I’ll keep this short and sweet. Some random guy on the internet compiled together and summarized a bunch of climate research papers analyzing global trends and a bunch of different slow actors that are all going to kick in soon like the permafrost in Russia or the polar ice caps etc.

While I have not yet gone through the sources the author links and quotes extensively, this still has me extremely worried and I think that unless society somehow drastically changes and devotes a significant effort in doing something about it, we’re all going to die within half a century.

I’m sorry for bringing doomerism into a safe space like Beehaw, but I’m scared and I can’t sleep.

Also I’m not going to link the document in question because the author goes on a rant about billionaires and greed, and while I haven’t decided whether or not I agree I’m not sure the tone fits the community.

Sorry again and have a good one !

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    i don’t know if this will help, but technology is advancing at a faster rate every single day. perhaps a potential solution will appear out of these advancements

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        i did not mean it that way, sorry. i was just trying to comfort the person who was in distress. we 100% do need to take action, but its not us as individuals causing it. i personally cannot make the rich stop wanting to get richer and fucking our planet over to milk as much profit as they can. it just sucks all around

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          It isn’t just the rich, just as much as it isn’t a personal responsibility. Both are propaganda meant to distract one side to not take the necessary actions. All the shit the rich produce is what we consume - especially in the West / developed world. The truly poor people are the ones in developing countries that barely have anything at all.