I agree. I just wish I could be around 50M years from now when the cockroach-descendent paleontologists marvel at the weird biped fossils and wonder if they could ever have been sophisticated enough to have had a civilisation.
We are not ruining the earth in any way. We are merely making it inhospitable to vertebrates and some other life forms.
Honestly I can't see how it will be. I think we will get incredible technologies that cut resource usage. But we have already done this several times now and every time we make something more efficient we just consume more. We have made car engines massively more efficient but the gains were entirely lost to bigger cars and driving longer distances.
There are billions of people living almost primitive lives just waiting to consume as much as we do driving everywhere and buying new iphones every year. We are about to make things cheaper and more efficient and give them access to this consumption.
Despite all of this advancement, resource usage and emissions has never once gone backwards or even slowed down its increase.
There is a bigger problem. Those who scrutinize climate change are punished by the society even though we need legit scientists and people that debunk overarching claims. You could accept CC arguments but still be a critic of some of the insane claims going on today.
It's like the early COVID days. Can't criticize. Can't speak against the mob. Can't do science without scrutiny.
gumby|3 years ago
We are not ruining the earth in any way. We are merely making it inhospitable to vertebrates and some other life forms.
Gigachad|3 years ago
There are billions of people living almost primitive lives just waiting to consume as much as we do driving everywhere and buying new iphones every year. We are about to make things cheaper and more efficient and give them access to this consumption.
Despite all of this advancement, resource usage and emissions has never once gone backwards or even slowed down its increase.
hedora|3 years ago
systemvoltage|3 years ago
https://twitter.com/birdhillcap/status/1541812452760776705
https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/1541768533004148738
https://twitter.com/luisbaram/status/1523671791062843393
https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/1529809797582815244
There is a bigger problem. Those who scrutinize climate change are punished by the society even though we need legit scientists and people that debunk overarching claims. You could accept CC arguments but still be a critic of some of the insane claims going on today.
It's like the early COVID days. Can't criticize. Can't speak against the mob. Can't do science without scrutiny.
OtomotO|3 years ago
so try your best and if it doesn't play out: memento mori!
gumby|3 years ago
unknown|3 years ago
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FredPret|3 years ago
lnwlebjel|3 years ago