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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18380 on: 17/03/2021 15:42:49 »
You want to run away?

Where?
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18381 on: 17/03/2021 15:48:51 »
There is nowhere to run. You either do something about this now, or you go extinct. And by now it's almost too late. We won't stop this, we can still mitigate it, avoiding the worst consequences. More nuclear bombs won't solve this, wars won't solve it. Trusting your hierarchies to 'fix' it for you is quite dumb. Demand a democracy today, a real one with equal votes, make sure to inform people about what it means for them if they can't change.

then let us vote on it.

We'll see if stupidity is what defines you.
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18382 on: 17/03/2021 16:05:53 »
Ah f*

you might think that with a more moderate weather in f.ex a region like northern Europe we'll do better? It's true in a way, the worst effects, the migrations and catastrophes will first happen in those countries with a warmer climate, the poorest ones, the ones without infra structures that works, the one with repressive ideologies and religions.

That's the 'water' they grow up in and swim in. And that's where climate crisis first will make itself known. It will lead to wars and migrations. It will also lead to geopolitics, our real politik and international trade worsening. Except your arms sales that will go up.

But it will come to you too, already here in fact. Take a look at this. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/mature-forests-climate-change-warming-shorter-trees/

The study   https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6494/eaaz9463
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18383 on: 17/03/2021 16:08:45 »
It's fascinating to see you without your clothes. In a very dark way. Most of you still think you have them on, don't you?
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18384 on: 17/03/2021 16:18:37 »
Dirty laundry.

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/03/12/green-climate-fund-whistleblowers-urge-us-take-money-elsewhere-toxic-workplace-fixed/


There is this saying 'opportunity makes the thief'. And it fits.
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« Reply #18385 on: 17/03/2021 16:30:53 »
I say this is a result of you choosing and lifting up your role models.
Prove me wrong
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18386 on: 17/03/2021 16:59:02 »
It never ends, does it?
The bad news.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/amazon-rainforest-now-appears-to-be-contributing-to-climate-change
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18387 on: 17/03/2021 17:03:19 »
Nah, considering the way you move today, towards wars and conflicts, 2 chances in 10 might still be too optimistic. You're losing time, you're losing forests, topsoil, water, groundwater. You're losing the very foundation from where to exist. Doesn't matter how good you are with a gun, or how much you talk.
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #18388 on: 17/03/2021 23:40:38 »
In the mean time. " The sword in the stone "
Well, nor really   Japanese, but the sword is straight   

Better use a addbl0cker   https://animekisa.tv/bladedance-of-elementalers-episode-1
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« Reply #18389 on: 18/03/2021 07:25:20 »
We would really like this to be extra-terrestrial wouldn't we? Maybe space travel was a possibility, somewhere around the beginning of the universe? But the further it expands the less the probability, no matter how many civilizations that might be, or have been. I don't expect anything to be 'faster' than lights speed in a vacuum. It's one of the pillars of our science today, physics and relativity builds on it. You would need new physics for it to become true. Combining that with time dilation's may state that you could survive a space odyssey but earths civilization should be gone by the time you reach your goal. You would be home less by that time, a hobo in space. So our earth is important to us. It is what allows you to dream. Take it away and you and your dreams will be gone.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/18/space-oddity-oumuamua-probably-shard-of-pluto-like-world-scientists-say
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« Reply #18390 on: 18/03/2021 07:28:35 »
"  Researchers who put a small amount of seaweed into the feed of cattle over the course of five months found that the new diet caused the bovines to belch out 82% less methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.

The finding builds on previous research that showed that seaweed could reduce cows’ methane output over a shorter timespan. “We now have sound evidence that seaweed in cattle diet is effective at reducing greenhouse gases and that the efficacy does not diminish over time,” said Ermias Kebreab, director of the World Food Center and an agricultural scientist at University of California, Davis. "

Kind of illustrates how the game works, doesn't it? Keep the practices that took us here, change the 'fuel'.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/cows-seaweed-methane-emissions-scientists
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« Reply #18391 on: 18/03/2021 07:31:59 »
Real politik

" Russia’s media watchdog has told Twitter to delete the account of an opposition news outlet following threats from Moscow to block the social network entirely if it did not remove “banned content” within a month.

