Some Ways Cleantech Can Defend Democracy & Human Rights (Part 2)
This article is the second part of a 4-part series about how clean technology can help defend democracy and human rights.Another way clean technology can help in the fight for democracy is by denying authoritarians the funding they need to expand and grow.
As I’ve pointed out before , this isn’t guaranteed to happen. Saudi Arabia and the Chinese Communist Party are actively working to position themselves to gain from the transition to renewable energy. By funneling fossil fuel riches into clean technology investments and establishing dominance in rare earth mineral supply chains, authoritarian regimes are trying hard to keep taxing the world like they do today with money and investments in manufacturing, oil, and more.
If we obtain renewable energy infrastructure from ethical sources and use that energy to power ethically-sourced electric vehicles, we cut all of those ne’er-do-wells off. Without the world’s money, they won’t be able to survive, let alone spread their slimy tentacles into other countries’ business. Sorry, tankies. If Stalinists and Maoists can’t gas up the tanks, they’ll have to walk. The same goes for people on the far, far right with similar dreams. Keeping money out of the hands of people who despise human freedom is always the right move.Global communication changed the western world, and continues to. Freedom to share information and ideas is a cornerstone of liberalism .
In some parts of the world, this didn’t happen, and in others, it’s actively moving in the opposite direction. In some countries, information is still tightly controlled.
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