We continue to believe that by bringing our carbon emissions under control we have some assurance that things will not get worse. But of course we are conceiving of this as a simple continuing of growth, just somehow more sustainable. The ecological consequences of all human activity, regardless of the carbon impact, will be the problem we can never solve.
I don’t agree with “Bright Green Lies.” To say that renewables and EVs are no better than their fossil fueled counterparts is a form of science denial that ignores multiple studies demonstrating carbon/energy payback times of under a year to several years. Mining impacts are orders of magnitude less than the land disruption of fossil fuels. Certainly we must develop a new economic model based on criteria beyond gross throughput. But to say these new technologies offer no solutions, when they clearly are reducing climate pollution, is to close a door we need to be wide open.
We continue to believe that by bringing our carbon emissions under control we have some assurance that things will not get worse. But of course we are conceiving of this as a simple continuing of growth, just somehow more sustainable. The ecological consequences of all human activity, regardless of the carbon impact, will be the problem we can never solve.
Is unsustainable - period.
Hopium I’m afraid.
I agree with “Bright Green Lies”.
Industrial civilization in whatever political, national or “clean” energy form it comes in
I don’t agree with “Bright Green Lies.” To say that renewables and EVs are no better than their fossil fueled counterparts is a form of science denial that ignores multiple studies demonstrating carbon/energy payback times of under a year to several years. Mining impacts are orders of magnitude less than the land disruption of fossil fuels. Certainly we must develop a new economic model based on criteria beyond gross throughput. But to say these new technologies offer no solutions, when they clearly are reducing climate pollution, is to close a door we need to be wide open.
You can go back to the comment string on the previous piece linked at the start to find an active exchange on these topics, with links to references.