The moves are part of a wider crackdown on social media and the opposition after protests supporting the jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, which were organised via online platforms. "

And profits.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/18/twitter-told-to-delete-russian-oppositions-online-news-content
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« Reply #18392 on: 18/03/2021 07:35:51 »
Here's something funny  "  “For every lieutenant colonel who makes a public resignation, there are hundreds of women and men leaving the institution every year because it’s a violent and unsafe workplace,” she said. “And while she’s incredibly brave for doing so publicly, we often ignore what she’s saying: that it’s a systemic problem.

Without significant structural change, nothing’s going to get fixed.” "

Not the inequality, but the way it catch all unsound practices. It could have been about global warming too.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/17/canada-eleanor-taylor-quits-military-sexual-misconduct-allegations
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« Reply #18393 on: 18/03/2021 07:37:33 »
Real politik

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/17/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-jamal-khashoggi

And President Biden's first failure.
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« Reply #18394 on: 18/03/2021 07:42:42 »
We're the 'crown' of existence right? And animals don't feel pain, right? So we can 'farm' them and nature as we see fit. 'God gave us' this earth to rape, right?

" Using newly digitised logbooks detailing the hunting of sperm whales in the north Pacific, the authors discovered that within just a few years, the strike rate of the whalers’ harpoons fell by 58%. This simple fact leads to an astonishing conclusion: that information about what was happening to them was being collectively shared among the whales, who made vital changes to their behaviour. As their culture made fatal first contact with ours, they learned quickly from their mistakes. "

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/17/sperm-whales-in-19th-century-shared-ship-attack-information
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« Reply #18395 on: 18/03/2021 07:48:51 »
Now, this is a laugh.

"  The study used artificial intelligence to simulate the economic effects of climate change on Standard and Poor’s ratings for 108 countries over the next ten, 30 and 50 years, and by the end of the century.

It found that climate change had the potential to have a bigger impact on credit ratings than the Covid-19 pandemic. If nothing was done to slow the recent trend in greenhouse gas emissions, 63 nations would suffer a downgrade by 2030, compared with the 48 targeted by the ratings agencies since the start of 2020.

Sovereign ratings assess the nations’ creditworthiness and are a key gauge for investors as they weigh up the riskiness of more than $66tn (£48tn) in government debt. There are 20 grades or notches starting with the most prized AAA. Any bond rated below 10 is considered junk. "

That should be about the 'investors' from a alternative earth, investing in ours, shouldn't it? The only way it can come true, because once we are into this downward spiral the game will adjust, looking much the same until it breaks down. We're already there anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/18/uk-us-and-others-face-credit-rating-fall-over-co2-emissions-study

It's about the 'emperors new clothes', and your glasses.
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« Reply #18396 on: 18/03/2021 07:58:43 »
And from the BBC ....  ....   ....

That's the sum of their coverage of our disasters. They're very good at 'human touch' though, and will probably continue to be so to the end.
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« Reply #18397 on: 18/03/2021 08:06:52 »
We won't get out of this game. You need a democracy first.
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« Reply #18398 on: 18/03/2021 08:16:53 »
Here's something else striking me as funny. Combine the way I expect life to flourish everywhere in our universe, as per the foundations we build physics and astronomy on, with a accelerating expansion of space, and what do you get to?

Laboratories testing outcomes, separated from each other. I keep thinking that this is what it is about, layers upon layers creating life, then intelligence. As patterns laid on each other. What we call 'emergence's'

And you could even see it as a 'plan' of sorts. Making sure that nothing can infect those laboratories. Winners and losers, by your own choice.
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« Reply #18399 on: 18/03/2021 08:28:00 »
You could also name it a ultimate definition of what is good versus what is evil. This nursery for life and intelligence you exist in.

A 'test' that you're failing. You don't have the excuse bacteria has, you see it coming.
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