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We are under siege from all sides. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the house in which we live, noise polution, stress, lack of real comunities.
by GoToRO 6y ago
We are under siege from all sides. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the house in which we live, noise polution, stress, lack of real comunities.
- pietrovismara 6y agoAlmost like our whole lifestyle needs to be changed. That or having it changed anyway by force of nature in a few years.
- andromeduck 6y agoOr we could just adopt nuclear and quarter our emissions practically overnight as we could have done decades ago.
- adrianN 6y agoWe can't build a sufficient number of nuclear plants "over night".
- onefuncman 6y agoWhat's your plan?
- kilroy123 6y agoI'm not the OP but I couldn't agree more with him. My personal plan is as followed: - Eat a nutrient-rich, low-carb diet loaded with veggies. - Use high-quality air purifier(s) at home. - Drink the best-filtered water I can - Constantly try to connect with friends and family and maintain a good group of friends. (I use a personal CRM to help me do this) - Exercise often - Get into nature as often as possible
- partyboat1586 6y agoI agree with all of the above except the diet. Fruit and Veg is great but make sure you cook the veg well because the small amount of nutrients lost in cooking doesn't balance the massively increased strain on your digestive system for eating raw veggies. Also on the low carb thing, there is nothing inherently bad about carbs. Eating too many carbs in one sitting will make you sluggish (digestion) but not eating enough carbs will reduce your cognitive capacity due to less available glucose for the brain. You can't get the same energy from fats unless you enter ketosis which requires a close to zero carb diet and very high fat. There is no point going half way with a low carb diet (unless you are trying to loose weight) go normal carb or full keto. If carbs make you sluggish then I suggest carbs that are easier to digest such as rye crackers, oats, small amounts of wholemeal bread or small servings of brown rice.
- partyboat1586 6y agoOne long term solution is to have more self sustaining communities. Local food, local business and electric vehicles run from local renewable energy (wind/solar, still connected to the grid for efficiency). That's great and all but only weird eco people like me and the commenter above you would actually want to live there. There are massive tradeoffs. First there are all the usual tradeoffs of not living in a city but there is also less variety of food due to reduced imports. It would take longer to get specialist goods and services and travel time to say a medical specialist would be longer. The other issue is that it's hard to have a cohesive community if you have the wrong ratio of different existing cultures. If you have half one culture and half another you get a fractured community. You need either a massively mixed diverse community or a monoculture. I'd opt for the former with an emphasis on maintaining diversity instead of sliding into a grey goo world culture. But even then I don't know because I don't study those kind of social issues. The cultural problems, education and attitude problems are much harder to fix than the technical challenges. The draw of shiny stuff and tribalism is too much. That's where I don't think anyone has a solution. I just hope the next generation can figure that one out.
- Retric 6y agoShipping need not have a significant environmental impact. Electric trains to electric trucks works. Boats need minimal fuel and can supplement with wind and solar power.
- GoToRO 6y agoJust being aware of the situation also helps, even if one does not have a plan. Knowing that an apartment is not exactly what your mind and body needs helps you into searching activities outside the apartment for example.
- rimliu 6y agoThe only real siege is the overhyped news.