[lbo-talk] global warming: was: ciao, GM & Chrysler

Joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Tue Mar 31 20:11:24 PDT 2009


epoliticus writes:

"With respect to the comment by Glazer, I do not think that global warming poses much of a threat to the capitalist class. It will be treated as a new domain for capital accumulation."

Yes and no. There's money to be made in rebuilding green. But, in a deeper way, to the extent that capitalism depends upon planned obsolescence and refuses to account for resource costs, there is a contradiction. To the extent that green implies natural limits, there is a contradiction.

Joanna



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