Re:Forget Shorter Showers
by radu_floricica on Sunday July 12, 2009 @04:49PM
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Very much agree with the central point: shorter showers and economic light bulbs don't make any real difference. There is a point I would like to make though:
> The third option, acting decisively to stop the industrial economy, is very scary for a number of reasons, including but not restricted to the fact that we’d lose some of the luxuries (like electricity) to which we’ve grown accustomed, and the fact that those in power might try to kill us if we seriously impede their ability to exploit the world—none of which alters the fact that it’s a better option than a dead planet. Any option is a better option than a dead planet.
I'm a poor guy in a poor country, and I _will_ hurt anybody who tries to destroy the civilization we live in. Reform by destruction is never a good idea.
This being said, I am much more optimistic about political measures. Simply taxing pollution or setting even voluntary (but open and controlled) standards can make the difference showers can't.
> The third option, acting decisively to stop the industrial economy, is very scary for a number of reasons, including but not restricted to the fact that we’d lose some of the luxuries (like electricity) to which we’ve grown accustomed, and the fact that those in power might try to kill us if we seriously impede their ability to exploit the world—none of which alters the fact that it’s a better option than a dead planet. Any option is a better option than a dead planet.
I'm a poor guy in a poor country, and I _will_ hurt anybody who tries to destroy the civilization we live in. Reform by destruction is never a good idea.
This being said, I am much more optimistic about political measures. Simply taxing pollution or setting even voluntary (but open and controlled) standards can make the difference showers can't.