well, in order to not collapse the biosphere we have to stop burning oil…
I’d prefer we managed the decline but even in here the comments are “but muh economy”, so I’ll take any demand destruction we can get for a livable biosphere.
I’m afraid we have already missed the window due to feedback loops. Demand destruction is necessary mass suffering. The normalcy bias makes it hard to see the imminent lack of food from crop failure, loss of mechanized farming, loss of affordable shipping, loss of fertilizer feed stock, etc. I expect a lot of “why didn’t the scientists warn us that it would be this bad this quickly?” and “God is punishing us for treating the lgbtq like humans (or whatever other religious nonsense).”
We won’t get a livable biosphere by choice but maybe in the post-Malthusian collapse something sort of sustainable will emerge. Unprecedented suffering first though.
well, in order to not collapse the biosphere we have to stop burning oil…
I’d prefer we managed the decline but even in here the comments are “but muh economy”, so I’ll take any demand destruction we can get for a livable biosphere.
I’m afraid we have already missed the window due to feedback loops. Demand destruction is necessary mass suffering. The normalcy bias makes it hard to see the imminent lack of food from crop failure, loss of mechanized farming, loss of affordable shipping, loss of fertilizer feed stock, etc. I expect a lot of “why didn’t the scientists warn us that it would be this bad this quickly?” and “God is punishing us for treating the lgbtq like humans (or whatever other religious nonsense).”
We won’t get a livable biosphere by choice but maybe in the post-Malthusian collapse something sort of sustainable will emerge. Unprecedented suffering first though.