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(eng) Don't combine ERNST ULRICH with ERNST (HEINRICH)

- Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (1882-1951, Author of "Memoirs of Ernst Von Weizsacker"

- Ernst Ulrich von WEIZSÄCKER (1939- )

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Gangbare naam
Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich von
Officiële naam
Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich Michael Freiherr von
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich von
Geboortedatum
1939-06-25
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Germany
Land (voor op de kaart)
Allemagne
Geboorteplaats
Zürich, Suisse
Beroepen
scientist
politician
Relaties
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von (parent)
Weizsäcker, Carl Christian von (sibling)
Raiser, Elisabeth (sibling)
Weizsäcker, Ernst von [2] (grandparent)
Weizsäcker, Richard von (uncle)
Ontwarringsbericht
Don't combine ERNST ULRICH with ERNST (HEINRICH)

- Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (1882-1951, Author of "Memoirs of Ernst Von Weizsacker"

- Ernst Ulrich von WEIZSÄCKER (1939- )

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Dated examination of business concepts, focusing on increasing net worth.
 
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JoBass | 3 andere besprekingen | Oct 19, 2017 |
As a book of ideas it is excellent. As a read it is not nearly so satisfying, which is a real shame.

However, those ideas make it a worthwhile read if you are interested in solutions to environmental problems that are economically and scientifically feasible, and, one would like think, politically acceptable.

Quite apart from technical fixes - why aren't we all driving round in hypercars? why aren't all new buildings made to passivhaus standards? - which would make everyone better off, it also suggests solutions to problems with the market system, using, to a large extent market mechanisms. Thought provoking stuff: for example a local government in California wanted to allow new housing in the town but new the water supply was not sufficient. The solution was to tell developers that they could only get planning permission for a new house if they saved twice its projected water usage elsewhere in the existing water system. Developers were happy to do this (incorporating the cost in the cost of the new houses), smart entrepeneurs set up companies to do it for them, existing householders were approached with offers of free new bathrooms (the smart ones refused and were able to charge for the privilege), and the town used less not more water afterwards... imagine applying that approach to energy conservation.

So full of ideas (some of course better than others) but probably not one to read cover to cover.
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daniel.links | 3 andere besprekingen | Sep 26, 2007 |
Professor John Shepherd has chosen to discuss Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use , on FiveBooks(http://five-books.com) as one of the top five on his subject – Science and Climate Change, saying that:

“ … The book is about how we don’t have to go back to living in stone caves and wearing hair shirts in order to sort this problem. If we use our intelligence we could achieve this factor four, which is expressed as doubling wealth and halving resources. And that is quite an appealing message. ….”

The full interview is available here: http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/john-shepherd
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