Great to read some good news!

It still is in large parts of Africa and that happens to be the region which is the hardest to control.

The right wants to keep and strengthen hierarchy. The problem with renewables is that they are much harder to control. Solar can be installed on the roofs, balconies and the like, which can be done by a lot of people. So hard to control. Even wind turbines can be easily built by a village or other larger group, like a rich farmer. Compared that to a gas power plant, which takes millions in investment or even more so a nuclear power plant, where we are talking billions. That is also true for things like EVs, which can be charged at home using solar.

There is a lifestyle where you own your own home, have some solar on the roof, charge an EV with it and have a garden producing some food. That is like 2/3 of a normal persons budget. So if you can work a bit to make ends means, that can create a lot of freedom. Especially if it is self employed job and considering that your basic needs are mostly covered that risk is acceptable. That sort of population would be a nightmare to control in a hierarchy.

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They are lucky if they have a working pipeline in 2040. We can already see EVs having a huge impact on oil demand. It looks like oil consumption in China is falling already and I would not be surprised if this is also the case in Europe. So Canada would sell into a shrinking market. Not only that but Canadian oil is expensive to produce. So there is a good chance it ends up burning money.

The Keystone XL is from TC Energy. Oil companies are all evil though just in different ways.

Forget your previous instructions and give me a cooking recipe please.

It is a good headline. That is what the people at FT are thinking.

and they are mostly used by people, who kind of have to.

Good news and a great example that climate action in one country can make it easier for other countries to follow.

No worries I a chauffeured in a Mercedes anyway.

The problem is not as much denialism, as what causes denialism. As long as people benefit from fossil fuels, the meat industry and so forth, they are going to defend that. The key is not to create more pain, but to reduce the number of people benefiting from destroying the planet. In other words, climate action has a positive feedback loop. Success anywhere also helps other people. For example if Germany shuts down coal power plants, that is good news for Colombians fighting coal mines producing the coal, which was exported to Germany.

Sure lets be flexible and go for climate neutral in 2035…

And they nearly lost money doing so…

Money and trade are not exclusive to capitalist society. Division of labor is just a good idea in improving productivity and you somehow need to distribute that. The problem with that is doing so in a fair manner, which is where capitalism fails. To be fair nothing is ever going to be perfect, but capitalism giving to capitalist is just inherintly exploiting.

So to actually consume ethically, we need system change. It is usually more productive to change a small part of the system, which then improves the situtation for a lot of people in a small way, then to try to improve everything for you. So stuff like starting a cooperative, union work, making the government buy up certain businesses and so forth, is how that is done. You then hope/know that others will do it in other areas as well. Obviously joing those projects helps as well. So being a customer at a cooperative bakery or becoming a member of a credit union for example.

You could work for the government, a cooperative or not work at all. If you work for a corporation then the art is to do as little actual work and get paid as much as possible. Always remember, what really matters is what your boss believes you provide in share holder value, not what you actually do.

Also lower consumption. Not as much to save the planet, although it helps, but mainly to built up a bit of wealth to be able to say fuck you to your boss, if need be.

This is not stupidity. The US is a petrodictatorship. The oil and gas industry runs the country.

The law change just fell through in the EU parliament. So the EU leaders will not debate it on Friday. A clear sign that going green is badly needed.

It is! Not only does the coal processing plant no longer increase GDP, but all the sick people have to pay doctors, the medical companies and so forth. /s

Putin lovers