https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/strategy-vs-detail monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/53e28764-31a7-4044-9ae1-4fc8f11007fa/pexels-apasaric-325185.jpg Thoughts - Strategy vs Detail - Make it stand out Too much district cooling? https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/biodiversity-as-a-security-risk monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/joining-dots-on-water-security monthly 0.5 2026-01-26 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/are-we-at-peak-everything monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/43f22c19-71f8-4e10-91aa-12d529aa2b61/1-s2.0-S0306261921011673-ga1_lrg.jpg Thoughts - Are we at peak everything? - Make it stand out The energy required to get energy is increasing and is forecast to continue increasing. Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117843 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/philosophy-quotes monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/vision monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/266bcc19-4b3c-4007-8981-8c9f66291e4e/solarpanels_pexel+free+to+use.jpeg Thoughts - A happier vision for the future - 1. Energy is (nearly all) renewable. This goes without saying because if carbon emissions had kept increasing, we wouldn't be here today. (Oil and gas production is not completely dead—roads still need to be repaired, for example—but it's smaller and forests suck up the emissions.) And where are the energy systems located? Close to where they are needed, so on roofs, along the old motorways that now only need one or two lanes for traffic, and on land that isn’t much use for anything else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/a301d0fb-c825-458d-b145-162bd60a81ec/natural+lighting+pexels-kowalievska-1128207.jpg Thoughts - A happier vision for the future - 2. We use less energy. This also goes without saying: you can't run the energy-intensive society of the 2020s on renewables. But considering how much of that energy was for things that are no longer needed, (like social media, six-continent supply chains), it's not like it's a reversion to the Middle Ages. That said, we do need to think about when we use energy, so work is now more closely aligned to natural cycles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/e02609f6-dc17-4c7d-9867-76dde83ffe41/urban_ag+pexels-kampus-7658808.jpg Thoughts - A happier vision for the future - 4. Everything is more local. This is reversion to the historical mean and, again, is obvious given less energy. Manufacturing (and repair!) has predominantly been on-shored, and a lot of the food production has moved not just closer to, but into the cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/a66f59a1-7efe-49e4-bab0-638e02b52067/tree+pexels-mali-142497.jpg Thoughts - A happier vision for the future - 5. More forests and wetlands. We finally got off agricultural systems defined by bulk output and profit and moved to agro-ecological systems defined by nutritional output and wellbeing. So farms have more trees, which means better protection for crops and animals, diversity of production, more nutrients in the soil, higher nutritional yields, more micro-organisms that nucleate rain clouds, a more robust water cycle, more insects and biodiversity, more carbon sequestration. Off the farm, disused land has been cultivated or rewilded, and wetlands and floodplains restored, putting city dwellers in closer touch with nature and their food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/bed7c96e-6079-41bd-a198-a06460b19b7a/marcus+aurelius.jpg Thoughts - A happier vision for the future - 6. Leadership finally evolved. Electing politicians based on popularity, promises and (occasionally) policy worked about as well as you'd think, and it's amazing it took people so long to wake up to it. Today, national leaders are elected on their ability: to think integrally and see the world as a system, to present a realistic vision for the future, and to inspire people to follow them there. They are the best of us, not the most self-serving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/1753853419953-0Q1UW60ILZKN8C9BFIZX/playmoney+scam+pexels-tara-winstead-7111616.jpg Thoughts - A happier vision for the future - 9. Maximising shareholder value is no longer the goal. Generate profit, sure, but maximising shareholder value drives short-termism and ultimately leads to self-termination. Dan Davies, in The Unaccountability Machine, argues that the very concept arose from an article that tweaked Milton Friedman's original language of increasing profit, while 'fiduciary duty', a legal term, was co-opted into finance by people who wanted to sound smart. https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/energy-transition monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/fa77f1db-053f-4b02-8b59-8ad6beb27484/coal+pexels-soakedinnirvana-2646237.jpg Thoughts - Why the Energy Transition isn’t what you think it is - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/fcd01c2f-ef08-40ed-95e8-bb63f2c5a5fb/PV+pexels-kelly-2800832.jpg Thoughts - Why the Energy Transition isn’t what you think it is - No, Renewables Are Awesome (Aren’t They?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/3bb3b0c1-3e3d-4b64-95f4-de26495bcca6/natural+lighting+pexels-kowalievska-1128207.jpg Thoughts - Why the Energy Transition isn’t what you think it is - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/5982a64a-0943-4f97-b5d4-45fc8884b600/close-up-of-beer-bottles-on-wood-315658.jpg Thoughts - Why the Energy Transition isn’t what you think it is - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/a-vision-for-a-sustainable-future-in-three-parts monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/it-became-necessary-to-destroy-the-town-to-save-it monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/1757302941017-MOGD88714UG3L4CCMUEY/NOAA+deepsea+fish.jpg Thoughts - “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/growth-comfort-and-happiness-in-a-net-zero-future monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/fa2182d9-c734-4d79-9a5f-38450f7d86f1/Happiness+vs+GDP.png Thoughts - Growth, Comfort and Happiness in a Net Zero Future. - Make it stand out There is a poor correlation between happiness and GDP. Singaporeans are about as happy as El Salvadorians. Sources: data.worldbank.org. GDP per capita, PPP (current international $, accessed 30/7/2025); Helliwell, J. F., Layard, R., Sachs, J. D., De Neve, J.-E., Aknin, L. B., & Wang, S. (Eds.). (2025). World Happiness Report 2025. University of Oxford: Wellbeing Research Centre. Available at https://files.worldhappiness.report/WHR25.pdf, accessed 30/7/2025 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/the-challenge-of-net-zero monthly 0.5 2025-07-23 https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/sustainability-is-dead monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/1744186712027-NHS86RW9YXE2QPALJ6TU/unsplash-image-cQ-66Evaf5g.jpg Thoughts - Sustainability is Dead - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/sustainability-stack monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/32c9da0f-61cf-42c1-bde8-220e3f313dca/Jenga01.jpg Thoughts - The Sustainability Stack So, what happens when we start to chip away at parts of the tower in the pursuit of a dollar? At first, nothing much. You can take away some equality and representation here, some health and safety there but, pretty soon, you have unrest on your hands. Similarly, the more environmental services are compromised, the shakier society gets, either through straight up reduced life (air pollution kills 5.5 million people a year), or through civil unrest: nearly all protests in China in recent years have been related to pollution, which has been estimated to cost some 9% of GDP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/31db5d12-1493-4fe3-86f7-970b30c57294/Jenga02.png Thoughts - The Sustainability Stack - Make it stand out The inevitable result https://danuconsulting.com.au/thoughts/choose-life monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f1b9d179e3ed38fe05e034/a5da24c4-c914-4dd6-92d7-9e0e848b9dee/blue-and-white-planet-display-87009.jpg Thoughts - Choose Life - Make it stand out "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, Dec 24, 1968. 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