Prof Julia Steinberger 🌍🌹🌱Jan 8, 2023
Just your regular reminder that those who claim we need new technologies to address the climate crisis are *really* saying that the overconsumption of the richest is more important than the rest of life on earth.
We have the tech we need for decent lives for all. 😘😘😘
Show threadNarvuntienJan 8, 2023
@jks The main issue is that if you tell people they have to give something up they will line up against you politically and we won't be able to solve the climate crisis.
Show threadProf Julia Steinberger 🌍🌹🌱Jan 8, 2023
@Narvuntien How about the certainty of giving up a liveable planet?
Show threadNarvuntienJan 8, 2023

@jks Unfortunately, people are not logical.

If they now all have to give up their cars and spend an extra hour every day getting to work by public transport.

You'll start creating more deniers again, just after we finally got rid of most of them.

If you don't have convenient public transport or the social groundwork laid down to go back to sharing appliances.

People will fight you.

Show threadProf Julia Steinberger 🌍🌹🌱Jan 8, 2023
@Narvuntien I deal with reality, and observable reality says that the fight for public services and the fight for lowering resource demand within planetary boundaries are the same.
Show threadNarvuntienJan 8, 2023

@jks
Unfortunately, politics does not. Unless you are proposing a climate action dictatorship. You cannot be promising to take things away from people as a political campaign.

People had a fit at the WEF "You will own nothing and you will be happy" marketing campaign.

Show threadSouthern LeftistJul 21, 2023
@Narvuntien @jks
Well, climate action will result in Star Trek economics I guess.
Show threadNarvuntien

@south_lib @jks

Maybe eventually?? people have been fighting capitalism for 200 years I don't see that changing in the 30 years we have to get to net-0.

Jul 23, 2023 at 3:47amWeb