The metabolic pyramid is how humanity's metabolic power is actually shared out. A tiny fraction commands most of the energy and resources, while billions live in energy poverty.
How the word moved
It was point two of Metabolic Sovereignty Revisited in November 2025. One sense, one ugly shape.
In my words
"We live within a metabolic pyramid, where a tiny fraction of the global population commands an outsized share of the world’s energy and resources, ..."
from Bhumics: Weekly Planet #12. Metabolic Sovereignty Revisited, 10 Nov 2025
Related
- Related Metabolic Sovereignty - humanity's collective metabolic sovereignty ended up justifying the pyramid.
- Related Multispecies Sovereignty - evening things out among humans isn't enough.
- Related Bad Intersectionality - the burdens land on people who are already vulnerable.