The realization that such an image is now collectively processed/understood as an impressive example of "#sustainability", amongst many who consider themselves ecologically aware, or even "left", is both terrifying & revealing at once.
#Conditioning
The erasure of nature.
Image from this article. Nov 8, 2022:
"Per capita figures show that Indian people actually contribute relatively very little to the problem. While the average American emits 14.7 tons of CO2 a year, an Indian person emits around 1.8."
@varunmathur5
edition.cnn.com/2022/11/07/ind…
What's worse, such "solutions" are not displacing fossil fuels. A digitized economy drives expansion of hyperscale #datacenters. "Hyperscalers" such as #Amazon gloss over their massive energy consumption by securing renewable-power purchase agreements.⬇️
wrongkindofgreen.org/2020/11/28/the…
Add to this the fact that the #4IR, built upon, dependent upon, 5G & 6G communication internet technologies, will require more metals than the Earth can provide. As a result, industry has already begun its pursuit of yet another emerging market (#SDG) – seabed #mining, at scale.
Jacques Ellul: "They only had to ask the question: What will it cost us? What price do we have to pay...?
"Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer... 'I've been threatened. My job's been threatened. I really don't want to advertise my issue [] anymore."
bladenjournal.com/news/13216/n-c…
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