Warheads to Windmills: An interview with Tim Wallis
Channel: MettaCenter
Date: 14/01/2022

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Originally published 1/20/2020

0:00:09 Constructive Program and the Charkha
0:02:25 "From Warheads to Windmills: 
 How to Pay for a Green New Deal"
0:06:50 Global Carbon Emissions and the Nuclear Ban
0:10:47 Global Community, Climate, and Economy
0:14:21 Non-nuclear Nation Satyagraha
0:22:07 How to Pay for a Green New Deal
0:29:11 The Carbon Footprint of Green Technologies
0:31:49 From Military Spending to Green Spending
0:34:39 Nonviolence Report
0:37:33 News
0:51:14 Events

People often criticize the Green New Deal on the grounds that it is simply too expensive given all our other priorities: jobs, security, consumer gratification. It is deemed by some to be unrealistic, even contradictory as its means seem at times to undermine its end: carbon energy is needed to jump start a steady flow of green energy. Yet we cannot deny that the planet is suffering and the GND offers relief. How can we defend the cost of this urgent initiative?