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the world is not gonna end because we have renewable energy.
The world will end soon due to nuclear war
I still don’t think nuclear war is quite as likely as we picture.
You ever see the clip of two dogs barking at each other through fences? Then the fence opens and they go super-tame?
Cowardly despots like threatening action, and sending action out long-distance. But they piss their pants about any action that might come anywhere close to them, and there are no fully effective nuclear defense strategies.
I don't understand the downvotes I'm getting.
I DON'T WANT a nuclear war, but there are crazy people in the government & in the military who think they can win a nuclear war.
I hate to burst your bubble, especially in a thread like this.
I'm really sorry.
90% of earths topsoil is at risk of depletion by 2050 That's what all the food grows in btw and without arable land, there is no way to feed 8+ billion people.
Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030 and without fresh water, we can't support 8+ billion people.
Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity.
Global carbon emissions are still rising
The latest CFSv2 model runs now show the Nino 3.4 SST anomaly forecast peaking at 4.10°C in November.
The arctic sea ice extent is declining rapidly and we're likely headed into a Blue Ocean Event later this year, and potentially a double BOE depending on how the El Nino and summer in the southern hemisphere go.
June 2026 came in as the second warmest on record since 1940 at 1.39°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, second only to 2024 at 1.50°C above the baseline?
The world is likely to exceed a key global warming target soon but the earths alebedo with the declining sea ice and lack of cloud cover will impact these numbers massively and isn't being predicted for, which means that 4.5c above the baseline by 2060 is now possible.?
You must be fun at parties. This is a post about hope not doomer thoughts.
Which is why I apologised and spoilered it.
Plus it's considered a bit of a dick move if you know terrible things are going to happen and you don't try to educate and warn people who believe misinformation.
I'm a joy at parties, it's hard not to be when you bring enough mdma to share.
So in good news, we still have mdma
literally in a hope posting thread 🙄
Seeing someone stake their hopes on misinformation and doing nothing, is a worse social crime than someone politely telling them otherwise, apologising for the bad news, and spoiler tagging the truth so the thread isn't hogged with it.
Feel free to object but I'm pretty sure that doing so makes you a bit of a shitty person.
what about their post indicates they are doing "nothing?"
What about posting doomer shit in a hope thread is "polite?"
What about me pointing that out makes me a "shitty person?"
OryxAndCake, shut the fuck up. fucking doublin' down dumbass.
You've misread me. I'll try to be clearer.
Person 1 seeing person 2 stake their hopes on misinformation, and person 1 doing nothing to rectify person 2's understanding, is a worse social crime than person 3 politely telling person 2 they were misinformed, apologising for the bad news, and spoiler tagging the truth so the thread isn’t hogged with it.
My apology and use of the spoiler tag made this polite.
You deciding to read me in the worst possible light and/or believing that someone staking hopes on misinformation should be left in the dark, is what would make you a shitty person.
Please let me know if you need further clarifications.