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I think you have a bit of a point though you know very well that most people will never voluntarily choose your lifestyle and you make some contentious statemen
by vixen99 4y ago
I think you have a bit of a point though you know very well that most people will never voluntarily choose your lifestyle and you make some contentious statements. However - we do have the largest population of humans ever, often located in dense cities and we've covered our Earth in concrete and asphalt to an extent such that its mass (since 2020) now exceeds the total biomass on Earth including ourselves (our bodies). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-3010-5 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-3010-5.
Our attention to the problems of providing appropriate infrastructure to support this desired expansion is evidently very patchy. That's certainly true for instance with the issue of the water shortage in the UK which is certainly a political failure.
In view of the above why do we expect the environment to adjust itself with a view to our best interests and why are we shocked when it doesn't?