Creating a positive mental landscape, based on action, something to strive for, rather than visions of impeding doom., is an essential first step.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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What is the alternative? What other inspirational fictions do we have?
I feel this is an egg & chicken situation. Solarpunk wasn't much of a genre until renewables became advanced & more widespread enough and the vision is very much based on us expanding hugely on renewables and becoming more ecologically conscious. This is, in the broader scheme, very much the goal of where we should head towards to reach climate neutrality. So in that sense it is as serious as the climate scientists advocating for it, even if not by name but simply by what it entails.
I prefer nuclearpunk/fusionpunk myself. But then, I'm a huge fan of Winchell Chung's Atomic Rockets site.
@sam_uk OK, but if the solarpunk is a genre of science fiction, where are the solarpunk novels?
And any movement to be treated seriously should avoid taking communists on board.
Arguably Walkaway by Cory Doctorow?
Agreed. Solarpunk is anarchist, and communists/anarchists have a…messy history.
I see anarchist point of views in steampunk and cyberpunk. So I expect the same solarpunk. But haven't read the first novel yet neither.
If a novel appears with traditional leftist/communist approach it would be very cringe. A lot of steampunk stories are about evil oligarchs vs adventurous heroes, without the need of falling in commie fallacies.