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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: Climate Change - Marxism will Save Us
« Reply #30 on: November 26, 2017, 05:26:34 am »
Even if you could create a better system than capitalism, how the heck are you going to convince every major country to change over to it simply for the sake of the environment? How will you convince China to change when their gov has an iron grip on the country and has economically benefited tremendously from the status quo in recent decades?  How will you convince people to drop the profit motive and exchange having more money for a healthier environment and reduced global warming?

Capitalism has a hidden vulnerability that people never talk about, which is the money system.

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No matter what system is in place, fossil fuels are cheaper than renewable energy like wind/solar etc.  Electric vehicles also need to run off the fossil fuel power grid, so even if electric cars had no issues with batteries or charging station availability they would still largely be running off dirty energy.

What does cheaper mean ?  It means less human effort and material resources required for extraction right ?

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So what needs to happen to significantly tackle climate change no matter what system is in place is for the masses to choose to have more expensive renewable energy powering cities which will therefore increase hydro prices and the cost of virtually all products/services.  Are people across the globe willing to sacrifice their standard of living for the sake of the environment?  At least in the short or medium term until technology may discover a renewable energy source cheaper than fossil fuels?  So far the masses have said overwhelmingly "no".

There could also be trade-offs there.  Turning back the clock even a half-century at this point doesn't put us back to anything like the stone age economically.  But this is still theoretical.