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An Integrated Model of Sustainability and Emission Control: The Concept of Society as a Super Organism That Lives by Consuming Its Own Waste Using Alternative Energy as Currency

Received: 2 November 2015     Accepted: 2 November 2015     Published: 30 November 2015
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Abstract

There is a need for new political, social and economic theories, as neither present day capitalism nor communism are yet adequate in creating sustainable societies, or for reversing climate change. A rough “working” document for discussion purposes.

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 5, Issue 3-1)

This article belongs to the Special Issue New Technologies and Geoengineering Approaches for Climate

DOI 10.11648/j.ajep.s.2016050301.13
Page(s) 17-20
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Keywords

Sustainability, Economic Theories, Alternative Energy, Super Organism

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