The Aotearoa New Zealand Green Party are connecting social & environmental justice well. Their fiscal responsibility document & their independently costed budget for our next election in the southern spring of 2026 is based around a wealth tax and the government providing the basic services people need as well as a green jobs guarantee. It is a well-being budget for people and the planet through & through. 👍💯
I am confused by the messaging here. All for efficient use of land and resources to decarbonise, but I know enough to see that renewable energy is worse than useless in comparison with nuclear energy to this end. Nuclear is both energy dense and has a high capacity factor. We could decarbonise whole cities with trains, trams and nuclear if commercial bribes were ignored and numeric pragmacy given the kudos it deserves.
The biggest problem is that people will not voluntarily adopt a communal attitude, communitarianism, no one will voluntarily reduce their needs or desires. This is ridiculous.
Second, abundant access to goods will stimulate fertility, you will not pass laws that limit it, this is nonsense in a welfare society.
Renewable energy sources will not help overcome the consequences of what we are moving towards or replace fossil fuels in all their types and uses. We need to stop using them. In 40 years, all renewables must be replaced. The scale of the transition will stimulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Recently, the influence of ecosocialism has been noticeable, which does not change how we use energy but the goals we want to achieve. The left seeks to consume, have abundance and prosperity but in a more equal way. How to extract cobalt and dysprosium more evenly and fairly? How will this change emissions?
Interestingly, people all over the world are already voluntarily adopting a communal attitude and simplifying the way they live. It turns out that people don't actually want to consume more and acquire more 'stuff'. People are actually yearning for more connection with others and, yes, nature.
There is no getting around the Second Law of Thermodynamics, in a closed system entropy rules and things will always degrade over time (humans/all machines). But that is not the problem Professor Hickel sees is the biggest. Excess production and consumption is the biggest issue.
Yours and my definition of 'abundance' and 'prosperity' may very well be quite different...
NOTHING is perfect where humans are concerned. We are THE most out of place species on this planet, unfortunately.
The Aotearoa New Zealand Green Party are connecting social & environmental justice well. Their fiscal responsibility document & their independently costed budget for our next election in the southern spring of 2026 is based around a wealth tax and the government providing the basic services people need as well as a green jobs guarantee. It is a well-being budget for people and the planet through & through. 👍💯
I am confused by the messaging here. All for efficient use of land and resources to decarbonise, but I know enough to see that renewable energy is worse than useless in comparison with nuclear energy to this end. Nuclear is both energy dense and has a high capacity factor. We could decarbonise whole cities with trains, trams and nuclear if commercial bribes were ignored and numeric pragmacy given the kudos it deserves.
The biggest problem is that people will not voluntarily adopt a communal attitude, communitarianism, no one will voluntarily reduce their needs or desires. This is ridiculous.
Second, abundant access to goods will stimulate fertility, you will not pass laws that limit it, this is nonsense in a welfare society.
Renewable energy sources will not help overcome the consequences of what we are moving towards or replace fossil fuels in all their types and uses. We need to stop using them. In 40 years, all renewables must be replaced. The scale of the transition will stimulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Recently, the influence of ecosocialism has been noticeable, which does not change how we use energy but the goals we want to achieve. The left seeks to consume, have abundance and prosperity but in a more equal way. How to extract cobalt and dysprosium more evenly and fairly? How will this change emissions?
There are so many questions. There is no answer.
Interestingly, people all over the world are already voluntarily adopting a communal attitude and simplifying the way they live. It turns out that people don't actually want to consume more and acquire more 'stuff'. People are actually yearning for more connection with others and, yes, nature.
There is no getting around the Second Law of Thermodynamics, in a closed system entropy rules and things will always degrade over time (humans/all machines). But that is not the problem Professor Hickel sees is the biggest. Excess production and consumption is the biggest issue.
Yours and my definition of 'abundance' and 'prosperity' may very well be quite different...
NOTHING is perfect where humans are concerned. We are THE most out of place species on this planet, unfortunately.
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