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The Radical Plan to Save the Planet by Working Less: The degrowth movement wants to shrink the economy to address climate change, and create lives with less stuff, less work, and better well-being. (www.vice.com)

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[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Way ahead of you, energy has already been nationalized here for a long time.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where?

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Multiple Canadian provinces.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's cool. Do they ignore climate change in their energy calculations? Because if they are nationalized and choose to burn Shale Oil for energy, then they are kind of missing the point.

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

The Canadian state is just 3 oligarchs a trenchcoat. It's no different than if it was privatized.

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's all renewable here.