Excellent points about demand.

The whole consumption paradigm is massively out of whack with ecological limits and reality. But people are much more willing to talk about alternative energy than tackle the main things we have to do--use a whole lot less energy and consume a whole lot less stuff. How to sell such a program as "redefining more" is beyond me.

On the supply side, I would like to add to your prescriptions

8) Negotiate a rapid reduction to zero of global fossil fuel extraction (especially coal and oil). Doing this consciously--rather than letting resource depletion do it for us--will let us feel that we are still in some kind of control (a deep psychological need, for now) of the power down, and may help avoid runaway GW (to the extent that that cat isn't already out of the bag.)

Sure, that might be politically impossible, but not much more than many other things on your (excellent, IMHO) wish list.

Typo - 3rd line down after ENERGY QUALITY

Light sweet crude oil in incredibly energy dense, transportable at room temperature,

I think you mean "is"

2020

thanks -fixed- i wrote half of this since 5 am - (Gail was very helpful in pointing out many such typos btw thanks Gail)