Mike I think it is becoming apparent that profit, the simple mechanism itself, is the underlying ratchet mechanism that constantly works to tighten the noose around our necks as a species, by perpetuating the Grand Energy Ponzi.

Where religions, ideologies, or indeed “science” appear to validate that, is where work is needed, to... (struggling for the right word) enlighten?

If we see the physics of how money as sunlight is progressively removing all possibilities of profit, by removing scarcity, all that remains, standing in the way of an easy transition, are people’s mistaken beliefs, which will continue to cause pain for a while longer, it seems.