Green Capitalism - Waves of the Future
Climate Change, Non-Renewable Resources, Energy, Contaminants, Carbon Pricing...Table of Contents
The 21st Century Environmental Revolution
The 21st Century Environmental Revolution (2nd Ed.): A Structural Strategy for Global Warming, Resource Conservation, Toxic Contaminants, and the Environment / The Fourth Wave //
Mark C. Henderson. ISBN: 978-0-9809989-1-7 ©2010Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Looking AheadThe Fourth Wave
1. Non-Technological Revolutions 14
The Sexual RevolutionThe Right Recipe for a Revolution
Entering the Third Millennium
The Master Plan for the New Millennium
Our Legacy
Non-Renewable Resources
Looking to the Fourth Wave Future
2. Toffler's Waves of Change 20
The Pre-First WavePre-Agricultural Life
The First Wave: The Agricultural Revolution
The Passing on of Wealth
The Rise of the City
The Second Wave: The Industrial Revolution
Industrial Technology: The Power to Move Mountains
The Third Wave: The Internet Age
OPEC
Toffler's De-Massification
The Missing Link
The New Century
3. Energy: The Past and the Future 28
Ancient EnergyThe Carbon Cycle
Global Warming and the Carbon Cycle
Transition Fuels
Renewable Energies
Renewable Energy Issues
Methane Hydrates: Energy of the Future?
The New Global Warming Equation
4. The Resource Conservation Failure 42
The Rise of ConsumerismThe Corporate Solution
Problems With the Business Resource Model
Planning for the Future
The Case of Energy
The Case of Metals
The Substitution Argument
The Issue of Massive Use
The Suitability Issue
The Issue of Resource Ownership
The Scientific Breakthrough Argument
The Easy Science Issue
The Five-Billion-Year Question
Manganese Nodules: Panacea or Temptation?
Managing Resources for the Present and the Future
5. The Silent Poisoning of the Earth 52
Historical Perspective on ContaminantsPolychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Dioxins
Asbestos
Lead, Mercury, Vinyl Chloride, Fire Retardants, and Jet
Fuel
The Conspiracy of Silence
The Fourth Wave in the Making
6. A Comprehensive Environmental Strategy 58
The First PrincipleThe Second Principle
The Third Principle
Funding for a Comprehensive Environmental Strategy
Taxation
Subsidies and Tax Breaks
Regulations
Policies for the Future
Hitting The Jack Pot
A New Budget for the Environment
7. Premises of Large-Scale Environmental Change 68
The First Premise: Massive ScaleThe Second Premise: Strong Political Support
The Third Premise: Minimal Social Commitment
The Fourth Premise: Implementability
The Fifth Premise: Market Efficient Mechanisms
The Sixth Premise: Focus on Resource Conservation
The Seventh Premise: Landfill Sites Are Limited
8. The Massive Engine of Change 74
The Current Incentive StructureThe Environmental Taxation System
A Brief Overview of the GEE
High-Efficiency Systems
Dual-Level Planning
Business-Friendly Green Policy
New Approaches to World Development
Tax Fraud
A New Future
General Issues Relating to the GEE
Keeping Taxation Progressive
Compensation for Lower Income Earners
Revenue Neutrality and Transparency
9. Implementation Issues and Scenarios 85
The Silent ScenarioFeasibility
Geopolitical Concerns
Rate of Implementation
Environmental Taxation Management Concerns
National and International Issues
Burden of Change
Implementation Scenarios
D-Day Implementation
Habit Shifts
Employment Shifts
Competitiveness and Efficiency
The Forest Industry
What Needs to Happen Again
10. A Blueprint for National GEE Implementation 105
First Step: Laying Out the FoundationSecond Step: Short-Term Levels of Taxation
Third Step: Progressive Implementation
The GEE Diffusion Effect
Tax Diffusion Through an Economy
A New Consumer Environment
The Packaging Scenario
The Dynamism Issue
11. Disposable Grandchildren: Packaging/Contaminants 111
The 20th Century ApproachThe Market Approach
The Short-Term Market Approach
Generalities
Double-Taxing Inputs
Individual Taxation
Example of Individual Taxation
International Issues
Standardization
Used Container Processing
Supply and Demand in the Reuse Market
ETS Management of Renewable Resources
The New Green Environment
Flexibility and Scalability of the Market Approach
Contaminants
Industrial and Domestic Contaminants
The Agricultural Sector
12. The Fossil Fuel Sector 129
The Intermediate PhaseThe Market Approach to Renewable Energy
Benefits of an GEE Fossil Fuel Strategy
Energy Future for Producers
Ethanol-Blended Fuels
A New Set of Problems
The New Economic Reality
New Land for Agriculture
A Market-Based Biofuel Strategy
Hydrogen Transportation: Panacea or Illusion?
Conclusion
13. The Automobile Industry 139
A Blueprint for a Renewable Energy FutureThe Hydrogen Future
The Biofuel-Electricity Future
The Common Ground
The Convertible Electrical Vehicle
A Second Common Ground: The Electrical Grid
The Automobile Industry Under the GEE
Allowing for Transition
Transition in the Automobile Industry
The Chicken or the Egg
14. SCECy Transportation 146
The Hybrid QuestionImpact and Directions
Public Transportation
Cycling
Individual Transportation
Conservational and Environmental Cars
SCECy Transportation: Size Does Matter
Technical Issues Relating to SPVs
Trends for the Future
The Ready Market for SPVs
Safety for All
Fast-Tracking SCECy Transportation
International Markets
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
15. The Global Environmental Accord: Beyond Kyoto 160
The Kyoto ProtocolThe Global Environmental Accord
The Non-Renewable Resource Component
The Fossil Fuel Component
The Environmental Standards Component
The New Environmental Politics
A View of the Future
16. The Environmental Revolution 180
Fundamental LegitimacyThe Demographics
The Timing
The Plan
Your Part
Word of Mouth
Online Promotion
The News Media
Best Places to Buy the Book
Governments and Corporations
The E-Book Project
Reading Lists
Consumer Power
The Industry as Partner
Future of Scarcity or Greener Society
The New Landscape
Energy and a Thriving Agricultural Sector
The New Law of the Land
Conclusion: Getting It Together 185
The New LifestylesFinal Words