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Old 08-14-2019, 05:22 PM   #6507 (permalink)
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The mechanical engineer in me see's no technological barrier to a carbon-free economy,however,that's a really big issue for purveyors of fossil-fuels,of which I'm directly implicated,via inheritance of oil properties in Oklahoma
Don't be too hard on yourself.

The barrier isn't technological so much as the collective mindset and intentions of people acting in large masses. And that is driven by, as you say, corporate personhood and money as speech. My favorite counter-examples lately are the Fisher Industries demonstration project in El Paso and the flash mob that converged on Baltimore and hauled away 14 tons of trash.

I think a lot of people get it, but they're locked into choices that are hard to undo. Like me and that Superbeetle.
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