The Mirage of Transition: Energy, Appetite, and Colonial Stigma – Part II

Demand as Destiny Drugs persist not because suppliers are invincible, but because demand is insatiable. Fossil fuels endure for the same reason. Societies crave convenience, speed, and abundance. Blaming suppliers, oil states, deforesting farmers, without confronting appetite, is civic denial. Mobility reveals the fracture: airplanes as “Ubers in the sky,” while mass transit is neglected. Governments refuse to invest in […]