> "well, it's too late now and we need to keep consuming to save ourselves from the consequences of our consumption".
To be fair, sometimes the only way out is through. What may save us is shift towards cleaner manufacturing, cleaner energy generation, better ecological policies, and (unironically) eventually expanding out into cislunar space. What definitely won't save us is cutting down on consumption and halting economical growth, because that will collapse economies, which means we'll all starve to death if we don't kill ourselves first.
Sooooo you do know that a small % of people create most co2 right?
Just because some people can't afford a new car every x years or can fly around 2 3 or 5 times a year, our society will not starve to death.
There are plenty of people who have holiday houses and other shit they don't need. If we make it less attractive for the rich to work, the rich will stop working and the others get a chance.
What we're going "through" is the planet and there's nothing on the other side. The green economy has a lot of potential (and it's fair share of grifters) but the mindset I refer to openly rejects the green economy. It seems that in the US at least the political spectrum most aligned with climate denial is intentionally pushing to increase industries with high climate emissions and suppress investment in the green economy.
To be fair, sometimes the only way out is through. What may save us is shift towards cleaner manufacturing, cleaner energy generation, better ecological policies, and (unironically) eventually expanding out into cislunar space. What definitely won't save us is cutting down on consumption and halting economical growth, because that will collapse economies, which means we'll all starve to death if we don't kill ourselves first.