Thursday, March 12, 2015

Our hunger for growth has human and ecological costs


The Grangemouth oil refinery -
belching gas by day
and 'Bladerunner' at night.
Capitalism and its inherent hunger for endless growth and the embedded dangers it has for earth’s atmosphere is epitomized in this 10-miniute video.

The shutdown” by Adam Stafford tells us about the Grangemouth oil refinery where two men were killed in an explosion.

He says Grangemouth belches gas by day and is Bladerunner by night.

The urgency of the need for profit comes at huge human and ecological cost.

Such a refinery would not be possible if we were to adopt a Four-Hour Work Day as our lifestyle would be dramatically different: it would be kinder to people and, of course, kinder to the environment upon which we all depend.

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