Dreaming the end of our own Stone Age

Master stonemasons built a masterpiece of stone in the form of Lund's Domkyrka cathedral

The following quote is a cathedral of thought, and one of the most inspiring sentiments I've come across in a long, long time:

“The Stone Age did not come to an end because we had a lack of stones . . .”

                                                    Ahmed Zaki Yamani, regarding our apparent addiction to fossil fuels

Before leaving you to reflect on Ahmed Zaki Yamani's stroke of genius, I have to point you to an excellent New York Times article that shows some of the complexity of leaving our own version of the Stone Age. The article treats the topic of some of my earlier posts on wind power (see my list of labels). As the New York Times article describes so well, the politics of striding towards alternative futures is not so simple, and full of ironies. Check out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/science/earth/denmark-aims-for-100-percent-renewable-energy.html?_r=0

More on this in my next post! Turn a stone . . .