Q: What exactly is Total Green Future?

A: Total Green Future is a space to imagine possible solutions to the environmental crisis that are typically ignored by mainstream environmental groups due to being perceived as unrealistic or unpalatable. It is not about planning specific acts of real world activism, although of course activists are free to be informed by Total Green Future in their planning.

Q: Where does Total Green Future exist on the political spectrum?

A: Total Green Future is neither left nor right wing. There are elements of Total Green Future that may appeal to all parts of the political spectrum. In order to address the environmental crisis we must overcome many of our political differences, and this will involve compromises from everyone.

Q: Is Total Green Future anti-capitalist?

A: There are many forms of capitalism. Total Green Future does not support forms of capitalism that damage environmental and social sustainability, and this represents a large percentage of the capitalism that operates around the world today. However, Total Green Future welcomes forms of capitalism that prove to be genuinely sustainable.

Q: Does Total Green Future advocate authoritarianism?

A: Total Green Future celebrates freedom as one of its key values, along with sustainability. However, one person’s freedom can easily impact upon another person’s freedom. It is therefore paradoxically necessary to limit some freedoms in order to maintain the freedom of others. If you consider that to be authoritarian, then Total Green Future is authoritarian; if you do not, it is not.

Q: Does Total Green Future advocate democracy?

A: Total Green Future celebrates the many benefits of living in a democratic society and encourages everyone to partake in their duty as citizens to demand that democratic governments address the environmental crisis. However, democratic governments have shown themselves to be incapable of addressing the environmental crisis and it is therefore entirely rational to seek solutions that democratic governments do not appear to be able to provide.

Q: Does Total Green Future advocate violence?

A: Total Green Future advocates proportionate response to the causes of the environmental crisis, which is encapsulated in the theme of “force.” Any sane person would prefer to live in a world without violence, but different forms of violence are already committed upon the environment and regular citizens on a daily basis by bad actors, whether in business, government or as individuals. Given the existential challenges posed by the environmental crisis, Total Green Future believes all proportionate responses must be available for consideration.

Q: What is the Environmental Corps and is it voluntary?

A: The Environmental Corps is an “army” of citizens whose job is to help restore the environment. The terms “corps” and “army” do not suggest any form of militarization, rather they indicate that the task of environmental remediation requires something akin to a wartime spirit in regard to dedication and emergency measures. The Environmental Corps is voluntary inasmuch as you can choose not to accept your duty, although doing so is also to expect no support from the state.

Q: Aren’t Energy Credits basically rations?

A: Energy Credits are a method through which the finite nature of resources is realistically priced. Today, energy (and all the products derived from its use) is priced relative to the cost of production and what the market will bear, not the long-term cost of energy use to the environment, which is a more appropriate measure. The fixed allocations of Energy Credits are intended to reflect the true cost of energy and to ensure that individuals do not impose upon the sustainability and freedom of others.

Q: Is Total Green Future eco-fascist or nationalist?

A: No. Eco-fascists advocate racial and national superiority. Total Green Future does not believe in the superiority of any group over another, whether in relation to race, nationality, religion, sexuality, gender, class or physical ability. Total Green Future prioritizes the nation simply as a method of organizing solutions, not because one nation is better than another.

Q: How can Total Green Future claim to be welcoming of all races and beliefs while proposing a reduction in immigration?

A: Total Green Future unreservedly endorses cultural diversity within the borders of our nation. A reduction in immigration is purely a sustainability issue, not a comment on the people who wish to migrate to our nation.

Q: What is the Total Green Future position on technology?

A: Total Green Future believes that technology is an important part of our toolkit for mitigating the environmental crisis. However, in many situations, technology can have an enslaving effect on our daily lives rather than being liberating, and of course technological products come at a significant cost to the environment. As such, Total Green Future believes that living with less day-to-day technology is beneficial.

Q: What is the Total Green Future position on net zero emissions targets?

A: Offset schemes which aim for net zero emissions targets are useful inasmuch as they focus attention on the issue of emissions. However, they cannot be considered as an end goal because they do not properly address the issue of energy consumption, and such schemes are open to being gamed by bad actors in the energy industry. Until such time that we manage to establish abundant clean energy (which may never happen), Total Green Future focuses not on net zero targets but renewable energy combined with a significant overall reduction in energy use.

Q: Does Total Green Future expect everyone to become vegan?

A: No. Total Green Future understands that most people do not want to be vegan, either due to liking animal products or perceptions about health. However, the meat and dairy industry has a very damaging effect on the environment and it is therefore necessary to significantly reduce the consumption of meat and dairy products. Aside from the environmental impact caused by the meat and dairy industry, reducing the consumption of such products will also provide an opportunity to rethink our relationship with (other) animals.