Comments on: Can Capitalism Embrace the Green Revolution? http://www.culturefeast.com/can-capitalism-embrace-the-green-revolution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-capitalism-embrace-the-green-revolution fresh culture. served daily. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:18:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joe Holmes http://www.culturefeast.com/can-capitalism-embrace-the-green-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-23130 Joe Holmes Tue, 20 May 2008 15:03:47 +0000 http://www.culturefeast.com/?p=909#comment-23130 Daniel: you have a valid argument there, my friend. It does seem that the masses can seem idiotic. However, I think you really hit the nail on the head when you used the word ignorance. I don't think that the majority of people are stupid so much as they are ignorant. At times that ignorance is willful, but mostly I think its just what they know. If that is the case, then education is answer, not regulation. Governments regulation of "ethical" issues such as what to do with our waste and how to eat right just won't work. The reason they wont work is because regulation demands no understanding from the average person. It fosters ignorance, and takes away personal responsibility. Its like a governmental "because I said so", and as we all know, laws that we don't understand the reason for are the first to be broken. A 35 mph sign on a straight stretch of road is rarely heeded unless there's a high water sign next to it. So perhaps some regulation would be in order, but In my mind, education is the key. Michael: Yes, you are amazing. A heartily enjoy your posts, keep it up. Daniel: you have a valid argument there, my friend. It does seem that the masses can seem idiotic. However, I think you really hit the nail on the head when you used the word ignorance. I don’t think that the majority of people are stupid so much as they are ignorant. At times that ignorance is willful, but mostly I think its just what they know. If that is the case, then education is answer, not regulation. Governments regulation of “ethical” issues such as what to do with our waste and how to eat right just won’t work. The reason they wont work is because regulation demands no understanding from the average person. It fosters ignorance, and takes away personal responsibility. Its like a governmental “because I said so”, and as we all know, laws that we don’t understand the reason for are the first to be broken. A 35 mph sign on a straight stretch of road is rarely heeded unless there’s a high water sign next to it. So perhaps some regulation would be in order, but In my mind, education is the key.

Michael: Yes, you are amazing. A heartily enjoy your posts, keep it up.

]]> By: Michael Callaway http://www.culturefeast.com/can-capitalism-embrace-the-green-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-23110 Michael Callaway Tue, 20 May 2008 04:01:26 +0000 http://www.culturefeast.com/?p=909#comment-23110 I love the begining of your blog, I think that Michael Callaway fellow is great too. I love the begining of your blog, I think that Michael Callaway fellow is great too.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://www.culturefeast.com/can-capitalism-embrace-the-green-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-23105 Daniel Dessinger Tue, 20 May 2008 02:41:09 +0000 http://www.culturefeast.com/?p=909#comment-23105 I'm going to disagree with you on this one, though I appreciate your point of view. I do NOT think that we the people are smart at all. We're idiots, actually. We shop at Walmart (the epitome of soulless profiteering). We bathe, eat, and medicate ourselves with toxic chemicals (many of which won't be FDA banned until a generation of people have died off from a hundred different cancers and conditions that practically didn't exist 100 years ago. No, I believe that the masses are rather ignorant. Look at pop culture. Look at what sells. Look at how movies are getting more sensationalized and less content rich. Our need for satisfaction and self-gratification leads us further down the destructive slope. Who are the voices of reason? Perhaps they're not the government, but they're definitely not the masses either. They're the few; the ones who care; the ones with principles everyone else laughs at and scorns as they stuff their faces with frosted flakes and doritos until they have massive coronaries. My response is extreme for a reason. What is profitable WILL win out, to be sure. The only reason there is a push toward green energy is because there is a lack of oil. Our resources are running out. In 30 years, we're going to be totally screwed, and most people don't want to deal with that reality, so they mock it or push it to the back of their minds. Capitalism = supply and demand. That we're going green(er) is simply a result of dwindling supply. Whether you worry about global warming or not, oil supply WILL run low. Natural resources are not infinite. If for no other reason, there needs to be an orchestrated push towards alternative fuel sources because we soon won't have an option (or any mass consumable energy). It's all about supply and demand. If we weren't running low on oil worldwide, we'd never pursue green alternatives on a large scale. I’m going to disagree with you on this one, though I appreciate your point of view. I do NOT think that we the people are smart at all. We’re idiots, actually. We shop at Walmart (the epitome of soulless profiteering). We bathe, eat, and medicate ourselves with toxic chemicals (many of which won’t be FDA banned until a generation of people have died off from a hundred different cancers and conditions that practically didn’t exist 100 years ago.

No, I believe that the masses are rather ignorant. Look at pop culture. Look at what sells. Look at how movies are getting more sensationalized and less content rich. Our need for satisfaction and self-gratification leads us further down the destructive slope.

Who are the voices of reason? Perhaps they’re not the government, but they’re definitely not the masses either. They’re the few; the ones who care; the ones with principles everyone else laughs at and scorns as they stuff their faces with frosted flakes and doritos until they have massive coronaries.

My response is extreme for a reason. What is profitable WILL win out, to be sure. The only reason there is a push toward green energy is because there is a lack of oil. Our resources are running out. In 30 years, we’re going to be totally screwed, and most people don’t want to deal with that reality, so they mock it or push it to the back of their minds.

Capitalism = supply and demand. That we’re going green(er) is simply a result of dwindling supply. Whether you worry about global warming or not, oil supply WILL run low. Natural resources are not infinite. If for no other reason, there needs to be an orchestrated push towards alternative fuel sources because we soon won’t have an option (or any mass consumable energy). It’s all about supply and demand. If we weren’t running low on oil worldwide, we’d never pursue green alternatives on a large scale.

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