Greater Earth Articles

The Space Option: An Alternative to War

Arthur Woods / 07-03-2022

Here on Earth, human civilization has reached such a point in its development where it has evolved the means to leave its home planet and to begin operating in the environment beyond its atmosphere. Optimistically, this development would enable humanity to utilize this technological capability to harness the infinite resources located off Earth in order to improve the well-being of the population as well as improving the chances that its current civilization can continue to prosper in the decades and centuries ahead – both on Earth and eventually in other places in the solar system. On the other hand, this same capability could also be used in a negative manner in order to exert tyrannical control over a majority of the population thereby limiting prosperity to a select few, or, in the ultimate worst case, it could be used to destroy civilization and humanity’s only chance of expansion into the Cosmos.

The Mythocosmological Context of Greater Earth

Arthur Woods / 27-06-2020

Cosmological myths are based on the newest information available to humanity. These myths have a major influence on human affairs and are often incorporated into artifacts such as images, objects and structures which become visual symbols of the information embodied in a particular myth and are used to communicate and/or access the perceived understanding.

Assessing Our Civilization's Future Energy Needs

Arthur Woods / 21-12-2013

This article looks at the future energy needs of our civilization by examining the predictions and recommendation of recently published studies by the three of the world's important energy organizations: the World Energy Council (WEC, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the International Energy Administration (IEA). Each organization has made predictions about the future energy needs of society by mid-century and how these predictions will be fulfilled. The article concludes with a projection about the potential size and value of the energy market in the years 2035-2050. (Short Version)

Our Window of Opportunity

Arthur Woods / 07-10-2013

Our civilization is at its peak - we have the means today to implement The Space Option but not yet the commitment. However, if our species does not soon embrace this unique opportunity with sufficient commitment, it may miss its one and only chance to do so.

DSCOVR Greater Earth

Arthur Woods / 15-02-2018

"Earth seen From 1 Million Miles”images which have been taken from the edge of Greater Earth by the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite located at LaGrange Point 1 (L1) which is 1.5 million kilometers from from the Earth.

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