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I'm confused as to why growth and progress as a species is tied inexorably to the mindlessly wasteful consumption of fossil fuels to the detriment of our own ab
by convolvatron 2y ago
I'm confused as to why growth and progress as a species is tied inexorably to the mindlessly wasteful consumption of fossil fuels to the detriment of our own ability to live comfortably and feed ourselves. aren't we clever? can't we progress without screwing up the planet?
- creer 2y agoRight? That's the problem. There is nothing inexorable about it. France ages ago noticed a problematic reliance on fossile fuels and decided to actually solve that problem (for power and heating). That was a super ambitious program of building an entire, country-size industry capable of designing, building, fueling, running and reprocessing grid-scale nuclear reactors. It even worked. Growth WHILE solving problems. But yeah, in France as elsewhere, that effort was and is tied to political will and electoral moods. And so now it's in jeopardy.
- wkat4242 2y ago> can't we progress without screwing up the planet? Probably yes. Can we progress without screwing the planet and still making the top 0.01% ever exponentially richer? Probably not. Here lies the rub.
- Nasrudith 2y agoWhere did this cliche come from? I see it repeated everywhere from minds clearly not creative enough for said notion. Wishful thinking that they can just blame deep structural issues like oil dependency and problematic chains of logistics on rich people and that in their absence all problems would magically solve themselves and flowers would bloom?