David Walters on Tue 13, January 2009 @ 00:13

David Walters — 2009-01-13 00:13:12

I want to applaud Helen Ward's open-mindedness in her posting here. The approach is correct: ask the right questions, and she does that.

I've concluded that CCS of coal is no-can-do, after years of studying this technology. . .so far. There are so many issues involved it is almost as complex as dealing with spent nuclear fuel. But should we looking into this as a society? Yes, absolutely. IF there is a way, some money needs to be diverted to looking at such a system. I applaud all forms of inquiry and experimentation (a fancy term of saying "R&D") to advance us out of the energy crisis we are in. That is the *Marxist* approach.

While I take a very pro-nuclear approach to the issue of climate change and energy, Helen raises the most important question facing us, and specially us as socialists. The idea, currently very much in vogue at "ecosocialist" conferences and among the Green and Green/Red milieus: that "we" consume too much.

This needs to be seriously tackled by Marxists since it implies a neo-Malthusian POV that points use away from increasing standards of living in a planetary socialist society back toward....something certainly not based on the abundance that comes from the ever expanding forces of production. I'm hoping to see such an indept study in PR.

Comradely,

David Walters

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David Walters on Tue 13, January 2009 @ 00:13