Conservatives are actively killing us and we are letting them. Either we physically stop them or we die because of them. I think we have collectively chosen death.
It’s fossil fuel dependence, not conservatives.
Conservatives are the primary reason we are locked into fossil fuels when we do not have to be. They are the minions of the fossil fuel industry, doing their bidding in politics. Conservatives, whether they are Republicans or neo-liberals in the Democrat party in the U.S., are the defenders of corporate interests and will let us all suffocate and starve to death to please their corporate masters. Some form of this can be seen in conservatism in every developed nation on earth.
So, without conservatives, we would be free to push to technologies other than fossil fuels. Until we cleanse the planet of the plague of conservatism, though, we will be stuck with this status quo as conservatives insist.
Until we cleanse the planet of the plague of conservatism…
sounds like the Final Solution
I agree it sounds harsh, but conservatism is oppressing and killing humans all over the planet. It is a global plague in desperate need of a cure. Pacifism has historically never worked to cure an infection of conservatism. So, while it may not sound very polite, “cleansing” our planet of this disease is exactly what is needed to stop it from continuing to kill the normal people.
I find it laughable when journos focus on India’s coal use. India has been way more aggressive on renewables as compared to what US was in this stage of their development cycle. The richest nation in the world, produces 7 times CO2 per capita compared to India, but somehow it’s India’s responsibility to focus on renewables and not the USA’s, which is still using coal and oil like anything.
The problem is that India is building new coal power plants, which obviously cost money, which could be spend on green technology instead. So it actually makes sense to built renewables in India, use the money to be spend on coal power plants for that kind of stuff as well and maybe be a bit slower with the US coal exit.
Other then that the global coal situation is not that bad. China makes up 55% of global coal consumption. Europe and the US are consuming less every year. Besides China only Vietnam, India and Indonesia are building meaningfull numbers of new coal power plants. So currently there is quite a bit of pressure to stop those three countries from building more and hoping China sees a coal industry crash, due to maybe economic problems. That could kill global coal.
The technological landscape is very different from what it was at this stage of the US’s development cycle. India has the opportunity to avoid a lot of the pitfalls that the US encountered, and it’s incredibly saddening to see it make the same mistakes when it has the opportunity to avoid them
An international agreement isn’t enough until there is follow-through to implement it. That’s ok: words can beget actions, and it’s far better to have words that can be used to push for action than no words at all
Is this a news article or some random internet “journalist” ranting?
It’s a blog, by someone I trust, who is very carefully pulling out details from Reuters to explain what happened
So ‘vetted corporate propaganda’ or ‘possibly independent thinking’?
