Professor floats idea of 'climate lockdown' with bans on red meat, 'extreme' energy limits
Mariana Mazzucato warns that shutdown may be needed unless we 'do capitalism differently'
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Monday, September 28, 2020
The novel coronavirus shutdowns and restrictions are slowly being lifted in most areas, but already warnings of a “climate shutdown†have begun reverberating on the environmental left.
A leading U.N. economist who advises European governments last week sent up a trial balloon via an article titled “Avoiding a Climate Lockdown,†arguing that in “the near future, the world may need to resort to lockdowns again — this time to tackle a climate emergency.â€
“Under a ‘climate lockdown,’ governments would limit private-vehicle use, ban consumption of red meat, and impose extreme energy-saving measures, while fossil-fuel companies would have to stop drilling,†wrote Mariana Mazzucato, a University College London economics professor who is a member of the U.N. Committee on Development Policy. “To avoid such a scenario, we must overhaul our economic structures and do capitalism differently.â€
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/28/professor-floats-idea-climate-lockdown-bans-red-me/
