Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

ARTICLE: Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China, By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, March 9, 2008; Page A01

This is where I find the energy shifts coming down the pike of real interest. Global warming will directly drive this dynamic, as well as one on global food production, and these two dynamics will interact profoundly, making global warming's impact all the more pervasive. In short, we're past the discussion and we're into the change dynamic that will drive a lot of flows in globalization over the next years and decades. It's interesting, and it reminds me that the next Cantor Fitzgerald event we were going to put on in the NewRuleSets.Project was about food and water, how the food-energy tradeoffs have become their own dynamic worthy of discussion. Global warming ends up having its own Y2K-like impact in that it highlights a lot of interdependencies that have been sneaking up on us, the biggie being the growing global middle class and their needs.