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all this techno-determinism about how a green industry is going to swoop in
Who’s claimed that?
There are people who have done hard work to develop and deploy the technologies, and they’re not just the technologists. For example I have a friend with no engineering skills but a legal qualification - he sorts out permitting for new wind farms for a living, because he sees that as making a difference while also allowing him to keep a roof over his family’s heads. Yes, I think what he’s doing is far more useful than smashing some government windows. And he would have made far more money as a regular corporate lawyer, but that’s not what he wanted to do with his life.
Point being that we’re in a position to make progress because of lots of people finding the things that they personally can do to help move things along. Nobody’s advocating sitting around waiting for a techno-miracle.
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I was thinking on the commute that it doesn’t add up, all this techno-determinism about how a green industry is going to swoop in, it doesn’t make sense. The main thing about XR’s position is that there is an emergency and it’s causes and consequences are being suppressed. Their deal is about awareness and I think they are right, not enough people, let alone enough people in government, allow themselves to feel anything like a proportionate sense of urgency. I guess I am guilty too or I would be on the streets more often. Economics is often reduced to a situation of supply and demand. The sense of urgency is an index of the demand; and judging by that the demand is weak whereas there is still a huge demand within markets like oil and gas that are causing the ecological catastrophe that is happening. It doesn’t matter if a magic solution can technically be made.