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Vampire Planet: What the Story of China's and Australia's Solar Success Gets Wrong
17 Jul 2026 | Abstracted from CounterPunch
Counterpunch argues that celebrating China's and Australia's solar boom overlooks a deeper problem: endless economic growth. While solar power cuts emissions, expanding energy production can still fuel greater resource extraction, habitat loss, mining, and consumption. The author contends that replacing fossil fuels with renewables alone won't solve ecological overshoot, advocating reduced consumption and a post-growth economy instead.
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