From fast-tracking approvals to slashing a proposed emissions cap, the Carney government is working its way through requests from Canada’s fossil fuel industry
We’re so fucked. I seriously have no hope for the future. As long as we elect these politicians that prioritize the economy and deny scientific facts, nothing will change and it’s just going to get worst for the most of us. But those billionaires who are influencing our politics to make those kinds of decisions will be well off, so it’s none of their concerns
As soon as we eliminate these billionaires and eliminate the system that allows them to happen, the better off we will be.
There is no economic solution to climate change. Factoring in the externalized cost of pollution would make everything unaffordable. Until technologies provide economically viable solutions, the economy is just gonna keep doing what it is currently dependent on to function.
This is the correct answer with the caveat that the solution is an economic solution: alternative energy has to be so economically superior that it overrides the legacy lobbies. Which is getting close to being the case everywhere except extremely corrupt systems like the US.
We’re so fucked. I seriously have no hope for the future. As long as we elect these politicians that prioritize the economy and deny scientific facts, nothing will change and it’s just going to get worst for the most of us. But those billionaires who are influencing our politics to make those kinds of decisions will be well off, so it’s none of their concerns
As soon as we eliminate these billionaires and eliminate the system that allows them to happen, the better off we will be.
Quick recap: it was a choice between
We chose bad, to ensure we didn’t get worse.
Keep that in mind. We can do better, but we almost did way worse.
It’s not even the economy. It’s the billionaire economy.
There is no economic solution to climate change. Factoring in the externalized cost of pollution would make everything unaffordable. Until technologies provide economically viable solutions, the economy is just gonna keep doing what it is currently dependent on to function.
This is the correct answer with the caveat that the solution is an economic solution: alternative energy has to be so economically superior that it overrides the legacy lobbies. Which is getting close to being the case everywhere except extremely corrupt systems like the US.