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Entirely correct. And that's infuriating Though it does not stop us from acting at local level. Let us all stop replacing our phones every year, and there wil
by jlengrand 6y ago
Entirely correct. And that's infuriating
Though it does not stop us from acting at local level.
Let us all stop replacing our phones every year, and there will be a shift in consumption models. We collectively, as a sum of locals, have the power to make things change.
- paulmd 6y agoNot saying don't do those things, but we need society-level action to really make an impact. To plagiarize the saying about the internet and censorship, capitalism is a self-correcting system designed to route around any "errors" like individual ethics/behavior that produce non-optimal profits according to "the rules" of the system. If you reduce the demand for coal because everyone chooses to pay the extra for solar energy, someone is going to scoop up that cheap coal and find a way to use it. You have to "change the rules of the game" to make any impact, and that's society/collective level action.
- jlengrand 6y agoThat's an interesting point you're making (though scary). Didn't think about it that way. Thanks.