CASSE NSW Inc seeks to promote a better understanding of Positive Steps and/or better paths to transition to a sustainable Steady State Economy. Hence we list papers and articles relevant to such "Positive Steps" and our needed transition to real sustainable solutions.

Articles/Papers

Issues related to Renewables, Problematic Alternatives and Achieving Sustainability

Peer Reviewed Papers

Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508. by Mark Diesendorf 2021.

See: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/3/964

Diesendorf 2022 ClimatePolicy Published April 2022

Can energy descent be justified by critiquing 100% renewable energy scenarios? A reply to Floyd et al.

by Mark Diesendorf 2022

See: Document

Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption It’ll be impossible to replace fossil fuels with renewables by 2050, unless we cut our energy consumption. Mark Diesendorf 2022.

See: https://theconversation.com/net-zero-by-2050-will-hit-a-major-timing-problem-technology-cant-solve-we-need-to-talk-about-cutting-consumption-181951

Analyzing the Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Risk Posed by a Mature Fusion Technology and Economy. by Mark Diesendorf, David Roser and Haydn Washington. 2023.

This paper undertakes a trial scoping of proliferation hazards arising from fusion energy technologies,

A strategy for resisting the vested interests driving the collapse of the biosphere and civilisation. Ecological Civilization 2:10005. by Mark Diesendorf 2025

See: https://doi.org/10.70322/ecolciviliz.2025.10005

Recent topical papers on issues relating to Sustainability and the SSE

The principal barrier to a rapid energy transition. by Mark Diesendorf, 2025.

See: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07/the-principal-barrier-to-a-rapid-energy-transition/

The steady-state economy: why we need it and how it could be progressed. by Mark Diesendorf, 2025.

See: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/the-steady-state-economy-why-we-need-it-and-how-it-could-be-progressed/

Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions. by Mark Diesendorf, 2024

See: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2024/12/consumption-is-driving-global-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

The energy transition is slowed by growth in consumption. by Mark Diesendorf, 2024.

See: https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/20/the-energy-transition-is-slowed-by-growth-in-consumption/

Sustainability scientists’ critique of neoclassical economics

Harmony in Conservation. An article about a call for a transformation to a more harmonious human-nature relationship that is grounded in mutual respect and principled responsibility. This discusses key ethical questions with respect to our regard for the natural world, as well as fundamental policy stepts to get a better approach to the "nature of sustainability". by Haydn Washington 2022

See: Document