We are jeopardizing our future by not reining in our intense but geographically and demographically uneven material consumption…
By failing to adequately limit population growth, reassess the role of an economy rooted in growth, reduce greenhouse gases, incentivize renewable energy, protect habitat, restore ecosystems, curb pollution, halt defaunation, and constrain invasive alien species, humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperilled biosphere.….World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice (Ripple et al. 2017)
By failing to adequately limit population growth, reassess the role of an economy rooted in growth, reduce greenhouse gases, incentivize renewable energy, protect habitat, restore ecosystems, curb pollution, halt defaunation, and constrain invasive alien species, humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperilled biosphere.….World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice (Ripple et al. 2017)
Cars were a great invention for people who depended on horses to get where trains and trams wouldn’t take them and to carry things the last mile. To build an entire civilization around it, was the worst idea, ever.Mina
berlin.social/@mina/111843971392670310
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The great hope for a quick and sweeping transition to renewable energy is wishful thinkingVaclav Smil
scientificamerican.com/article/a-global-transition-to-renewable-energy-will-take-many-decades/
scientificamerican.com/article/a-global-transition-to-renewable-energy-will-take-many-decades/
Every year for the rest of your life will be one of the hottest [on] record.Prof Andrew Dessler
theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/2023-record-world-hottest-climate-fossil-fuel
theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/2023-record-world-hottest-climate-fossil-fuel
Obligatory hope to avert climate disaster, provides an excuse for inaction on a personal levelRemi Charron
resilience.org/stories/2021-03-11/misplaced-hope/
resilience.org/stories/2021-03-11/misplaced-hope/