Why Green Capitalism Will Fail
Staying in the Environmental Frying Pan Only Gets Us Hotter
Dolack, Pete
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/05/30/the-earth-in-a-skillet/
Date Written: 2014-05-30
Publisher: Counterpunch
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX16286
Green capitalism is destined to fail: You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results. We can’t shop our way out of global warming nor are there technological magic wands that will save us. There is no alternative to a dramatic change in the organization of the global economy and consumption patterns. Such a change will not come without costs — but the costs of doing nothing, of allowing global warming to precede is far greater.