{"id":74717,"date":"2026-02-14T08:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/?p=74717"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:53:39","slug":"more-and-more-higher-and-higher-faster-and-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/zw1-2-en\/more-and-more-higher-and-higher-faster-and-further\/","title":{"rendered":"More and more, higher and higher, faster and further?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">by Uwe Heitkamp<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\">I can&#8217;t help it, but the current economic policy of perpetual growth reminds me of the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean. Anyone who proclaims growth as the sole objective of their economic policy completely disregards the most important criterion for economic planning and action: economic policy is never linear, never a one-way street, but must always be planned cyclically, and the goal should be to harmonise all factors, in particular by avoiding climate-damaging environmental factors. Anyone who continues to work with crude oil derivatives as a base material \u2014 in other words, with gasoline, diesel or kerosene \u2014 and who manufactures products or offers services that involve the use of gas or coal, is damaging the climate and contributing to the destruction of the environment and thus the foundations of life on this planet Earth. This path leads to a dead end. And the destruction of the planet should no longer be subsidised with taxpayers&#8217; money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-74729\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/tetrapak-materials-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/tetrapak-materials-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/tetrapak-materials-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Need some examples? Milk and milk substitutes, as well as fruit juices, are increasingly sold in single-use packages that we throw away immediately after we have finished with them. Although industry and politicians encourage us to sort and recycle the packaging that we use, a Tetra Pak carton cannot be broken down into its individual components. Taxi drivers in their diesel vehicles, as well as airline pilots, are among the world&#8217;s dirtiest professions, as is the pharmaceutical industry, whose raw materials are based on fossil fuels. So, where does this all lead?<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-74732\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/spacex-launchpad-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/spacex-launchpad-s.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/spacex-launchpad-s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/spacex-launchpad-s-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/spacex-launchpad-s-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/spacex-launchpad-s-47x47.jpg 47w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>To put it even more clearly, a billionaire like Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and X, plans to send his space company SpaceX on a mission to Mars to search for life. He wants to do something that many have already imagined in their wildest fantasies, but he wants to make the seemingly impossible a reality in the near future, thereby triggering unparalleled new economic growth. Shouldn&#8217;t we just stay on Earth and focus on ourselves?<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\">We are familiar with the dynamic of \u201cever-faster, higher and further\u201d not only in the business world, but also in sports and the Olympic Games, which are currently taking place once again. Everything else is subordinated to this drive for faster, higher and further, including health. Because sports, too, are part of the economy, and every spectacle has its supposed victors and victims. The damage caused by the current winter storms and torrential rains in Portugal and elsewhere is thus considered to be mere collateral damage of nature. The profits are privatised; the losses socialised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">With less CO<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> in the atmosphere (air) and in the oceans (water) as a medium for storing the residual heat from burning fossil fuels, the economy could be made emission-free and more environmentally friendly. By reducing the waste of the planet\u2019s resources, with an economy that is geared towards the common good, destroying less and preserving something for future generations, we would demonstrate foresight and practical creative intelligence \u2013 rather than artificial intelligence. In this way, the principle of &#8220;less is more&#8221; could be better understood, and sufficiency would become a goal for many generations to come.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-74725\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/oxfam-migrants-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-migrants-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-migrants-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In this context, ECO123 has been assessing the latest Oxfam report on per capita climate CO<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2 <\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">emissions. Oxfam claims that the wealthy are responsible for disproportionately more CO<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> emissions simply due to the unequal distribution of income and capital gains compared to the poor. And what follows from this? In its report, Oxfam attempts to define responsibility for the climate crisis, stating that the richest one percent of the world&#8217;s population \u2014 with the billionaires among the wealthiest \u2014 are responsible for more than 800 kg of CO<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> emissions per person per day, while, in contrast, someone from the poorest 50 percent of the world&#8217;s population is responsible for an average of only two kilograms of CO<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> emissions per day. We read, analysed and compared the Oxfam reports of Great Britain, Germany and Brazil. There is no Oxfam group in Portugal itself. This absence represents a significant gap. Perhaps Portugal is not considered important enough for Oxfam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Oxfam writes: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>\u201cThe world\u2019s richest people contribute to the escalating climate crisis not only through their consumption. As owners or shareholders of corporations, billionaires, in particular, are responsible for enormous amounts of CO<\/i><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>2<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i> emissions. The investment emissions of 308 billionaires worldwide totalled 586 million tons of CO<\/i><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>2<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year in 2024.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">ECO123 wonders if this is a sufficiently broad perspective. Those who can only see as far as the end of their own noses may be suffering from shortsightedness\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74735\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-shop-window.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1245\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-shop-window.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-shop-window-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-shop-window-24x20.jpg 24w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-shop-window-36x29.jpg 36w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxfam-shop-window-57x47.jpg 57w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1245px) 100vw, 1245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Almost 60 percent of billionaires\u2019 investments went into particularly climate-damaging sectors such as oil and gas. This is a fact and it has been clearly documented. A large portion of total CO<\/span><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> emissions can be traced back to just a few companies operating in particularly climate-damaging industries. Six companies alone are responsible for ten percent, and 100 companies for half of all corporate emissions worldwide\u2026 To live almost climate-neutrally, Oxfam suggests a figure of 2.1 tons of CO<\/span><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> equivalents per person per year, which is still relatively close to the 1.5-degree limit. However, this figure is only achievable for those who buy their electricity without any CO<\/span><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> emissions or generate it themselves sustainably, eliminate flying from their transport choices, travel by electric car or train, and also pay serious attention to their diet, consuming as little meat as possible. Unfortunately, Oxfam offers no concrete advice on how individuals can reduce their CO<\/span><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> emissions. Perhaps we would be better off consulting the guides issued by the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">, run by truly practice-oriented scientists. Incidentally, it would be useful to publish a report on incentives for climate-neutral business practices, with solution-oriented information. Perhaps Oxfam will publish one next year? We should remain optimistic<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74558\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content post-cover\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"post-listing post-72707 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ecology category-zw1-en tag-botanical-garden tag-eucaliptos-en tag-forest tag-greenwashing-en pmpro-has-access\">\n<div class=\"post-inner\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-img alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uwe-Heitkamp.png?w=618\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-content\">\n<h3>Uwe Heitkamp (66)<\/h3>\n<p>trained television journalist, book author and hobby botanist, father of two grown-up children, has known Portugal for 35 years, founder of ECO123.<br \/>\nTranslators: Dina Ad\u00e3o, John Elliot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Uwe Heitkamp I can&#8217;t help it, but the current economic policy of perpetual growth reminds me of the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean. 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