The inhumanity of the green agenda - spiked -
JOEL KOTKIN
"In recent years, the overused word
‘sustainability’ has fostered a narrative in which human needs and aspirations have taken a back seat to the green austerity of Net Zero and
‘degrowth’...
- Meanwhile, they will get to harvest massive green subsidies and live like Renaissance potentates....
Their programme calls not only for fewer people and fewer families, but also for
lower consumption among the masses. They expect us to live in ever smaller dwelling units, to have less mobility, and to endure more costly home heating and air-conditioning...
The most egregious example may be the forced take-up of electric vehicles (EVs)...
- Green activists, it turns out, do not expect EVs to replace the cars of hoi polloi.
- No, ordinary people will be dragooned to use public transport, or to walk or bike to get around.