<http://theactivist.org/blog/copenhagen-protesters-the-media-and-capital>"The whole logic of the capitalist system, however, is opposed to any serious measure to limit environmental harm. Capital is value in motion – it succeeds in reproducing itself ultimately only by expanding. So-called capitalist solutions are no solutions at all – emissions trading is obviously a scam, and can only be a scam, since if carbon credits are strictly and permanently limited carbon markets are not markets, as no expansion is possible. Capitalism, then, is not seriously interested in saving the world, even if individual capitalist politicians, and even entire wings of bourgeois politics, are sincere in their efforts. Individual will means nothing – the system imposes absolute limits on what can be done."
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> [also via The Awl]
>
> “People see the world around them and they extrapolate. I think that it’s
> hard to see an economy-wide cap-and-trade [proposal] of the type that passed
> the House could prevail."
>
> —Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) explains how the recent blizzards in
> Washington, D.C., have made his colleagues too stupid to pass global warming
> legislation. Maybe they should read Time. If that's not too complex for
> them. @11:55 AM___________________________________
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