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we could exist without any of the modern conveniences. let's tear down the electric grid and return to monke.
by 123yawaworht456 2y ago
we could exist without any of the modern conveniences. let's tear down the electric grid and return to monke.
- realreality 2y agoThat’s right (even though you’re probably being facetious).
- AYBABTME 2y agoWe're way past that. Global warming requires (or will, soon enough) heat pumps for survival in many regions of the world. Plenty of regions require large amount of electricity for life critical functions. Degrowth isn't the answer.
- elcomet 2y agoOr alternatively, people will need to move to colder regions.
- killingtime74 2y agoOr there are just less people (as we see in developed countries birthrates)
- FuckButtons 2y agoYes, they will, which will drive conflict, xenophobia and economic destabilization in the countries those people move to, which will exacerbate global political tensions and probably wind up with us all getting wiped out in a nuclear configuration sometime before the century is over, so we might as well have really nice autocomplete before we get there.
- KoolKat23 2y agoDriving up concrete production, a significant carbon contributor as it stands (low carbon concrete is still in its infancy).
- dorkwood 2y agoCould you really survive without trucks delivering food to stores on your city? I couldn't.