JH Ausubel.
The Bridge
23 (3):
15–30
1993
Also pp. 557-584 in Costs, Impacts, and Benefits of CO2 Mitigation, Y. Kaya, N. Nakicenovic, W.D. Nordhaus, and F.L. Toth, eds., International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1993.
…share of world output in agriculture, is a measure of vulnerability. For any given segment of gross world output, the closer to the horizontal axis, the lower the vulnerability. To…
JH Ausubel, DG Victor, IK Wernick.
Consequences: The Nature and Implications of Environmental Change
1 (3):
2–15
1995
…become worse and bear blame for impoverishment. Environmental issues are increasingly shared and international. Pollutants cross borders, effects cross borders, and world markets link the sources and consequences of the…
IK Wernick, JH Ausubel.
With the Vishnu Group, The Rockefeller University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1997
…for Industry, Daedalus 125(3):199-212. Market and Informational Barriers Absent direct governmental interference, the markets for waste materials will ultimately rise or fall based on their economic vitality. Markets are sophisticated information processing…
DG Victor, JH Ausubel.
Foreign Affairs
79 (6):
127–144
2000
…Sources (rounded estimates): 6000 B.C., World Conservation Monitoring Centre, World Resources Institute, and World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Developments; 1990’s, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Global Fibre Supply Model…
JH Ausubel, C Marchetti.
Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment
110–134
1997
Also appeared in Daedalus 125(3):139-169, Summer 1996.
…round about him. Ezekiel 1:27 (circa 595 b.c.) In the ancient world, electrum (Hebrew) or elektron (Greek) was the material amber. Amber, when rubbed and electrified, preferably with cat fur, moved and lifted dust…
JH Ausubel.
Am Sci
84 (2):
166–178
1996
Republished in Current Perspectives in Geology, Fourth Edition, Michael McKinney, Robert L. Tolliver, Parri Shariff, eds., Wadsworth, Boston, MA, 1998.
…for stable signals amid the noise of the daily news. The historical analyses shared here, many contributed to an ongoing project at The Rockefeller University on technological trajectories and the…
JH Ausubel.
World Energy Council Journal
July:
8–16
1998
…Globally over the past two centuries, a succession of primary sources has held the largest share of the energy market: first wood and hay (dominating until the 1870s), then coal…
JH Ausubel, C Marchetti, PS Meyer.
European Review
6 (2):
143–162
1998
…the United States since 1950. A growth of 2.7% per year in passenger km and of the air share of the travel market in accord with the logistic substitution model…
JH Ausubel.
The Electricity Journal
14 (1):
24–33
2001
…sound in the world is a habit breaking. Infiltrating technology, we can avoid screams while lessening worries about climate change. Mechanisms such as the Electric Power Research Institute and the…
…comment. Most obviously, the Russian Revolution and World War II literally drove Russians back into the woods to collect their fuel. Yet, these extreme shocks were later absolutely absorbed. By…