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J. Mijin Cha

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Ahead of my book release, I wrote a piece for the newly launched Break/ Down, which focuses on capitalism and the climate crisis. In it, I preview one of my main arguments on what a just transition does- and doesn’t- entail

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Aarne Granlund's avatar Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social
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It does not seem viable in my context that just adding clean electricity production at the lowest-cost drives emissions reductions in transport, agriculture and land-use systems. We’d have to have demand-side policies even for the Nordic middle-class in order to not overshoot the climate targets.

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isaac's avatar isaac @sevier.io
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So much good stuff in just a short essay! Excited for the full book!! 😊

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Rob Davies's avatar Rob Davies @robsmast.bsky.social
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Looking forward to the book. One thought: the case against perpetual growth is even stronger than you’ve argued. You write “While on paper, perpetual growth seems possible…”. In fact, it’s not even possible on paper; the Second Law guarantees one cannot decouple, even in principle, from energy.

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