I thought that renewable energy had at least two problems for capitalists:

1. Renewable energy is getting cheaper and cheaper, which makes returns on investment decline over time.
2. Renewable energy is easily distributed, working against concentration of wealth (the whole point of capitalism).

I joined a boycott for an international conference that is planned for San Francisco at the end of October. The organizer started the movement in January, knowing what was to come. Things have only gotten worse since then… the organizers are determined to see it through… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Interesting. I think that there’s always been a tension between labor and environmentalists.

In the long term environmentally friendly policies help everyone, but in the short term they often inflict pain on someone, and often the workers (or farmers) bear the brunt of that, so they oppose the changes. Consider closing down factories that are polluting, or forcing farms to stop using pesticides.

Will you please explain more? I can barely keep up with local politics so don’t know anything about German parties…

China’s carbon emissions fell in 2025. I don’t know about coal capacity.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean-energy-just-put-chinas-co2-emissions-into-reverse-for-first-time/

Imagine if Russia didn’t have nuclear weapons.