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In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why eco-modernism is not not only not a solution to the climate crisis, but also could create a capitalist climate disaster. Eco-modernism, at its core, is a capitalist philosophy that seeks to escape climate change and environmental destruction through technological innovation, agricultural intensification, and city densification. Elon Musk and Bill Gates are perfect examples of eco-modernist. Both seek to harness current, and more importantly, future technologies like carbon capture and next-generation nuclear reactors to decouple emissions from economic growth. Ultimately eco-modernism seeks to maintain business-as-usual capitalism by relying on untested technologies and unproven theories.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - What Is Ecomodernism?
3:19 - The Myth Of Modernization
6:26 - The Myth Of Decoupling
10:21 - Why Does This Matter?
11:34 - Sponsored Advertisement
13:46 - Outro

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