Deb Chachra

I wrote about energy, matter, and abundance for the Future Observatory Journal of the Design Museum, London — what we can learn from the history of energy use and extraction to build a future of materials use that’s sustainable:

https://fojournal.org/essay/energy-and-the-matter-problem/

Energy and the Matter Problem - Future Observatory Journal

The dawn of infinite clean energy is beckoning, but we still have the problem of finite matter. What if energy ‘too cheap to meter’ means that we can finally close material loops, even for the mother of all problems: plastics

Future Observatory Journal
Jan 7 at 8:09pmWeb
Show thread5mouflJan 7
@debcha very uplifting read. I have a question: do we know for sure that we have enough matter on hand to make energy too cheap to meter?
Show threadDeb ChachraJan 7
@5moufl I don’t understand what you mean by ‘matter on hand’.
Show thread5mouflJan 8
@debcha I'm sorry. "materials to extract or recycle"