We marketers, managers and founders sometimes think we are so smart. We think we can use all the tricks and our users and clients would be too dumb to figure out the truth. From car manufacturers, retailers, ecommerce, transportation, utilities, tech companies, telecom, insurance, banking, b2b providers, the internet providers…others.
ENERGY & GREEN ENERGY
One take away, the way capitalism works in all forms today is not sustainable. In my opinion you can’t extract resources that have taken thousands of years to form and not have good ways to reuse, recycle, repurpose the goods we make. The new or natural resource may become harder to obtain. Nothing against capitalism but today's capitalism is too short term thinking.
[“In California, panels purchased during a solar power push that began in 2006 are nearing the end of their typical 25-year life cycle, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now, many are landing in landfills, “where components that contain toxic heavy metals such as selenium and cadmium can contaminate groundwater,” ]
The rising oil prices, inflation, trying to get other countries to increase oil production so we can go back to normal consumption of limited natural resources—the droughts—hunger crises in parts of Africa—the floods—possible new covid variants—the Ukraine & Russian conflict—supply chain concerns—rising heat waves—rising violence . . .all signs that something/someone is trying to tell us something.
From my observation, it appears that the boom and bust cycles will be happening at a more frequent rate and shorter periods because the social & economic & natural problems keep compounding.
Going gaga for solar power and green energy sounds like a solution to our energy needs now but is it worth it to end up with more trash burden in the future???
If we go green energy shouldn’t we make sure most of the waste is also cheaper to green???
[“National Renewable Energy Laboratory data cited by the Times said the estimated that costs to recycle a (solar) panel are $20 to $30, compared to $1 to $2 if they are sent landfills.”]