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This is drawing parallels to Futurama’s giant ice cubes in the ocean… if we don’t stop the problem of climate change at the root, i.e. mass overconsumption and
by ryeights 4y ago
This is drawing parallels to Futurama’s giant ice cubes in the ocean… if we don’t stop the problem of climate change at the root, i.e. mass overconsumption and waste, we’ll simply be facing the same challenge in another 50 years when greenhouse gas emissions rise to meet their new ceiling.
- djbusby 4y agoIn Futurama they used Benders shiny metal ass as a jet (with other robots) to move earths orbit out a little bit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Hot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Hot
- lvl102 4y agoIt’s really people looking for excuses to NOT do the right thing. In order for us to consume less, we need to lower our population. Not a hard math problem. We need to cut world population by at least 1/2.
- md2020 4y agoNo we don’t.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoExplain the math and/or give sources from experts, poindexter.
- Emma_Goldman 4y agoThe problem of climate change is not one of generic 'overconsumption and waste' but of bringing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero. Most of the electricity, transport and industry currently dependent on fossil fuels can be greened. There are important exceptions, like aviation, and in those cases reducing consumption would be helpful. But for the most part it's a question of substitution, not reduction. We are also living through an ecological crisis whose causes are far more entwined with over-consumption. But that's because it has causes additional to climate change.
- idleproc 4y agoI can imagine a Futurama episode where they put giant bubbles in space and they end up burning everything on the planet like ants under a magnifying glass.