Here here great stuff totally agree. People need to live for the betterment of the planet not the corporation.
I think it is true that it is possible to get through this but heaps of pain to go through. Cost of electricity has risen to stop subsiding and allow real cost of production. This will allow greener more expensive energy to take a foothold in the industry.
Solar panel on more roofs, and compulsory for rental properties to get them installed.
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Originally Posted by renormalised
The solution??...it won't happen overnight and we will have to go through pain to get to our goals.
1. Dump our present socioeconomic system and replace it with a system that rewards people not for competition and monetary gain, but for contribution to the growth and sustainability of all of society. No more money, no more banks or financial institutions etc etc. No more corporations. If you like...a "Star Trek" socioeconomic system.
2. Abolish national governments and military organisations. One world government and military (if necessary), run by the people but with an "executive" that is voted on by everyone, strictly controlled. No political parties or organisations. Holding of office based on merit, not on how much money you have or who you know or what party you belong to. Strict 4 year terms, but can be elected for 2 terms if you prove your worth. No more politicians.
3. Prioritise education, science etc, as the main goals of the society. Universal laws of civil rights, freedom of speech etc. World constitution. Either abolish or completely restructure the UN as a kernel to the above.
I'll leave it at that...there's a lot more that can be said. But if we combine socioeconomic change with a re-education of society over a period of time, it will become easier for us to make the changes necessary to live sustainably on Earth, but it won't be a task without some amount of pain involved. The problem being we've been inculcated with our present ways of thinking and doing for so long that it will take a few generations to weed out that which is killing us and our planet. And those who are most wedded to the present system are going to be those who will find it the hardest to accept the change that is needed. If they accept it at all.
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