Pretty sure it’s the material interests of the ruling class. The fossil fuel companies say we can’t do solar power, so we don’t. That’s not democratic - the opposite, actually!
Democracies can plan ahead and do so all the time. Most laws and system stay in place even with changes in government. In fact you see that a lot in climate policies. Stuff like combustion engine or fossil boiler phase outs, carbon caps, subsidies for green technology and plenty more, which are for a long time. The UK has halved its annual CO2 emissions since 1990 and a good number of European countries are not far behind.
Turns out, it’s easy to implement policy in an autocratic regime. No pesky democratic decision processes.
That said, this as a win.
Are you under the impression that democracy is the thing holding the West back from a green transition?
Not per se, more like the whole shebang of states, parliamentarism, imperfect elections, economy.
Pretty sure it’s the material interests of the ruling class. The fossil fuel companies say we can’t do solar power, so we don’t. That’s not democratic - the opposite, actually!
Could be fast and wrong too. Like the sparrows.
Democracies can plan ahead and do so all the time. Most laws and system stay in place even with changes in government. In fact you see that a lot in climate policies. Stuff like combustion engine or fossil boiler phase outs, carbon caps, subsidies for green technology and plenty more, which are for a long time. The UK has halved its annual CO2 emissions since 1990 and a good number of European countries are not far behind.