{"id":61997,"date":"2022-02-24T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61997"},"modified":"2022-02-24T08:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:55:07","slug":"imperialism-in-bright-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61997","title":{"rendered":"Imperialism in bright green"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-cover-head\">\n<div class=\"single-post-thumb single-has-thumb\">\n<div class=\"post-cover-title\">\n<h3 class=\"name post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consciousnessofsheep.co.uk\/2022\/02\/21\/imperialism-in-bright-green\/\">Imperialism in bright green<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content post-cover\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"post-listing post-7033 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail  category-environment\">\n<div class=\"post-inner\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<table id=\"amazon-polly-audio-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"amazon-polly-audio-tab\">\n<div id=\"amazon-ai-player-label\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"amazon-ai-player-container\"><audio id=\"amazon-ai-player\" class=\"amazon-ai-player\" preload=\"none\" controls=\"controls\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/audio><\/div>\n<div id=\"amazon-polly-subscribe-tab\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"amazon-polly-by-tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/polly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/d12ee1u74lotna.cloudfront.net\/images\/Voiced_by_Amazon_Polly_EN.png\" alt=\"Voiced by Amazon Polly\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The human ability to disconnect from and deny geopolitical reality lies at the heart of the \u201cgreen\u201d net-zero project.\u00a0 Most obviously, those \u2013 like the current UK Prime Minister \u2013 who claim victories along the road to the Nirvana of net-zero must maintain blindness to the way in which the UK economy is integrated into a\u00a0<em>global<\/em>\u00a0industrial civilisation.\u00a0 As a result, such measures as closing British coal mines and coal-fired power stations can be translated into lower\u00a0<em>national<\/em>\u00a0carbon emissions figures, even though all that is achieved is the outsourcing of UK emissions to other, less developed states elsewhere on the planet.\u00a0 Aiding this sleight of hand is the international convention that we do not include emissions from shipping in anyone\u2019s national data, giving the appearance that there is no difference between goods moved tens of miles by truck or train, and goods transported by ship from the other side of the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Nor is it only governments and politicians that get away with this dubious accounting trick.\u00a0 Activists simultaneously demand the construction of thousands of wind turbines \u2013 manufactured on the other side of the planet \u2013 while denying the need for the materials from which wind turbines are made, deployed, and maintained.\u00a0 Consider, for example, the recent outrage over the decision to extend the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2021\/dec\/24\/new-wales-coalmine-may-soon-be-approved-despite-cop26-pledges\">Aberpergwm<\/a>\u00a0anthracite mine in South Wales and the proposal for a new mine in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/oct\/01\/cumbria-coalmine-global-decarbonisation-inquiry\">Cumbria<\/a>.\u00a0 Both are intended to supply UK steelworks which, among other things, will produce the steel which is essential to the construction and deployment of thousands of wind turbines.\u00a0 Activists have reacted as if wind turbines might otherwise magically construct and deploy themselves with the aid of the net-zero fairy, or \u2013 even less plausibly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the 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