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>stopping the changes we’re already causing That ship sailed when the industrial revolution started. We - as a planet - industrialised, and the cost is a chang
by gaiagraphia 3y ago
>stopping the changes we’re already causing
That ship sailed when the industrial revolution started. We - as a planet - industrialised, and the cost is a change in climate. Billions of people are catching up with what Europe kickstarted, and nothing's going to change that.
The equilibrium is going to be thinking about how the future world may look, and adapting our terrain and lifestyles to match it. The Sahara is the perfect test bed for this.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> That ship sailed when the industrial revolution started According to this[0] at least, the main deforestation cause is cattle ranching and palm oil production. Not exactly activities caused by industrialisation. [0] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145988/tracking-amazon-deforestation-from-above https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145988/tracking-ama...
- Arn_Thor 3y agoI said stopping, not reversing