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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of the things you listed are indeed good, but we're not going to avert climate catastrophe unless we reject the idea that we can only do good things if they're less expensive than the bad thing alternative.

[–] jabjoe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's the way to ease the masses in. You also missing that the other end is to make the bad stuff expensive. Bring environmental cost on to the balance sheet. Criminalize and enforce those laws, environmental crimes. Carrot and stick.

[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but how will we get that massive and necessary political actions required when the ones killing us have all the money

[–] jabjoe 1 points 1 year ago

Democracy is for that. In Australia, Teals won on a partly climate agenda. It helps that solar is a no brainer there. Also non-fossil money wants cheaper energy, so is increasing finding itself assigned with the environment against fossil fuels.