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Henrik Nordborg's avatar

I completely agree that we need a common language and a very powerful narrative, as there is currently no political mandate for saving the planet. As the saying goes, people find it easier to accept the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

The problem is that the new narrative has to be bulletproof. Anything built on questionable assumptions or opinions will not survive contact with the enemy. I am working on something and will post a draft as soon as it is available.

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Alexander Kurz's avatar

Thanks for writing this. I have been thinking exactly about the same recently:

"Currently, we fuel our agricultural system, marking us the only creature on the planet which uses more energy to produce our food supply than we get from consuming it. It costs 10 calories to produce 1 calorie of food by industrial agriculture"

Do you have some good uptodate references on this? I did the usual googling but couldnt find good sources ...

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