Moore, Gordon, 42–4, 46
Moore’s Law, 41, 44–5, 81, 143, 145
Moravec’s Paradox, 81, 82
Mosa Meats, 172
M-Pesa, 109
municipal protectionism, 207, 212, 213,
216
music industry, 234–5
Musk, Elon, 119–21, 135
MX1, 125
MX9, 125
Myconius, Friedrich, 240
Napster, 154
NASA, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 131, 137
National Energy Investment Banks (NEIBs), 219, 221
National Health Service (NHS), 210, 213
nationalisation, 213
near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), 38–9, 130–1
NEAs (near-Earth asteroids), 38–9, 130–1
NEIBs (National Energy Investment Banks), 219, 221
neoliberalism, 26–7, 228
neoliberalism, break with Carillion, 201–3 decarbonisation, 217–23 East Coast Main Line, 203–4 Grenfell Tower, 206–8 Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV), 205 Preston Model, 208–11 Universal Basic Services (UBS), 213–17 worker-owned businesses and banks, 211–12
New Labour, 207
Newcomen, Thomas, 33
Newton, Isaac, 32
NHS (National Health Service), 210, 213
nickel, 118
Nigeria, 107–8
Obama, Barack, 2, 9, 21, 128
Of-Grid, 109–10
One Planet Tax, 222
Orwell, George, 19
Osborne, Michael, 87
OSIRIS-REx study, 131
ouroboros, 205
Outer Space Treaty (1967), 127, 136
outsourcing, 202–4, 207, 217
‘Oxi’ vote, 28
Passivhaus, 114
‘peak copper’, 118
peak horse, 72–4
peak human, 74–8
PECO engine, 125
Perfect Day Foods, 178
Peter, 5–6
PETMAN, 82–3
petrol vehicles, 105
phenylketonuria (PKU), 147, 147n
Philips, 77–8
phosphorus, 118
photography, 402
photosynthesis, 168
photovoltaic (PV) cells, 47, 102–15
PKU (phenylketonuria), 147, 147n
Planetary Resources, 129, 130, 132, 135, 136–7
Podemos party, 27–8, 30
political transformation, vehicles for, 194
politics of anti-austerity, 201 of energy transition, 218 green, 188–92 red, 188–92 relationship between technology and, 237
population, 139–40
The Population Bomb (Ehrlich), 166
populism, 187–8. See also luxury
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