as an aside in the latest Trillbillies episode Terrence said that we need degrowth communism and it got me wondering what that means to everyone. to hopefully stifle any silly debates i'll clarify that i'm talking about the West, not underdeveloped/overexploited nations in the Global South.
an end to oil drilling, gas extraction, and coal mining will obviously be necessary to stop climate change. how much modern technology can we replicate without relying on those things or other ecologically violent resource extraction? what does an agriculture system that doesn't rely on petrochem-derived fertilizers and herbicides look like? how do we repair the immense damage that's already been done?
i'd really appreciate some book recommendations on this topic as well as everyone's thoughts
Takes too long, the stuff that could be useful doesn't commercially exist yet (SMRs and thorium reactors), too complex to scale
Solar panels don't need to be replaced every 20 years - efficiency degrades over time, so you would expect 80 percent of the output at 25 years compared to a new one (or total efficiency of 16 percent compared to 20 percent new).