It Is Simply Not Sustainable

[livi]

Man has nothing to do with the global temperature.

Although I wish we did. I could surely use a bit of warming around my parts.

[RWebb]

which man?

[brainz01]

Originally Posted by livi

Man has nothing to do with the global temperature.



Although I wish we did. I could surely use a bit of warming around my parts.

But a 16 year old girl got really emotional and told me it was true. I don't know who to outsource my thinking to any more...

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by livi

Man has nothing to do with the global temperature.

Although I wish we did. I could surely use a bit of warming around my parts.

It’s comforting in a way to think we are f#&ked and there is nothing we can do about it. No need to even try.

You just need some wool underwear to keep you parts warm.

[pmax]

Don't miss this !

A potentially hazardous asteroid that’s big enough to trigger a nuclear winter and mass extinction events on Earth following a collision will intersect the planet’s path this weekend. According to the data collected by NASA, the approaching asteroid is larger than the tallest man-made structure in the world.

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has identified the incoming asteroid as 163373 (2002 PZ39). As indicated in CNEOS’ database, this asteroid is currently traveling toward Earth at a speed of almost 34,000 miles per hour.

...

Since 163373 (2002 PZ39) follows an Earth-crossing orbit, it has a chance of colliding with Earth every time it passes the planet.

https://www.ibtimes.com/largest-planet-killer-asteroid-approach-earth-month-arriving-saturday-2921210

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by livi

Man has nothing to do with the global temperature.

Although I wish we did. I could surely use a bit of warming around my parts.

Originally Posted by RWebb

which man?

which parts?

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by pmax

Don't miss this !

Good news! No need to worry about Coronavirus with an asteroid hit.

[pmax]

Yup, it will be that close to the end of any sustainability worries !

[wayner]

Tabs
You haven't been keeping up with what is going on in places like North Dakota have you?

[MRM]

What specifically about North Dakota? The fact that it's mindnumbingly cold? Or that new technology allowed development of the Bakken oil field which extended the proven commercial reserves of oil and gas by orders of magnitude and that the flow of natural gas from the Bakken and similar fracking zones in Texas lead to cheap, clean natural as that is primarily responsible for reducing the US' carbon emissions beyond any potential treaty's goals and more than any other industrialized country in recent years?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/thank-fracking-for-continued-decreases-in-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions

It's almost as if humans respond to incentive and develop new technologies that address threats to humanity and result in ever-increasing standards of living. When Bill Clinton too office he had the resources of the entire government at his disposal. But he had less access to accurate information than a 12 year old with a smart phone hap less than 25 years later.

[RWebb]

mindnumbingly cold compared to Minnesota??

[MRM]

Minnesota has only the second worst winters of the Lower 48 States. Our neighbors to the northwest have it even worse.

Does Minnesota really have the worst winters in the country? - StarTribune.com

[brainz01]

Originally Posted by MRM

What specifically about North Dakota? The fact that it's mindnumbingly cold? Or that new technology allowed development of the Bakken oil field which extended the proven commercial reserves of oil and gas by orders of magnitude and that the flow of natural gas from the Bakken and similar fracking zones in Texas lead to cheap, clean natural as that is primarily responsible for reducing the US' carbon emissions beyond any potential treaty's goals and more than any other industrialized country in recent years?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/thank-fracking-for-continued-decreases-in-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions

It's almost as if humans respond to incentive and develop new technologies that address threats to humanity and result in ever-increasing standards of living. When Bill Clinton too office he had the resources of the entire government at his disposal. But he had less access to accurate information than a 12 year old with a smart phone hap less than 25 years later.

Careful. With truth and logic like this you're just asking to be deplatformed and labeled a climate denier. Or maybe a racist. Or a Nazi. SMH

[wayner]

MRM, yes, that...

[Rodsrsr]

So just how many humans can the planet sustain? There must be a limit and some have guessed around 11 Billion. That's the max number of people the planet can physically sustain, taking into account the amount of space needed for crops and animals. We are currently around 7.8 Billion.

I believe this may be the greatest threat, simply too many people. If you want to reduce the carbon footprint we may just need to reduce the number of footprints....

Ultimately nature may do this on its own if we don't start planning and if that happens it wont be pretty.

[wayner]

The earth is too crowded for me...

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by tabs

However this increase in world civilization is not sustainable, because the world has reached or is about to reach Peak Oil Production.
Wavy

You'll be long dead before it's an issue.
12 years later, it's the same drivel
Stop wasting your already wasted life.

Hilarious that since the OP,
the United States is the top oil-producing country in the world.
LMAO !

[Rodsrsr]

Originally Posted by wayner

The earth is too crowded for me...

The issue isn’t the number of people. If a space to provide shelter is all we were focusing on, there is enough room for all of us. The trouble begins when we start measuring the ecological footprint of this burgeoning population – the amount of biologically productive land and water a person requires for producing the resources it consumes.

Interesting short video here.

https://youtu.be/WGcE3ZWBjfo

[pmax]

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Mark this date though 2091-Aug-11 19:51 Earth 0.0140395786507523

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by Rodsrsr

So just how many humans can the planet sustain? There must be a limit and some have guessed around 11 Billion. That's the max number of people the planet can physically sustain, taking into account the amount of space needed for crops and animals. We are currently around 7.8 Billion.

I believe this may be the greatest threat, simply too many people. If you want to reduce the carbon footprint we may just need to reduce the number of footprints....

Ultimately nature may do this on its own if we don't start planning and if that happens it wont be pretty.

Back in the late 1900's my biochemist high school classmate/college roommate would occasionally talk about the horror of some kind of weird new flu-like virus that could pop up in the most populatd part of the planet. Said new virus could have an undetectable incubation period in the host who is infectious for a week or two before they show signs or symptoms. Maybe that virus would be able to survive in the environment for not minutes, nor hours nor days but possibly weeks. No known cure.

Then we'd usually go out for beers.