The bankruptcy of capitalist solutions to the climate crisis
2009
20
2
32-43
bankruptcy ; capitalism ; carbon dioxide ; climate change ; tax ; trade
Environment
http://www.socialistaction.org/frank9.htm
English
Bibliogr.
"We live on a planet in peril, one that is in jeopardy because of capitalist greed. The combustion of fossils fuels to power commodity production is causing Earth to melt down. Yet, no measurable progress is being made to cope with the situation since greenhouse gas emissions continue to spew forth with no end in sight, CO2 concentrations have spiked every year this century and temperatures are still rising. We are on the verge of complete climate chaos as a cascade of positive feedbacks pushes us ever closer to dangerous tipping points while putting all of Nature horribly out of balance. Still, the capitalist class continues to resist with all its might the implementation of viable solutions that will allow us to adapt to the dramatic changes that are occurring. ..."
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