The Reality Of The Green Transition

“There is no way to dematerialise our economies—they are material. Even the digitisation trend is materials and energy-consumptive… We cannot and must not talk about our political economies without demanding we reflect upon our energy and material needs, and ultimately contracting those needs… It’s bad design, but centralising energy systems makes it possible to hoard power. The system is badly designed—in every respect—but fulfilling its purpose… Planned degrowth as political economic strategies which include the decommissioning of stranded assets rather than suffer the fall-out will likely be the only way through.”