Ep 44: Wasted Time on Market Failures

The 3 Lefts returns with an attack on green capitalism and its complete failure as energy efficiency standards lead to more energy use (and thus more emissions and pollution), a non debated car culture destroys our health, the coming collapse of recycling in America, and how charity is just another part of the rotten system we know needs to change. I wrap up with a word on part of the better culture needed.

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Interlude music: Nothing Recedes like Progress by AntiFlag

Sources

Energy efficiency doesn’t stop growth of energy demand
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/01/bedazzled-by-energy-efficiency.html#more
We need to phase out cars to meet climate goals
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out
Recycling is going to end in America
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china-has-stopped-accepting-our-trash
Charity is a product that feeds the beast
https://roarmag.org/essays/deadliness-charity-capitalism/
A culture of regeneration
https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/sustainability-is-not-enough-we-need-regenerative-cultures
Extra: Right to repair hurts companies profits
http://fortune.com/2019/01/09/right-to-repair-manufacturers/