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by myshpa 3y ago
And those pastures and alfalfa fields don't replenish aquifers, forests do.
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by myshpa 3y ago
ELI5: Forests retain rainwater in the soil, replenish aquifers, cool the soil, nourish soil biodiversity, contribute to the formation of new rainfall, distribute it inland, alter local microclimates, and sustain biodiversity. With pastures,
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by myshpa 3y ago
I agree with you that meat consumption is a menace, but please don't put almonds (or any trees) at the same level as cattle. Alfalfa consumes 10-20x more water than almonds. Alfalfa is used for animal feed, is using fertilizers, pestic
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by myshpa 3y ago
> Collapse of what? Civilization? I was referring to the collapse (significant degradation) of the environmental carrying capacity. In such a scenario, our civilization would implode on its own. https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Gulf Coast temperatures surge to highest levels ever observed(msn.com)
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Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says benchmark study(phys.org)
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> I think long term consequences are already completely inevitable Degradation vs. collapse. Collapse is still preventable, but the window is closing fast. If we'd stop fossil fuels, reform agriculture and reforest what we can, we&#
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> Do you have studies showing that plastic begins to distintegrate immediately It's an area of active research, so ... I don't. If you find something, let me know. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news&#x2F
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Climate change is just one symptom of the overshoot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_boundaries#Nine_boun... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_overshoot Biodiversity loss is the wor
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> is this really claiming that plastic starts to fall apart from the get-go Yes. Microplastics are everywhere. Everywhere on the planet we look, we find microplastics. Just ... everywhere. Beekeepers are using plastic worker brood founda
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by myshpa 3y ago
> calling negative (future?) externalities "government subsidies" is simply dishonest reporting If the government knows about those negative externalities, and chooses not to prevent or tax the behavior, but instead subsidizes
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New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour(sustainableplastics.com)
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel... ... fossil-fuel subsidies rose by $2 trillion over the past two years as expl
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by myshpa 3y ago
What technologies?
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> The cause was diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug that farmers began using to treat their cattle https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-glob... Our global food system is the primary driver
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Exxon says world set to fail 2°C global warming cap by 2050(reuters.com)
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A Mysterious Cosmic Metal May Solve the Rare Earths Crisis(iflscience.com)
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I wouldn't be surprised if we see soon those predictions change. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-devastating-greenland-antarcti... https://today.uconn.edu/2023/07/greenland-melted-recently-
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by myshpa 3y ago
Don't ignore the speed of changes. https://xkcd.com/1732/
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Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather(theguardian.com)
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‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?(theguardian.com)
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China’s Summer of Climate Destruction(bbc.com)
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Covid-19 virus is evolving rapidly in white-tailed deer(news.osu.edu)
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Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border(hrw.org)
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Comprehensive evidence implies a higher social cost of CO2(nature.com)
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7T(imf.org)
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by myshpa 3y ago
> solution to a problem involves the complete global forced extinction of a species I've never argued for a forced extinction; that's just silly. We're driving numerous species to extinction by favoring only a few animal s
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> My argument was simply that it's not enough on its own There is not a magic bullet at this point ... we have to do many things to correct the overshoot. > reforestation can help, but that's not synonymous with stopping ani
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by myshpa 3y ago
> Cows absolutely have a place in the grasslands cycle and saying they don't is simply brushing away decades of conservation grazing research If cows are required for a conservation of some ecosystems (and I doubt it, sources?), let
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by myshpa 3y ago
Not your mother, not your milk.

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