> We need much more emphasis on using less energy.
This might be self-sabotaging in that it helps climate change deniers get elected. Politicians have finite political capital and degrowth is unpopular. Better use political capital for sustainable growth and accelerating renewables. Win-win narratives are the only thing that work politically.
Plus I don't think degrowth is even necessary. There isn't a zero-sum tradeoff between growth and emissions.
This might be self-sabotaging in that it helps climate change deniers get elected. Politicians have finite political capital and degrowth is unpopular. Better use political capital for sustainable growth and accelerating renewables. Win-win narratives are the only thing that work politically.
Plus I don't think degrowth is even necessary. There isn't a zero-sum tradeoff between growth and emissions.
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