The Green new deal chewed over by Steve and Friends

I do recommend this episode: Robert C. Hockett joins this week as a special guest. Robert is an American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate. He holds two positions at Cornell University (the Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and a Professor of Public Affairs), is senior counsel at investment firm Westwood Capital, LLC, and was a Fellow at The Century Foundation think tank. As of 2019, he is advising Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Green New Deal.

https://www.youtube.com/live/nkYWHhf2Z-M?si=4ztw8yjyBDUuzr36

The questions are: how can we rig the economy so it enables all enterprises private and public to run green, and is that even possible?

He definitley thinks we can rig the economy, but what about the ways and means?

My take on this is that if you define technology as "The capability to meet human needs" rather than "clever machines" it is a resounding yes!

Now, I am fascinated by the prospect of swapping out all fossil and land-degrading shit methods, and removing the shit social structures that are structurally violent and non-inclusive. Where are those alternatives?

I'd love to discuss

1) Climate. Main drivers are the mobility needs. What do you replace that with? You need to think mobility, not car, as that is too narrow. For example, if you reduce demand for mobility, and then reduce need for individual solutions. Next human need is heating from electricity.

2) Water: Main drivers are drinking water and sewage. Breaks the planetary boundary for P and N by about 50% contribution.

3) Food and forestry: are nearly 80% responsible for breaking the planetary boundaries on land use. Can we feed ourselves and get fuel fiber and food from forests without breaking the boundary?

BY the way the latest on the boundaries....https://globe.ku.dk/newslist/2023/six-of-nine-planetary-boundaries-now-exceeded/

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