Not Part of the Remit? Part I

by the Sandwichman

Sooner rather than later, however, we need to confront the specter of insatiable consumerism itself. There is a danger that the consumer juggernaut will overwhelm even the most sophisticated methods and technologies that can be devised to make consumption lean and super-efficient. Consuming better does not obviate the need to consider moderation in overall consumption levels.

Notwithstanding the "danger that the consumer juggernaut will overwhelm even the most sophisticated methods and technologies that can be devised to make consumption lean and super-efficient," how to tame that consumer juggernaut was "not part of the remit of this report", this report being the United Nations Environment Programme's "Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World."

Is there an elephant in the room? I see one. Do you? But it is not part of the remit of this report to talk about the Greenest Elephant in the Room!.

When dealing with the juggernaut that could overwhelm even the most sophisticated methods and technologies is not in the remit, there is something fundamentally, radically, pathologically wrong with the remit.