"An #EV is a good way to cut carbon #emissions, but so, it turns out, is a four-day workweek. Do them both, and a thousand other things—and fast—and we might have a shot. "

The first thing a good solar installer does is to make you beef up the insulation in your home: that way you need less solar on the roof.

S: build public transit and bike lanes first, then electrify the remaining cars.

#EnergyTransition #MineralMining #degrowth #JustTransition
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To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?

Bill McKibben assesses the validity of the arguments that both degrowthists and those who are pro-green-tech make for how we should address climate change.

^{Bill McKibben (The New Yorker)}

The convenient simplicity, & effective marketing gimmick, of wanting to believe or promoting that buying more products will "save the planet".

Unfortunately, that's a very popular wish based ideology. Generally, that's consumerism.

But, sure, EV's clean up our local air.

Therefore, "grow" (invest in) public EV transport, whilst reducing (deinvest) private transport.

#Degrowth #Efficiency

@noahpinion

That's fundamentally incorrect!

At current quantities, electrifying (switching) all, for example, private combustion engine vehicles to EV's, will cause a CO2 emission "pulse" into the atmosphere. That will mean more climate heating therefore climate change (+ eco degradation to mine all the elements for the EV's).

In reality, sooner rather than later, we will have to accept that we will need to shrink the energy inefficient sectors of the economy.

#Degrowth

@noahpinion

Do you live in NYC?
Do you care about climate change?
Focus on the Bayway Refinery.

Bayway is responsible for the climate emissions of 3.2 million households. It's right across the river from Staten Island.
#nyc #oil #refineries #climate #bayway #degrowth

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refinery in Linden, New Jersey

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I recently watched Strange World, largely because the animation looked interesting. However, I was extremely pleasantly surprised by the optimistic and surprisingly radical #solarpunk and #degrowth themes.

Pop Culture Detective regularly has good video essays, and their essay on this one is no different: youtube.com/watch?v=rqQJHja9qx…

In Defense of Disney's Strange Solarpunk World

Exploring the surprisingly radical ecological messages in Disney's Strange World. The movie's visuals are borrowed from old pulp adventure magazines but its ...

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"We can't afford poverty in a world in which there are environmental limits."

#TimJackson, Professor at the University of Surrey, Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
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#podcasts #RNZ #KimHill #deGrowth #sustainability #poverty