By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/05/2026Sure, there will be *some* extraction involved in mass electrification, and if that's done badly, it will involve stealing and destroying more land from poor and indigenous people. But we don't have to do it badly! 39/ 1292
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/05/2026Meanwhile, *not* transitioning to renewables *absolutely* requires an endless cycle of incredibly destructive and genocidal extraction. Remember, fossil fuels are *fuels*, while renewables are *infrastructure*. 40/ 25615
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/05/2026Fuels must be repeated dug up and destroyed so long as we insist on setting old dead shit on fire to survive. We dig up a *lot* of fossil fuels. The world consumes *17 times* more fossil fuels in a year than we will require to electrify the planet *forever*: pluralistic.net/2024/08/06/w... 41/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Circular battery self-sufficiency (06 Aug 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1323
Michael Sullivan @md-sullivan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Not transitioning to renewables also means we will ultimately become dependent on the countries that transitioned earlier. We will remain the king of pumped oil in its decline, but will be dependent on China for renewable energy technology. Defunding renewable energy R&D will set US back years. 010
