Who'd have thought everything has a price - 'How the rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30741j351go
The problem, as always, is not the technology, it’s the people at the top who make shed loads of cash off whatever they are involved in with no care for ordinary people or the environment. But it’s also important to look at the scale of the cost - everything has a cost, but the cost of continuing to pump CO2 at 2010 rates would be utterly catastrophic, but that’s old news. What we really need to do is to stop thinking we can have infinite growth on a planet with finite resources. But where’s the fun in that? Instead of buying quality items built to last, people will continue to buy crap they don’t need, with money they haven’t got to impress people they don’t know. Same as it ever was…….
For those interested in history: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74zg8p3d7wo I knew they had tested the AVRE mortar against fake Atlantic walls but assumed it was on Salisbury plain.
And in this instance a significant majority of the people at the top will be heads of Chinese mining, processing, battery & car manufacturing companies. But as you say these guys, wherever they come from, only make shed loads of cash because there is a willing market prepared to look the other way and buy the stuff.
Yup, who cares if that Primark top is made by child slaves as long as it’s cheap, it’ll be in land fill at the end of the year so doesn’t matter if it falls apart after a few washes. It’s a story we have been sold for decades as it’s how our system works - newer is better because we need to make more/ sell more for the world to work. I was leant a book from the 50s by a guy I used to know who was an amazing sign writer. It was all about how by the 80s most people would live a life of leisure indulging in art, music and science for fun as robots fulfilled our daily needs. Very few people would have a ‘job’ as such and we would live this wonderful life. This is something he was also told at school and that was why he went into sign writing - he loved art and thought he could get all the stuff and experience before ‘retiring’ when the robots took over. Instead we have seen the wealth of the top 1% increase by over 10,000% since 1990 and average Joe expected to work till a day before they die. I wish I could remember the title of the book as I would love to find a copy. And as for mining, the Chinese have a long way to go before they come close the U.K. based Rio Tinto group for worldwide destruction, but not much of it is the U.K. so it’s OK.
Although they are trying their hardest.... especially through their significant joint ventures with err... RTZ. If you can't beat 'em join 'em.
I remember being in a careers lesson the year I left school (1980) and being told that we were the luckiest generation ever because we would all be retired by 35 or doing a job share, and we would have to take up various hobbies and sports just to fill all the spare time we would have! Of course in reality at 35 I was working around 75 hours a week to make ends meet...
Mad ain’t it? When I left in 1990 we were all told we wouldn’t work - but that was because Thatcher had trashed all the industries by then And similar to you I was working ridiculous hours until I switched jobs at 50. Not quite the amazing future shown in the films from the 50s and still no kin hover car!!
Could be! I will have a look. Thanks! Edit- had a look and can find the author and sounds possible but can’t find that title unfortunately
