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In reply to the discussion: Renewable Energy is Killing Nuclear Power No Hope for Nuclear [View all]GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)37. I'm going to keep plugging away for sure.
Encouraging degrowth, radical reductions in consumption, childlessness and the virtue of poverty (all of which I practice).
I will also keep plugging away at pulling back the curtains on growth-promoting mythologies and the unquestioned thermogenetic assumptions and anthropocentric values that underpin them.
There is no form of human growth that can be called "smart" - at least not without lying through your teeth. "Smart growth" is as much an oxymoron as "sustainable development".
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So things like refrigeration, and reducing the back-breaking toil of human labor -
jonno99
Jul 2015
#31
Guilty? No. Unless you consider that it is your fault that you were born into the place
jonno99
Jul 2015
#36
You could be correct but if that happens it will be a matter of public will, not technology.
kristopher
Jul 2015
#24
No, I'm asking you how you see the politics in relation to the time scale.
GliderGuider
Jul 2015
#27