> degrowth / massive reductions in consumption Although it can appear a bit disingenuous for activists to disguise their primary goal...their primary goal can

> degrowth / massive reductions in consumption Although it can appear a bit disingenuous for activists to disguise their primary goal...their primary goal can be valid if taken from their perspective... Population will be 10bn by 2100. Then there's 2200, 2300, 2400, etc. The need for degrowth does seem inevitable eventually does it not? From a middle-class perspective: everything is about ambition, climbing the corporate ladder, wealth building, and then hoping for your children to exceed you in these aspects also. Addiction to growth. Many of these people are not okay with being a high achievers and not being rewarded for it - i.e. capitalism. Activists are usually lower income with fixed horizons/needs of income/status/lifestyle. So it's easier for them to identify with the average global citizen...who is already very poor. - 3bn live on < 2USD per day - median world income = 850USD - avg world income = 7000USD The activists are identifying as "world citizens", whereas Westerners identify with their income bracket in their wealthy country of choice. > cheap GHG emission-free energy. The reality is that even if climate change is resolved, there will still be a push for degrowth until the end of time...unless we find a new planet to inhabit.