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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Capitalism itself demands continued growth, which is unsustainable.

Green energy is a growth industry. No reason why capitalists can't make money building and renting new green infrastructure.

If anything, we could use a huge injection of new capital spending. We're just not getting it into energy projects. We're getting it into fantasies and scams, like Crypto and AI