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They Want to Block the Sun to Save Capitalism | Andreas Malm
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22:47Now PlayingA patented machine designed to spray sulfur particles into the stratosphere and dim the sun is targeted for sale by 2030. The pioneer is an Israeli-American startup called Stardust Solutions. The known side effect is a "termination shock" that could destabilize the Earth's climate system within a decade if it ever fails.
In this episode of the FREE Podcast (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation), economist Clara Mattei sits down with Andreas Malm, author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline and Fossil Capital, for a sweeping conversation on the political economy of the climate crisis. They trace how fossil fuels have powered colonization in the Middle East for nearly two centuries, why the global oil and gas economy still anchors imperial strategy in the region, and how Chevron and BP are securing access to Eastern Mediterranean gas fields right now.
Malm then walks through the two competing "realisms" defining climate politics today: one that bows to the inertia of capital, and one that recognizes the physical limits of the climate system. He explains why solar geoengineering has become the establishment's preferred escape hatch, why it's so dangerous, and what concrete alternatives already exist. Colombia under Gustavo Petro is the clearest case: four years of left-wing rule, zero new fossil fuel licenses, a coal embargo on the state of Israel, and an upcoming international conference on phasing out fossil fuels.
Topics covered:
The long history of fossil-powered colonization in the Middle East
Chevron, BP, and the Eastern Mediterranean gas fields
The two realisms of the climate crisis
Stardust Solutions and the race to deploy solar geoengineering
Termination shock and the dangers of blocking incoming sunlight
Colombia's fossil fuel licensing freeze under Petro
Why the Trump regime is sanctioning Colombia
The state of climate and Palestine solidarity movements today
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