For a purpose-driven perspective on Thom's most elegant of solutions, let’s assume that fossil fuel energy suppliers get their businesses nationalized, so what would be the best way to use their businesses to promote our general welfare? Let’s also assume that the ostensible purpose of the carbon oligarchs is to provide energy to their …
For a purpose-driven perspective on Thom's most elegant of solutions, let’s assume that fossil fuel energy suppliers get their businesses nationalized, so what would be the best way to use their businesses to promote our general welfare? Let’s also assume that the ostensible purpose of the carbon oligarchs is to provide energy to their customers ( while trying to sate their avarice), so the purpose of our government should be to leverage a unique opportunity and transition their carbon-based energy systems into a role model energy system for the world, and then privatize it when the systems are past the beta stages (and try to regulate their greed again). All the knowledge that we need to do this is already a known known. (And while they’re at it, figure out how to control the carbonization of Earth’s environment and make a profit doing it.)
Leading the world out of the "valley of death" with a WWII-style mobilization to a war-footing against climate destruction would not only allow our country to flourish economically but also morally. America could once again be a source of inspiration for freedom-seeking peoples around the globe. Perhaps leaders like Volodymyr Zelensky can inspire our politicians to act just as courageously in the face of overwhelming odds to save our democracy, which would, in turn, save the planet. Most people want to do the right thing if they are sufficiently motivated by honesty and truth, however difficult.
For a purpose-driven perspective on Thom's most elegant of solutions, let’s assume that fossil fuel energy suppliers get their businesses nationalized, so what would be the best way to use their businesses to promote our general welfare? Let’s also assume that the ostensible purpose of the carbon oligarchs is to provide energy to their customers ( while trying to sate their avarice), so the purpose of our government should be to leverage a unique opportunity and transition their carbon-based energy systems into a role model energy system for the world, and then privatize it when the systems are past the beta stages (and try to regulate their greed again). All the knowledge that we need to do this is already a known known. (And while they’re at it, figure out how to control the carbonization of Earth’s environment and make a profit doing it.)
Leading the world out of the "valley of death" with a WWII-style mobilization to a war-footing against climate destruction would not only allow our country to flourish economically but also morally. America could once again be a source of inspiration for freedom-seeking peoples around the globe. Perhaps leaders like Volodymyr Zelensky can inspire our politicians to act just as courageously in the face of overwhelming odds to save our democracy, which would, in turn, save the planet. Most people want to do the right thing if they are sufficiently motivated by honesty and truth, however difficult.