Advocates of “Green Growth” promise a painless transition to a post-carbon future. But what if the limits of renewable energy require sacrificing consumption as a way of life?
A must-read about the impossibility of green growth and #degrowth as the only viable option forward:
https://www.truthdig.com/dig/green-tinted-glasses/
@ChristianeKliemann That was a really interesting read, thanks for linking to it.
We're doomed, basically, aren't we?! Is there any way to turn around that political dependence on 'growth' being the only thing that counts as success? How can we make #degrowth fashionable enough to bring about lasting change? 🤔
Managed Degrowth is a matter of survival, not a fashion someone might want to adopt or not.
Show the normal citizens in those countries which have and had most influence on the current global polit-econ system that their own survival is at stake.
Prof Rahmstorf is age 61 or something. HE sees his own peaceful and orderly retirement age in Germany (!) at stake due to a likely turn for the worse from the clusterfuck of climate disasters and their clusterfucked impact on human systems.
Tell the citizens of EU, USA and some other regions what they're in for if we do not do managed #degrowth.
Then they'll realise how bad its going to get. And then, degrowth is no longer a question of "convincing" a majority but a logical next step.
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