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In reply to the discussion: The Guardian: America's premier pronatalists on having 'tons of kids' to save the world: 'There are going to be count... [View all]CrispyQ
(38,464 posts)29. "If we damage the ecosystem thoroughly enough, it may not be able to recover..."
Personally, I think we're super close to this. I know I'm alarmed. I look around my neighborhood at the kids under 10 & wonder what this area will look like in 20-30 years, in 50 years. I doubt most of us can imagine the change coming.
There's a new genre of fiction called cli-fi. Climate fiction. I've read a few. One story I read took place in Florida & I thought the author nailed what it would look like. Roads slowing being taken over by water, electrical service harder & harder to maintain, the military helping people to evacuate & eventually warning those who chose to stay that there wouldn't be any help anymore.
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The Guardian: America's premier pronatalists on having 'tons of kids' to save the world: 'There are going to be count... [View all]
OKIsItJustMe
May 2024
OP
In past ages, people had lots of children, because many of them would not survive to adulthood
OKIsItJustMe
May 2024
#10
Are you proposing "culling?" Because we cannot wait for the decades it would take.
OKIsItJustMe
May 2024
#14
We need a new economic system. We're consuming our planet for the profit of a few.
CrispyQ
May 2024
#26
I heard a climate scientist being interviewed recently who said that 50% of all non-pave land is devoted to agriculture.
Lonestarblue
May 2024
#28
Too many humans already for this Dear Rock named Earth. It'll still be here, and thrive, once
Traurigkeit
May 2024
#3
The Earth will thrive, whatever that lives or not lives on surface doesn't really matter.
Traurigkeit
May 2024
#8
"If we damage the ecosystem thoroughly enough, it may not be able to recover..."
CrispyQ
May 2024
#29