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We're turning this planet into an absolute shithole!

by i_love_retros 2y ago

goatlover 2y ago
Drill, baby, drill!
vixen99 2y ago
Who can argue with that? Surely attempts are being made to find other freshwater locations where they can prosper?
- JonChesterfield 2y ago
  Ones that aren't heavily polluted?
mc32 2y ago
Most advanced econs are not growing their native populations. It’s other growing economies that are padding human pop numbers. China is about to start going backwards )pop decrease) like Japan and Italy. Advanced econs are doing their jobs stabilizing pops; others are contributing to growth.
- zdragnar 2y ago
  What's happening in China is slightly different. For the non-excluded population, there's generations now who do not have brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts or uncles. Add on top of that selective abortion for the male preference, and no social safety net, and you've got the most interesting sociology experiment in history. Japan, Russia and Italy aren't being forced through it by an authoritarian government, but are rather experiencing ennui at a social level. America is the same, though immigration helps hide the problem. I have one sibling. My parents had six each. Their parents had between 6 and 12. The rapid expansion of the last two-four hundred years is definitely slowing down throughout most of the world.
- cmrdporcupine 2y ago
  "Advanced" economies might have declining population but they show no sign of declining in terms of their net resource usages and CO2 emissions.
  - mc32 2y ago
    They actually have shown improvement despite the added load by newcomers who now consume in similar quantities to natives.
- JosephK 2y ago
  It's less about population size, and more about ecological footprint of the population. Per capita, rich nations and rich populations within developing nations are the ones having the biggest ecological impact: https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/ https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-over....
dmonitor 2y ago
At least Axolotls are practically guaranteed to survive in captivity as long as humans are prolific, thanks to their popularity as pets.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  >At least Axolotls are practically guaranteed to survive in captivity as long as humans are prolific, thanks to their popularity as pets. Not to mention in scientific labs.

We're turning this planet into an absolute shithole!

goatlover 2y ago

Drill, baby, drill!

vixen99 2y ago

Who can argue with that? Surely attempts are being made to find other freshwater locations where they can prosper?

JonChesterfield 2y ago
Ones that aren't heavily polluted?

mc32 2y ago

Most advanced econs are not growing their native populations. It’s other growing economies that are padding human pop numbers. China is about to start going backwards )pop decrease) like Japan and Italy. Advanced econs are doing their jobs stabilizing pops; others are contributing to growth.

zdragnar 2y ago
What's happening in China is slightly different. For the non-excluded population, there's generations now who do not have brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts or uncles. Add on top of that selective abortion for the male preference, and no social safety net, and you've got the most interesting sociology experiment in history. Japan, Russia and Italy aren't being forced through it by an authoritarian government, but are rather experiencing ennui at a social level. America is the same, though immigration helps hide the problem. I have one sibling. My parents had six each. Their parents had between 6 and 12. The rapid expansion of the last two-four hundred years is definitely slowing down throughout most of the world.
cmrdporcupine 2y ago
"Advanced" economies might have declining population but they show no sign of declining in terms of their net resource usages and CO2 emissions.
- mc32 2y ago
  They actually have shown improvement despite the added load by newcomers who now consume in similar quantities to natives.
JosephK 2y ago
It's less about population size, and more about ecological footprint of the population. Per capita, rich nations and rich populations within developing nations are the ones having the biggest ecological impact: https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/ https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-over....

dmonitor 2y ago

At least Axolotls are practically guaranteed to survive in captivity as long as humans are prolific, thanks to their popularity as pets.

Suppafly 2y ago
>At least Axolotls are practically guaranteed to survive in captivity as long as humans are prolific, thanks to their popularity as pets. Not to mention in scientific labs.