Forgive me. it was a knee-jerk response to other such posts that are becoming infected by algorithmic bugs. I suspect I am more aware than you can imagine about what we face, and accepting of our culpability as well as demise.
Yes, I read. I suggest you read Bright Green Lies. If you want to be more broadly informed, Nate Hagens’ podcast The Great Simplification continues to be an excellent ongoing effort to bring together expert analysis from many fields.
Our modern industrial civilization is unsustainable and can’t be saved by innovative alternatives because, as Jevons Paradox makes clear, more efficient energy sources always lead to more use of energy. This crisi we are within is not something technology can “solve.”
We are beyond tipping points of all ecological systems markers (not just those that cause climate change). This means even if we magically solved energy issues the predicament (which is not a problem that can be solved) any of of the many others will still cause the inevitable cascade.
In the sense of “solving” our ecocidal civilization, much of this is a false quest.
The whole of our situation results from the notion we are separate from the ecosystems and all the more than human life on the planet. The crux is “relational” or what might be called “mythological” in the sense that myth is how a culture defines their place and purpose in the universe. Only when we recognize our interbeing with life, rather than attempted outsider, left-brain driven, wrong-headed dominance of it, will some degree of balance begin.
In my view we can work in the present to mitigate suffering, and savor the gifts of now. But I hold no illusion we can “solve” the polycrisis.
would be good to call this fossil gas vs natural gas and call out the impacts of methane on climate change as well since while it burns cleaner than coal we know there are lots of leaks as it's extracted and transported.
This is disturbing. I had thought the tech business would be an advocate for green solutions. It was only a temporary publicity ploy, I am guessing. Cheap and dirty fuel sources win again.
What is the problem with more plant food in the air?
Build data centers next to coal power plants!
Drive renewal in depressed.coal districts!
Troll alert
Just answer the question please John.
What is the problem with more plant food (CO2) in the air?
Read a good book in case it helps:)
https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Rafe+Champion&i=stripbooks&crid=GZ66NWUYZ193&sprefix=rafe+champion%2Cstripbooks%2C262&ref=nb_sb_noss
Forgive me. it was a knee-jerk response to other such posts that are becoming infected by algorithmic bugs. I suspect I am more aware than you can imagine about what we face, and accepting of our culpability as well as demise.
Yes, I read. I suggest you read Bright Green Lies. If you want to be more broadly informed, Nate Hagens’ podcast The Great Simplification continues to be an excellent ongoing effort to bring together expert analysis from many fields.
Our modern industrial civilization is unsustainable and can’t be saved by innovative alternatives because, as Jevons Paradox makes clear, more efficient energy sources always lead to more use of energy. This crisi we are within is not something technology can “solve.”
We are beyond tipping points of all ecological systems markers (not just those that cause climate change). This means even if we magically solved energy issues the predicament (which is not a problem that can be solved) any of of the many others will still cause the inevitable cascade.
In the sense of “solving” our ecocidal civilization, much of this is a false quest.
The whole of our situation results from the notion we are separate from the ecosystems and all the more than human life on the planet. The crux is “relational” or what might be called “mythological” in the sense that myth is how a culture defines their place and purpose in the universe. Only when we recognize our interbeing with life, rather than attempted outsider, left-brain driven, wrong-headed dominance of it, will some degree of balance begin.
In my view we can work in the present to mitigate suffering, and savor the gifts of now. But I hold no illusion we can “solve” the polycrisis.
Cheers!
would be good to call this fossil gas vs natural gas and call out the impacts of methane on climate change as well since while it burns cleaner than coal we know there are lots of leaks as it's extracted and transported.
This is disturbing. I had thought the tech business would be an advocate for green solutions. It was only a temporary publicity ploy, I am guessing. Cheap and dirty fuel sources win again.