我们的工业文明正处在十字路口。支撑工业化生活方式的石油和其他化石燃料能源正日益枯竭,源于这些能源驱动的技术已经过时。以化石燃料为基础的整个产业基础结构已经老化失灵。我们可以越来越清晰地看出,第二次产业革命已走到了尽头,其排放的二氧化碳正威胁着地球生物的生存。现在我们所需要的是对新经济进行大胆的描述,它能引领我们走向可持续发展的后碳时代。这 Our industrial civilization is at a crossroads. The oil and other fossil fuel energy that underpins industrialized lifestyles is drying up and the energy-driven technology is out of date. The entire industrial infrastructure based on fossil fuels has been aging. As we can see more clearly, the second industrial revolution has come to an end. The carbon dioxide emissions are threatening the survival of the earth’s living things. What we need now is a bold picture of the new economy, which leads us to the post-carbon era of sustainable development. This