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Georgescu-Roegen, N.<\/strong> (1975). Energy and economic myths. Southern Economic Journal, 347-381.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, the production of all instruments of war, not only of war itself, should be prohibited<\/span>
\ncompletely.<\/span> It is utterly absurd (and also hypocritical) to continue growing tobacco if, avowedly, no
\none intends to smoke. The nations which are so developed as to be the main producers of
\narmaments should be able to reach a consensus over this prohibition without any difficulty if, as
\nthey claim, they also possess the wisdom to lead mankind. Discontinuing the production of all
\ninstruments of war will not only do away at least with the mass killings by ingenious weapons but
\nwill also release some tremendous productive forces for international aid without lowering the
\nstandard of living in the corresponding countries.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, through the use of these productive forces as well as by additional well-planned and
\nsincerely intended measures, the underdeveloped nations must be aided to arrive as quickly as<\/span>
\npossible at a good (not luxurious) life<\/span>. Both ends of the spectrum must effectively participate in
\nthe efforts required by this transformation and accept the necessity of a radical change in their
\npolarized outlooks on life.<\/p>\n

Third<\/strong>, mankind should gradually lower its population to a level that could be adequately fed only<\/span>
\nby organic agriculture<\/span>. Naturally, the nations now experiencing a very high demographic growth
\nwill have to strive hard for the most rapid possible results in that direction.<\/p>\n

Fourth<\/strong>, until either the direct use of solar energy becomes a general convenience or controlled
\nfusion is achieved, all waste of energy<\/span>-by overheating, overcooling, overspeeding, overlighting,
\netc.-should be carefully avoided<\/span>, and if necessary, strictly regulated.<\/p>\n

Fifth<\/strong>, we must cure ourselves of the morbid craving for extravagant gadgetry<\/span>, splendidly illustrated
\nby such a contradictory item as the golf cart, and for such mammoth splendors as two-garage cars.
\nOnce we do so, manufacturers will have to stop manufacturing such “commodities.”<\/p>\n

Sixth<\/strong>, we must also get rid of fashion<\/span>, of “that disease of the human mind,” as Abbot Fernando
\nGalliani characterized it in his celebrated Della moneta (1750). It is indeed a disease of the mind to
\nthrow away a coat or a piece of furniture while it can still per form its specific service. To get a
\n“new” car every year and to refashion the house every other is a bioeconomic crime. Other writers
\nhave already proposed that goods be manufactured in such a way as to be more durable [e.g. 43,
\n146]. But it is even more important that consumers should reeducate themselves to despise
\nfashion. Manufacturers will then have to focus on durability.<\/p>\n

Seventh<\/strong>, and closely related to the preceding point, is the necessity that durable goods be made
\nstill more durable by being designed so as to be repairable<\/span>. (To put it in a plastic analogy, in many
\ncases nowadays, we have to throw away a pair of shoes merely because one lace has broken.)<\/p>\n

Eighth<\/strong>, in a compelling harmony with all the above thoughts we should cure ourselves of what I<\/span>
\nhave been calling “the circumdrome of the shaving machine”<\/span> , which is to shave oneself faster so
\nas to have more time to work on a machine that shaves faster so as to have more time to work on
\na machine that shaves still faster, and so on ad infinitum. This change will call for a great deal of
\nrecanting on the part of all those professions which have lured man into this empty infinite
\nregress. We must come to realize that an important prerequisite for a good life is a substantial
\namount of leisure spent in an intelligent manner.<\/p>\n

Considered on paper, in the abstract, the foregoing recommendations would on the whole seem<\/span>
\nreasonable to anyone willing to examine the logic on which they rest. But one thought has<\/span>
\npersisted in my mind ever since I became interested in the entropic nature of the economic<\/span>
\nprocess. Will mankind listen to any program that implies a constriction of its addiction to<\/span>
\nexosomatic comfort? Perhaps, the destiny of man is to have a short, but fiery, exciting and<\/span>
\nextravagant life rather than a long, uneventful and vegetative existence. Let other species-the<\/span>
\namoebas, for example-which have no spiritual ambitions inherit an earth still bathed in plenty of<\/span>
\nsunshine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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