The Green Economy as a Continuation of War by Other Means
"War is complex and the green economy is advancing land acquisition and displacement, claiming to fight environmental degradation, while simultaneously advancing it."
The Limits of the Political Vision of the Authors of the Leap Manifesto
"The very notion of “renewable” energy is a dangerous and reckless idea which far too many environmentalists give credence. Basic science tells us that every energy source requires inputs and it has emissions consequences."
Fetishisms of Apocalypse
On the apocalyptic view, a fatally-unbalanced Nature is externalised into what Neil Smith called a “super-determinant of our social fate,” forcing a wholly separate Society to homogenise itself around elite managers and their technological and organisational fixes.
Reality Check: Germany Does Not Get Half of its Energy from Solar Panels
"The rise of the Internet means that simple factual issues can be checked quicker than would have been believed possible a generation ago. The rise of social media means that facts are not checked, they are retweeted. Such is the case with renewable energy in Germany, where it appears almost anything is to be believed."
WATCH: Ozzie Zehner – Green Illusions
Ten years from now, will we think of renewable energy as clean and green?