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05-31-2022, 07:34 AM | #911 (permalink) | |
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Pharmaceutical contaminants discovered in South Florida bonefish
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05-31-2022, 05:11 PM | #912 (permalink) |
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That's depressing news. It's worrying that there are so many knock-on effects from pollution that we don't much think about until they turn up in some scientific study.
In a similar way, forest fires are in the news only while they are burning, but that's only part of the story. After the news cycles have moved on to other scandals, the real impact of fires starts to kick in, but those reports are most often local news only:-
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05-31-2022, 05:18 PM | #913 (permalink) |
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Underneath discussions such as this is the now forbidden topic, seldom raised since the 1970s, the population explosion.
If by some miracle the majority of our species began behaving in an ecologically sensible way the mere presence of billions upon billions of our species imagining we can continue to increase in numbers without negative consequences is no more than a delusion. Never mind, the planet is about to take its revenge. Glad I wont be around to see it. |
06-07-2022, 02:45 PM | #914 (permalink) |
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It's a pretty good point if we accept the parasitic nature of capitalism to be inherent to human nature and therefore unchangeable.
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06-07-2022, 04:41 PM | #916 (permalink) |
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Given not everyone is as startlingly erudite as your good self :-
Malthusianism is the idea that population growth is potentially exponential while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear, which eventually reduces living standards to the point of triggering a population die off. |
06-08-2022, 11:04 AM | #917 (permalink) | |
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I only ask because I'm currently reading The Mushroom at the End of the World, and the author suggests that markets alone don't make capitalism, it requires investment. It's a poorly written book (because economists can't write) but the subject matter is interesting, and she's a Left-wing economist endorsed by Adam Tooze so you might enjoy it.
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06-08-2022, 11:29 AM | #918 (permalink) | |
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In the Marxist sense (who has underrated writing style btw).
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06-08-2022, 02:18 PM | #919 (permalink) |
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Well then you might love Mushroom, violence in capitalism is a solid portion of the book.
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06-08-2022, 03:24 PM | #920 (permalink) | |
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These days decreasing birth rates pose a bigger problem than overpopulation in much of the world.... China is going to be extra ****ed because they put in that one child policy largely in reaction to this hype and it backfired. Now they have reversed it and still can't convince most Chinese people to have more than one kid because it's become culturally ingrained |
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