I had a talk with the head of the Office of Sustainability at my campus a while back about basically how screwed we are (environmentally speaking only), and how freaked out we should be.
One thing she mentioned that I hadn’t heard of or thought of yet was lack of water. Once the climate warms and reaches a certain temperature water will not be able to condense into rain. So basically it stops raining on the land and plant life will die, and everything else along with it. No more rains to replenish our reservoirs and aquifers. It doesn’t help that atm everyone’s rushing to contaminate our ground water with chemicals (waste, synthetic fertilizers, hydraulic fracturing etc.). Plus we are using the ocean ironically as a dump and a food source.
So if we run out of drinkable water, we’re going to need to de-salify massive amounts of water just to have water to drink and use. Which means being close to the ocean. The problem with being close to the ocean is that it puts people at risk of hurricanes, tsunamis etc.
Another thing. Jeremy Rifkin said that according to the UN climate panel models, that when the temperature of the planet rises 2-3 degrees celsius, it will cause between 20%-70% of all plant and animal life on Earth to die off. And it will probably happen within this century. That kind of stuck out to me like “whoa”.
The un has released reports about this issue. basically they state the same thing and say that by 2050 shit is gonna get real. Hence why there was a uprising in libya. they have massive water reserves underground.
Holy fucking shit… can we just destroy those evil motherfuckers and their poisonous practices?
We need to.
Like, now.
INSANE evil… they are MAKING the problem, refuse to FIX it, and now want to INVADE a country that has massive reserves, in order to control the supply, for however long it lasts.
Also, even though Congress shut down Obama cause they’re bought out by health insurance companies, the American people should try to get the government to offer health insurance and the people should have the right of choice of which to use.
I talk to some old heads and they tell me that living in the 60’s and 70’s was no different than it is today. A constant fear of apocalypse, and everyday is worse than the last. I don’t really know how true that is, but Earth seems completely fucked at this point.
Fact: People don’t care because they’re too busy throwing their money at Apple.
I wanna go to college, but i need money, in order to get money, I need a job, but in order to get a job these days I’ll need a college diploma. So it’s a fucking circle. I get flak from my parents from not finding any work and think I’m just lazy.
Yeah, try finding work when the entire economy, job market, rising tuition costs every semester, and the past 3 generations against you. And don’t tell my it’s my fault when I haven’t had the opportunity to actually make it my fault.
yeah, but back then you were getting paid enough that your wife didn’t work, and prices for gas/food/bills wasn’t rape. The only fear was the fear of nuclear war, which in its own sense you could just plainly ignore depending on where you lived or how fucking smart you were.
As of now, the corporations have complete and total control. Back then, it was just the military industrial complex that was worrysome. Now fucking clothing companies and toothpaste companies and movie studio’s hold the government hostage with their demands.
Every time I hear about industry demands, or how it will affect business, NO thought is given to our rights, and needs. Rent is barely affordable, and if you are single and live on your own, most of your costs of living are way too high.
I get a lot of shit for even trying to broach this topic irl. This is pretty much why I can’t stand anyone I’m around. NYC is becoming *more *of a haven for soulless money grubbing assholes.
Precisely. To make matters worse, alternative energy solutions are a complete crock. None of the current solutions are equivalent or even remotely convenient like fossil fuels. Only on a selectively domestic level do these weak solutions come even close to fulfilling their promises.
In short, the Laws of Thermodynamics be a motherfucker…