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> But what about the poor SUV drivers? And all this green stuff is gonna make us poor! That's basically been the reaction of the boomer generation I heard when
by dtx1 4y ago
> But what about the poor SUV drivers? And all this green stuff is gonna make us poor!
That's basically been the reaction of the boomer generation I heard when talking about the looming eco disaster. When getting decent bicycle infrastructure in cities is impossible because half the population does not only doesn't care but actively opposes any change we can forget about changing any of this. It's going to happen.
The question then becomes: What can we do to deal with that? How can we replace the polinators?
- lproven 4y agoI don't think we will, TBH. I am colossally pessimistic but at the rate we are going, I think we are heading for between 4-7⁰ C of warming this century, 5-10m of sea level rise, the extinction of 95%+ of species, and a small remnant of humanity, maybe a few million people, living at the poles, after the collapse of our technological civilisation. We're not going to have time to invent magic mini flying robots to do pollination when the bees are all dead.
- dtx1 4y agoThats unrealistic. Sure, some countries are going to become unlivable for humans, afghanistan, pakistan etc. but large parts of now permafrost will become habitable in exchange. And there are also many plants that dont rely on polinators.
- urfullofsht 4y ago[dead]
- galangalalgol 4y agoLatitude isn't as good as altitude for avoiding warming. They'll all be perched on the tops of mountain ranges hoping for rain.