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Capitalism fuels the climate crisis. Can it also offer solutions?
The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 15, 2022 | BY SAMMY ROTH

Posted on 12/15/2022 7:41:40 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

How many solar and wind farms will it take for the U.S. to stop burning coal, oil and gas? How much energy will be needed to power hundreds of millions of electric cars? And where will we mine enough lithium to build the batteries in those cars?

As an energy reporter focused on the climate crisis — and a young person hoping for a long life on this planet — I spend my days asking and trying to answer those kinds of questions. But what if they’re the wrong questions?

What if instead of replacing fossil fuels with renewable electricity, we should be focused on reducing our energy use as much as possible? What if the key to maintaining a stable climate — and protecting Earth’s dwindling biodiversity — is accepting that our current lifestyles and consumption habits, at least in the developed world, are simply unsustainable?

And what if trying to solve climate change by doubling down on capitalism — renewable energy tax credits for wealthy investors, requirements for companies to sell cleaner products — only perpetuates the broken economic systems that got us into this mess in the first place, exacerbating income inequality and fueling continued destruction of the natural world?

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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1 posted on 12/15/2022 7:41:40 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Proving once again the socialism/Communism can only exist as a parasite of capitalism.


2 posted on 12/15/2022 7:45:22 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What they want is taxpayers’ money. Give them the money and they magically disappear till next time they want your money. Which today is constantly that they want taxpayers’ money


3 posted on 12/15/2022 7:46:43 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is that why the greatest environmental disasters are in communist or hold overs from former communist countries?


4 posted on 12/15/2022 7:46:58 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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5 posted on 12/15/2022 7:47:15 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

No urinalysis for his employment.


6 posted on 12/15/2022 7:48:06 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sorry, Sammy, your entire world-view is predicated on a hoax.
You and your generation have been brainwashed to believe in a falsehood. There is no “climate crisis.” It is a fair tale. Whatever clever solutions you may weave actually mean nothing.


7 posted on 12/15/2022 7:48:22 AM PST by Blennos
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I reject the premise.


8 posted on 12/15/2022 7:48:27 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Blennos

fairy tale.


9 posted on 12/15/2022 7:49:07 AM PST by Blennos
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only the absolute poverty caused by communism will fix the climate.


10 posted on 12/15/2022 7:49:09 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Capitalism fuels the climate crisis. “

If you doubt who is behind the climate BS, this is for you.


11 posted on 12/15/2022 7:50:19 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

He’s a gaper.


12 posted on 12/15/2022 7:51:08 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What climate crisis?


13 posted on 12/15/2022 7:52:28 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There is no “climate crisis”. There’s a crisis of the masses being lied to by the communist media and “educators”.


14 posted on 12/15/2022 7:53:51 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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>> What if instead of replacing fossil fuels with renewable electricity, we should be focused on reducing our energy use as much as possible?

Right. And don’t forget the bugs. Focus on eating bugs. More energy efficient. And live where you work. Your work will be interesting (learn to code!) and your rewards will be really cool virtual reality video games and good drugs and lots of orgasms with a variety of organisms achieved in really strange but very rainbow-colorful ways.

NO THANK YOU KLAUS
NO THANK YOU SATAN


15 posted on 12/15/2022 7:55:50 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Now that is actually quite funny. Looks like a clear-headed deep thinker to me. LA Times reporter indeed. Thank you for the laugh.


16 posted on 12/15/2022 7:58:52 AM PST by Blennos
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As an energy reporter focused on the climate crisis

I think I see his problem, he was just Born Stupid


17 posted on 12/15/2022 7:59:47 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The UN’s IPCC president gave a speech in which she touted the push for global warming programs as the best opportunity to end all capitalist societies.
That is the goal.


18 posted on 12/15/2022 8:00:57 AM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The first statement in the headline is a lie.


19 posted on 12/15/2022 8:01:39 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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"climate crisis"

There isn't any climate crisis. These stupid skulls full of mush ALWAYS start with that false premise and faulty logic follows. Here in North Idaho we are in the deep freeze and almost DOUBLE our annual snowfall for December 15.

There are plenty of scholarly articles pointing out that cold kills FAR more people than heat -- like up to 5 or 6 times as many. There was an excellent one a couple days ago that extensively quotes Dr. Bjorn Lomborg:

How many lives are being lost due to the senseless obsession with net zero?
By Rhoda Wilson, December 13, 2022

20 posted on 12/15/2022 8:01:52 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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