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Groundwater depletion would create major disruption (as unrests and wars). This is literally a vital issue. Every country should take it seriously as matter o

by llsf 3y ago

Groundwater depletion would create major disruption (as unrests and wars). This is literally a vital issue. Every country should take it seriously as matter of national security.

esafak 3y ago
Scientists have been talking about the dangers of global warming for decades. I don't know what else is left to say??
- llsf 3y ago
  I still think that the impact is not fully grasped. And it might be due to human nature, to only believe what we can see and measure. If we tell, "you might get +2 degree Celsius in 2050". Most people cannot relate. Even if we say "+2 degrees is what happened 10,000 years ago, and made earth suitable for human growth (settling, agriculture, etc.)" We have been in that sweet spot (holocene) for 10,000 years, in a mere century we are going to depart from that sweet spot and make earth not suitable for human growth. http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bronze/jpg/climate.jpg http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bronze/jpg/climate.jpg "..the CO2 concentration in the air has stayed the same for the 10.000 years that preceed 1750, and have never gotten over the 1750 value (280 ppmv, and today we are at 350) fort the 400.000 years that preceed 1750. Actually, for these 400.000 years that preceed 1750, the atmospheric CO2 concentration has oscillated between 200 and 280 ppmv (graph below)." Source: Petit & al, Nature, June 1999 We are impacting the climate in a way that would take decades to appreciate the impacts. And the inertia is such that paper straws, or EVs are not going to make a dent. Every country should see it as a national security issue. We are at war and we do not know it. Every country should switch to war economy, and focus on the sustainability of its own economy. With a postulate that fossil fuel is going to end (effectively because we extract faster the fossil fuel is naturally produced), and that the whole economy would have to do without it. It requires to rethink the entire economy as everything is either made of, or made by fossil fuels.

by llsf 3y ago

Groundwater depletion would create major disruption (as unrests and wars). This is literally a vital issue. Every country should take it seriously as matter of national security.

esafak 3y ago

Scientists have been talking about the dangers of global warming for decades. I don't know what else is left to say??

llsf 3y ago
I still think that the impact is not fully grasped. And it might be due to human nature, to only believe what we can see and measure. If we tell, "you might get +2 degree Celsius in 2050". Most people cannot relate. Even if we say "+2 degrees is what happened 10,000 years ago, and made earth suitable for human growth (settling, agriculture, etc.)" We have been in that sweet spot (holocene) for 10,000 years, in a mere century we are going to depart from that sweet spot and make earth not suitable for human growth. http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bronze/jpg/climate.jpg http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bronze/jpg/climate.jpg "..the CO2 concentration in the air has stayed the same for the 10.000 years that preceed 1750, and have never gotten over the 1750 value (280 ppmv, and today we are at 350) fort the 400.000 years that preceed 1750. Actually, for these 400.000 years that preceed 1750, the atmospheric CO2 concentration has oscillated between 200 and 280 ppmv (graph below)." Source: Petit & al, Nature, June 1999 We are impacting the climate in a way that would take decades to appreciate the impacts. And the inertia is such that paper straws, or EVs are not going to make a dent. Every country should see it as a national security issue. We are at war and we do not know it. Every country should switch to war economy, and focus on the sustainability of its own economy. With a postulate that fossil fuel is going to end (effectively because we extract faster the fossil fuel is naturally produced), and that the whole economy would have to do without it. It requires to rethink the entire economy as everything is either made of, or made by fossil fuels.