Clip by Frank Rotering, sourced from Adbusters, 2 September 2009
'Green Reformism is a widespread response to the current ecological crisis. The term refers to the support for improved technology and resource efficiency combined with a commitment to the logic of capitalism...
Decarbonisation appeals to many thinkers because it links to the most serious indication of overshoot, peak oil and climate change, and emphasises technology based solutions....it provides a superficially attractive synthesis while avoiding impolite discussions about...the overall rationality of our civilisation...Overshoot is a unique event in human history, requiring us to revolutionise our economic principles and to redirect our ecological trajectory...'
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