Larsson argued that shorter working time helps to combat climate change in two ways. It reduces the energy use of individuals while changing their consumption patterns by limiting their income.
Hence a person with less disposable income would opt out of air travel, summer houses or expensive energy-guzzling home electronics. Moreover, fewer time constraints could encourage cycling or public transport, for instance, instead of car travel, Larsson said.
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In the 80's, we had the movie Wall Street define the period with the phrase, "Greed is good". Professor Schor's theory that reducing GDP, cutting work hours and wages will cut consumption and "spread the misery" (to paraphase the president). Her mantra for the greening of the world could be summed up as "Decline is divine". I know she gave this talk to a number of academics and policy makers so I suspect the audience was at least polite. Personnally, I'd like to see her present her findings in a any small town in America so she can get a reaction from ordinary people. Better yet, is it possible to get video to show at Tea Party meetings. It would make a great recruitment tool.
We're supposed to be less active, so we do less damage to the environment. It's obvious that the IDEAL HUMAN would be someone who does not work at all, in other words BEING DEAD. Until then, anything we do to reduce our carbon footpring will turn out to be insufficient.
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