Until 2050 we'll likely see "a #supercycle in investments in 'clean' energy infrastructure, 'clean' transportation & everything that's required for the '#green' transition."

There's so much bullshit in here, I'll unpack some of it in a

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1st (cf. @MGSchmelzer): there is no reason to assume that a massive productivity- & hence production-boom will lead to reduced emissions, because it will increase production&growth, & it is those two variables that global greenhouse emissions track most closely. #Degrowth.

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Every time capitalism has made massive productivity gains (e.g. w/ the #steamengine; the taylorist #assemblyline; computers), that has led to a *radicalisation* of capitalism as a mass production system (as opposed to earlier versions, where luxury goods were for elites),...

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So there's no reason believe that a new round of capitalist accumulation (#accumulationbydispossession / #primitiveaccumulation) - in this case: some kind of "#greencapitalism - will in any way positively impact emissions rates, but every reason to believe the opposite...

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I would like to look into this, as it speaks to an often-overlooked issue: the relationship between different phases of capitalist development, such as imperialism, fordism, & post-fordism, connected to energy regimes (coal-based, oil-based, renewables-based capitalism)?

Longthread: Who motivates the motivators?

#Nospin: I've been a part of the movement for #climatejustice since 2007, telling stories about how we can prevent #climatechaos.
Today, I'm tired. So tired. Please: tell me a motivating story.

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transl. from:

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Fighting & doubting.

"The constant fight for climate justice requires a mental effort that sometimes feels impossible."

May I step out of the role of climate justice agitator, political party basher, and movement romantic for a moment, and be completely honest with you?

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I'm so tired. So very tired, from nearly 13 years of climate justice activism that has accomplished far too little, or come too late. I'm tired of demonstrating and blockading, of giving loud speeches and yelling at people on panels, in newspaper articles, and on twitter.

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So today, in contrast to my usual take-no-prisoners-style, no attacks on the capitalistist fundamentalist within the Green Party and big Greens, or the completely inadequate climate positions of the German Left in general, and Sahra Wagenknecht in particular.

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Today no degrowth propaganda and no #DanniVive-pathos. Today for something completely different, namely, a critical reflection on the style of language and argumentation that I, as a highly privileged bourgeois white male, use in public, and usually also in this column.