GEPSD Economic Consulting

Innovative financial system proposals to help fund the transition to sustainable economies. Note do not go to not active down

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

Cdn Govt might want to consider comprehensive plans to build a sustainable economy, stop urban sprawl, protect: farmland, natures land & waters habitat, build 100% waste mgmt systems, reduce consumption, modify the financial system to support the move. No real plan, no action

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

@philip_ciwf @guardian Moving from Industrial Ag methods to Regenerative Ag methods, including the supply chain, the ecologically sound way to go. Consumers & nations will start demanding these practices for produce entering their countries. Very important for long term water/soil/food security

[Philip Lymbery @philip_ciwf]

Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise @guardian
“Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015”
“We managed to ban battery eggs; why not battery cows? It is shameful that we subject cows … to these conditions of cruelty & confinement.”
All life deserve a life worth living
@ciwf
https://t.co/Gw8k5QSyLW

[Gary Bohm @GaryBohm5]

We have a booming stock market juxtaposed against plummeting consumer confidence, and the explanation lies in a single, staggering statistic: the wealthiest 10% of American households own approximately 87% of all U.S. stock market wealth. If the market tanks, the economy is in major trouble. Therefore, the more likely path is that policymakers will run the economy really hot, exactly as they have signaled they want to. This strategy helps lower the debt-to-GDP ratio, but it also triggers a massive, structural demand shock for critical natural resources.

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

Gepsd Consulting will be shutting down later this year. Keep plugging #sustainable economies for nations with Space Development for #growth economy; time to ditch arms profiteering hegemony wars, too destructive to people, cities, nature.. Note: https://t.co/M9vnWta37o site down

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

Stair reform makes it possible to build units that "live like a house" not just because they are LARGE but also because they have a QUIET side.

Houses have a front and a back. A front facing the public street, and a back that opens onto a private yard.

Multifamily CAN do that if it includes units that have a front and a back, or "dual aspect." And these can be really nice if primary bedrooms and kitchens are facing courtyard, or quiet side of the house, so you can open a window at night, or have a dinner on a balcony or whatever.

Not all the units need to be front to back. Pack some floors with studios and one bedrooms for MOAR units (and people to share expensive land with, patronize shops, eventually buy large units when those households are ready to downsize, etc.)

But some floors should have large units that are house-like in that they have a street side and a quiet backyard side.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

A simple and effective way to reduce the summer temperatures in our towns and cities: Plant lots of trees.

🌳stores carbon dioxide
🌳reduces city pollution
🌳helps protect from flooding
🌳reduces city temperatures
🌳provides habitats for urban wildlife
🌳beautifies urban surroundings

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

@CompletedStreet Govts and urban planners need to focus on non-sprawl urban/commercial with community, recreation, culture, local economy considerations, optimal transit options, & 100% waste mgmt systems, w/affordable mid/high-rise housing near amenities/transit

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

Almost every major U.S. city had NYC levels of density and walkability in the early 20th century.

All of it was destroyed for highways, "urban renewal" and economic development gimmicks like sports stadiums.

[Daniel Lacalle @dlacalle_IA]

The UK economy was not destroyed "by Brexit". If it were the cause, Germany and France would be thriving.

What demolished the UK economy, like the French and German ones, was net zero crippling industry and agriculture and keeping all EU taxes and overregulation.

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

@charliebilello If the ME blockade & conflict continues, those prices likely to rise even further.. Arms profiteering/conflict capitalism is a dead end; true #growth Space Development offers unlimited long term opportunities with responsible #sustainable economies on Earth..

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

Price increases since start of the Iran war...
Sulfur: +95%
European Natural Gas: +59%
WTI Crude Oil: +58%
Jet Fuel: +56%
Heating Oil: +56%
Gasoline: +52%
Diesel: +51%
Brent Crude Oil: +50%
Urea: +24%
Rice: +21%
Fertilizer: +20%
Iron Ore: +12%
Coal: +10%
Palm Oil: +9%

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

USA offramp from arms economy, build a sustainable domestic economy, stop urban/commercial sprawl, protect: farmland, natures land waters habitat, build 100% waste mgmt systems, modern efficient transit, move to Regenerative Ag. #Sustainable on Earth, #growth Space Development

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

@Schuldensuehner True! All nations should determine their sustainable population level that respects food/energy security, farms/nature space, and encourage/discourage family population growth accordingly. While trying to maintain a balanced demographic (age) mix. Regulated immigration if needed

[Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner]

The birth-rate collapse isn’t just about money, housing, or women choosing careers. The sharper diagnosis: fewer couples. Across the world, young people still say they want kids. But they socialize less, partner less, commit less – and become parents less. Smartphones didn’t make us infertile. They may have made us lonelier. The fertility crisis is really a bonding crisis. https://t.co/DSi1emv0HU

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

This week, we met with an East Coast developer who wants to build courtyard blocks because they are tired of the standard multifamily product: expensive buildings organized around double-loaded corridors, with units that live like hotel rooms and do little to create affordable, dense, walkable neighborhoods for people at every stage of life.

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

@labourlewis @Feargal_Sharkey Well sure looks like a good argument to return to publicly owned city utilities, when private Corps can't get beyond the crony; how do you make a utility unprofitable and dysfunctional??

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Fergal is correct.

Despite a guaranteed return of £22BN in profits by 2030 - private water companies continue to use our rivers as sewage pipes and the sea as a cesspit for sewage.

It’s cheaper & therefore more profitable than spending on infrastructure.

Public ownership now.

[GEPSD Economic Consulting @gepsd]

@Penalosa_G Cdn cities need 2 focus on non-sprawl urban/commercial with community, recreation, culture, local economy considerations, optimal transit options, & 100% waste mgmt systems, w/affordable mid/high-rise housing near amenities/transit. In order to protect farmland & natures habitat

[Gil Penalosa @Penalosa_G]

WALKING
Why is it that elected officials do not care about WALKING?

• Toronto: 1 of 4 streets do NOT have a sidewalk! Not ONE elected official has walking top 5 priority.
• India: 60% trips under 2k are walking; unsafe!
• US over 1/2 trips under 3mi/5km; walkable... if SAFE!

[Dr Elaine Cox 🍃 💚 🍃🌽🥬🐦‍⬛🐌🇬🇧 @ElaineCox11]

It is an uncomfortable, rarely discussed, truth that the things local councils do actually make it harder to meet #climate objectives. For example, their planning policies increase car dependence through low-density housing and out-of-town developments, poor transport planning making walking and cycling more dangerous, and support for high-carbon industrial development. https://t.co/FzHSGZgpD1 via @ConversationUK