David Attenborough, critical to the natural world.
- The economic future as the battle intensifies between those running the humanity equivalent to a chicken farm, and the masses or ‘caged hens’ producing the golden eggs.
- Key highlights and surprises from deeper explorations of contemporary topics such as:
Will Electric Cars Change the Balance of Economic and Military Power In the World?
Covid-19, and how long will vaccinations against Covid-19 be required?- Social media uses the power of AI to increase polarisation, dissatisfaction and outrage. Why?
The Earth has only recently supported life on land, and that support will not continue for much longer..- Why do CO2 levels create a climate crisis now, when it was not a problem back when there were dinosaurs?
UFOs, are real! Now even Obama, Republicans and the current US government are spilling the beans.
- In depth explorations of a range of contemporary topics for those interested in the topics:
- Population, Overpopulation, and the 300 year population explosion.
- Polarisation and Conflict, and Left vs Right: The ideology of conflict and we all get along in a world where polarisation has now been monetized.
- Wealth Creation and Distribution: Earths almost 8 billion needs food, clothing, housing and more.
- Electric Cars and the changes to society once stop being too expensive for mainstream buyers.
- ‘Posts’ that reflect a chronology of events:
Trump and the 2020 US election.- Covid-19, from first being alarmed back in Jan 2020 through an observation of the pandemic from Australia.
- Science and Technology Explorations.
- Science, from science background and relativity made simple through to theories as the cutting edge.
- Technology, ‘Free Technology‘ and Robotics.
- Electric Vehicles.
- Product Reviews: Of potential interest to those looking for information on a product I have reviewed.
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.”
Attributed to Kenneth Boulding in: United States. Congress. House (1973)