4 Problems for the Degrowth Movement
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Though increasingly influential in activist circles and policy discussions, the degrowth perspective on addressing climate change suffers from serious analytical and political flaws. We need a program of green growth to decarbonize the planet.
  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netM
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    9 months ago
    1. The limits to growth is very early argued to be a gdp limit, but emissions, soil, and other natural limits.
    2. Most degrowthers are fully aware, that redidtributing wealth will make the poor richer and that that means increased consumption of the poor.
    3. We have to decrease consumption of carbon.That means we have to destroy tue fossil fuel industry. That is going to hurt some people. Obviously France did a bad job at implementing it. Also again, tue limit is not gdp.
    4. Degrowthers do not have a general problem with investing. In fact most argue for more investment into renewables, public transport and so fort. However it has to stay within planetary limits and that means a full stopp to bad investment. No more fossil fuel cars, no more coal power plants, no more highways and other waste of resources.