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Rich people in positions of power literally do not care (lemmy.zip)
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edit: Emphasis on "but do nothing". I suggest civil disobedience.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The way to reduce demand is for renewable energy to be cheaper, which it already is

https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/power/weekly-data-global-power-sector-saved-521bn-in-2022-renewables-competitiveness/

Marches and sit-ins are not effective

[–] rockSlayer 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We simply cannot capitalism our way out of a problem we capitalism'd ourselves into

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Socialism uses capitalism, it's the only game in town

What's your alternative? Bearing in mind we don't have the luxury of time