Re:Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1...
by myshpa on Friday September 22, 2023 @08:17PM
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> We have known this is coming for decades, we have known it will be devastating to the sustainability of human civilization as it exists. Little to nothing has been done in a timely manner.
You're right, we're growing exponentially in a finite environment.
I wonder how long it will take for the population to accept that the the need for growth is encoded in our system's very structure, in its financial system that prioritizes accumulation, exploitation, and pollution over sustainability and equality.
We're in overshoot. If we were sane, we would work on reducing our consumption, but instead, everybody's just trying to preserve the business-as-usual path for as long as possible, no matter how unsustainable it is.
Maybe we need to start thinking about new ways of managing things.
You're right, we're growing exponentially in a finite environment.
https://futureearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/great_acc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Acceleration
I wonder how long it will take for the population to accept that the the need for growth is encoded in our system's very structure, in its financial system that prioritizes accumulation, exploitation, and pollution over sustainability and equality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_overshoot
We're in overshoot. If we were sane, we would work on reducing our consumption, but instead, everybody's just trying to preserve the business-as-usual path for as long as possible, no matter how unsustainable it is.
Maybe we need to start thinking about new ways of managing things.