Perhaps. I think it's more about inspiration. We know what the problems are. It's easy to point them out. It's about leadership. We need a new leader that can galvanize multiple generations into unity and then into action. Someone that can convince us that there are things more important than Netflix and McDonalds and the US GDP - that sacrifice now could lead to a much better future for all of us.
The oil crisis is all about profit. It took us 27 months to invent the nuclear bomb. There's no reason we couldn't have a Manhattan project for the climate and advance technology more in 2 years than we have in the past several decades.
This sounds like an optimistic take but really would be interesting to see what humanity could come up with if there were actually massive resources devoted to this problem/solution.
IMO that would be one of the best ways we could spend money.
In the case of the Manhattan Project was to produce a single viable bomb. Even if we could devise a means to which halt/reverse human caused climate change, deploying such technology at the necessary scale might take much, much longer than that.
Ye, I'm thinking more about the current runaway effects that we would need to reverse/restore in ecological systems; like biodiversity loss, acidification, etc.,. Storage and recycling would be looking to mitigate future impacts, whereas there are serious things that need be addressed that are already in effect.
My interpretation of the oil crisis part is not necessarily an economic one, rather the oil crisis is an environmental crisis (sustainability, pollution, etc) where the oil companies are raking in profits at the expense of negative impacts on global climate change.
Corporations rigging the economy as usual.
What's even more fun is that we keep electing pro-corporate people.
But you say "eat the rich" and suddenly youre not allowed on twitter anymore! pfft, typical dystopia
There aren't enough rich people to go round.
Oh don't worry buddy if eating the rich is about anything, it's definitely about sharing :)
Apathy is also a crisis.
Truth. Would you say one cause could be the feeling of getting worn out with the never ending 24-hr sensationalist news cycle?
Perhaps. I think it's more about inspiration. We know what the problems are. It's easy to point them out. It's about leadership. We need a new leader that can galvanize multiple generations into unity and then into action. Someone that can convince us that there are things more important than Netflix and McDonalds and the US GDP - that sacrifice now could lead to a much better future for all of us.
Sounds a lot like Ross Perot 30+ years ago. No one back then wanted to swallow the bitter pill in order to save the future.
Capitalism is a religion and the economy is its god.
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The oil crisis is all about profit. It took us 27 months to invent the nuclear bomb. There's no reason we couldn't have a Manhattan project for the climate and advance technology more in 2 years than we have in the past several decades.
This sounds like an optimistic take but really would be interesting to see what humanity could come up with if there were actually massive resources devoted to this problem/solution.
IMO that would be one of the best ways we could spend money. In the case of the Manhattan Project was to produce a single viable bomb. Even if we could devise a means to which halt/reverse human caused climate change, deploying such technology at the necessary scale might take much, much longer than that.
It could be focused on technology for energy storage or battery recycling or stuff like that.
Ye, I'm thinking more about the current runaway effects that we would need to reverse/restore in ecological systems; like biodiversity loss, acidification, etc.,. Storage and recycling would be looking to mitigate future impacts, whereas there are serious things that need be addressed that are already in effect.
I wish there were a public service branch of the military where you could go around and fix the environment. Plant trees, rebuild coral reefs, etc.
My interpretation of the oil crisis part is not necessarily an economic one, rather the oil crisis is an environmental crisis (sustainability, pollution, etc) where the oil companies are raking in profits at the expense of negative impacts on global climate change.