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Agree that climate change is a bad term. Better term would be anthropogenic crisis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant
by myshpa 3y ago
Agree that climate change is a bad term. Better term would be anthropogenic crisis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene).
Because we have much more problems than just fossil fuels.
This is just a short (and incomplete) list of impacts of agriculture:
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Deforestation (40% of pastures used to be forests)
- Land degradation
- Water pollution
- Water overconsumption
- Loss of biodiversity
- Antibiotic resistance
- Ocean dead zones
- Inefficient land and resource use
- Ethical concerns regarding animal welfare
- Contribution to zoonotic diseases
- Air pollution
- Eutrophication
- Soil erosion
- High energy consumption
- Chemical runoff from pesticides and fertilizers
- Destruction of habitats and ecosystems
- Inequality in global food distribution
- Public health risks from foodborne illnesses
- Nutrient pollution
- Strain on waste management systems
- Overfishing (40-70% of plankton gone, sharks 90% gone, fish almost gone)
- jules-jules 3y agoOvershoot is the term used in systems ecology. Here is a good primer by Prof. William E. Rees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVe8-eKSK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVe8-eKSK8