Haven't yet read The Future Is Degrowth but this review is excellent in itself.
"[W]e need to break free from the capitalist economy. #Degrowth gives us the tools to bend its bars."
https://timotheeparrique.com/book-review-the-future-is-degrowth/
@kev Personally I've stopped thinking in terms of winning or losing.
The struggle for an ethical internet, against whatever immoral garbage is being pushed at any given time, isn't going to end.
The same goes for environmentalism: no matter how bad (or good) things get, the fight for future generations and non-human life will never be over.
For this reason, the main issues you must not fail at are long-term physical and mental sustainability and choosing battles strategically.
Jevons paradox is alive and well: relying on tech fixes to lower total energy consumption will backfire under capitalism.
"We find that the economy-wide rebound effect is between 78 and 101% across our sample of countries, which differ in industrial structure and energy mix [...] This implies that energy efficiency improvements that save energy by adopting more efficient cost-reducing technology will have limited long-run impact on aggregate energy consumption."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014098832200113X
EU's ECT allows fossil fuel corps to sue governments for implementing green policies. Abolishing the treaty is a no brainer, but some EU countries are still on the fence.
Sign the petition and #EndFossilFuelProtection, less than 200k signatures missing!
Carbon offsetting is mostly a scam. The term needs to be reserved only for projects that:
a) increase net carbon sinks when taking into account the entire lifecycle emissions from construction and maintenance,
b) can be completed without violating any other planetary boundaries (biodiversity, fresh water, chemical pollution, etc), and
c) would not happen on their own without the offsetting project.
So reforestation of destroyed land, and almost nothing else.
@wion@writing.exchange Yup, noticed this just this week: it was so hard to search for the gemini protocol spec (for my Asciidoc.js to Gemini converter I use for my up-and-coming Gemini site).
About "sustainable aviation fuels" (SAF): isn't this just yet another industry wanting their share of the very limited sustainable biofuel supply? Is there something airplane-specific that prevents SAFs from being used for other more important needs instead of luxury for the 1%?
Today with #elokapina (#ExtinctionRebellion Finland) we're protesting against #overconsumption and #overproduction and blocking a street in Helsinki city center. Finland must reduce material use by 70% – 81% to stay within planetary boundaries.
#ClimateAction now!
