From 9696b80dd91a6caab2f45e0e84b8909a1953ab3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 09:16:45 +0100 Subject: log: 2026-05-07, climate change as class war --- log.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'log.md') diff --git a/log.md b/log.md index 0a12222..29a577c 100644 --- a/log.md +++ b/log.md @@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ title: Dissertation log author: Joe Carstairs --- +## 2026-05-07 + +### @{climate-change-class-war} + +The professional classes who make up the bulk of the environmental movement like +to think that they, as consumers, drive the economy. Producers can only follow +demand. Therefore, it makes sense to model greenhouse emissions as linked to +individual lifestyle choices: exactly what people explicitly say is the +assumption behind 'carbon footprinting'. However, consumption is not in fact +king. People can only consume what is produced, and thus, what is profitable to +produce. But carbon footprinting ignores production. The villian of carbon +footprinting is the suburbanite who drives a Humvee to work every day. But we +ignore the industrial production decisions he makes at his work, the carbon +consequences of which render his Humvee and oversized house small change. Thus, +'carbon footprinting' obscures who is really responsible for climate change: the +capitalist class. + ## 2026-05-06 ### @{uninhabitable-earth} -- cgit v1.2.3