{"id":67176,"date":"2024-04-04T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67176"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:31:58","slug":"todays-contemplation-collapse-cometh-xci-mainstream-green-narratives-its-about-selling-more-industrial-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67176","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh\u00a0XCI–Mainstream Green Narratives: It\u2019s About Selling More Industrial Products"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today\u2019s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh\u00a0XCI<\/h3>\n

January 16, 2023 (original posting date)<\/p>\n

Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by\u00a0author.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mainstream Green Narratives: It\u2019s About Selling More Industrial Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

A follow-up to Contemplation LXXXIX<\/a> that responded to the idea that if enough people found true contentment and happiness by cooperating with others, humanity would discover a \u2018oneness\u2019 that could \u2018achieve truly coherent action\u2019; all within the context of pursuing a \u2018sustainable\u2019 future. The individual that shared this notion added a link to a UK House of Lords publication<\/a> as a follow-up, suggesting it demonstrates \u2018an evolution of ideas\u2019. The following is my response after reading the document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Skimmed through the document. Here are a few clues as to why what is written will not and cannot work, and, in fact, will exacerbate our overshoot:
\n\u201c\u2026through adopting new technologies\u2026[that] will bring\u2026economic benefits.\u201d
\n\u201c\u2026 through technological innovations and their uptake\u2026[by] making it easier\u2026to adopt new technologies\u2026\u201d
\n\u201c\u2026focus [upon]\u2026adopting ultra-low emission vehicles\u2026low-carbon heating technologies\u2026\u201d
\n\u201c\u2026several positive trends such as\u2026growing uptake of electric vehicles\u2026\u201d
\n\u201c\u2026stimulate investment and innovation\u2026\u201d
\n\u201c\u2026focus on the rollout of low-emission vehicles\u2026\u201d
\n\u201c\u2026new developments [of public transportation]\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the entire mythical narrative around \u2018net zero\u2019 and achieving it via non-renewable, renewable energy-harvesting technologies and their associated industrial products (when really it\u2019s about dependence upon unproven technologies and manipulative accounting). And one way of achieving this is the \u2018phasing out\u2019 of fossil fuel-based products (conveniently leaving out the inconvenient facts that \u2018green\/clean\u2019 energy products rely heavily upon fossil fuels both up and down their production, maintenance, and disposal\/reclamation industrial processes).<\/p>\n

While there is much, much more in the document, these examples point to the undeniable fact that much of what is being proposed relies upon the (mandated?) adoption of \u2018green\/clean\u2019 industrial products, and the continuation of, for the most part, our status quo systems. They\u2019re simply tweaked a bit to reduce our cognitive dissonance.<\/p>\n

Much of the document relies upon marketing\/propaganda to drive behavioural change, learning from what was achieved without much pushback during the pandemic. In fact, I get the sense that the document is a stepping stone (slippery slope?) towards what some analysts have predicted: widespread pandemic-type lockdowns in the guise of combatting climate change.<\/p>\n

And I cannot help but interpret this as further confirmation of my growing belief that this is primarily (totally?) about narrative control and forced adoption of industrial products by those who own\/control the industries and resources as they attempt to consolidate\/maintain\/enlarge their slice of an ever-shrinking economic pie as we increasingly bump up against the limits to growth on a finite planet. To say little about the blindness to the many layers of our predicament, especially when it comes to energy and other finite resources.<\/p>\n

My \u2018fear\u2019 is that we will do almost exactly what is outlined here because rather than challenge or disrupt the status quo power and wealth structures of the globe\u2019s ruling caste it actually enhances them; but, as demonstrated in this document, can be wrapped up in a veil of \u2018green\u2019 and marketed to the masses as another beneficent policy\/action by the ruling class for the masses. Perhaps this image sums it up best:<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh\u00a0XCI January 16, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by\u00a0author. Mainstream Green Narratives: It\u2019s About Selling More Industrial Products A follow-up to Contemplation LXXXIX that responded to the idea that if enough people found true contentment and happiness by cooperating with others, humanity would discover a \u2018oneness\u2019 that could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5,6,7],"tags":[1406,25985,34228,4798,26071,30673,33927,786],"class_list":["post-67176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-energy-2","category-environment","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","category-survival-2","tag-green-energy","tag-greenwashing","tag-industrial-products","tag-mainstream-narratives","tag-narrative-management","tag-net-zero","tag-non-renewable-renewable-energy-harvesting-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67177,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67176\/revisions\/67177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}