RogerCO wrote:Billhook touches the absolutely key point (IMHO) which is that it is the assumption that economic growth is of itself a good and necessary thing to be pursued at any cost that is the problem.
This assumption of the necessity of economic growth inevitably leads to the predict and provide approach, and the desire to preserve BAU at all costs (including self destruction)
Economic growth is the problem.
Only once you get rid of the presumption for growth can you be creative in realising the apprpriate mix of solutions to ensure our long term survival.
Every so often in human history such a paradigm shift (did I hear a distant cry of 'House' from someone at the back playing buzzword bingo ? ) is possible.
If we are concerned for the future of our culture, civilization, and the planet, then we must start to push for this change in underlying assumption - arguments about wind vs nukes vs bio vs conservation, or what mix is best, are a total waste of time without this fundamental shift.
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