[MCN] A most-basic question: How much more fossil fuel can we "safely" burn?

[Lance Olsen]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-world-may-have-less-time-to-address-climate-change-than-scientists-thought/ <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-world-may-have-less-time-to-address-climate-change-than-scientists-thought/>


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“Consumer expectations of ever-higher living standards were fuelled by more lenient and readily available bank lending, 
the subsequent booms in construction and property market sectors, and the expansion of retail sectors, modern advertising, 
and marketing. Social status and identity became closely associated with consumption, in particular with the concept of luxury. 

"Identifying oneself with the good life meant being able to live beyond traditional understandings of basic needs. Debt was the price 
one paid for the joys of being part of a hedonistic consumer culture.”

Kenneth Dyson. The Morality of Debt. Foreign Affairs. May 3, 2015

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-05-03/morality-debt


 

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