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by gcanyon
812 days ago
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Fossil fuels are becoming less and less necessary to human life, and we have solar and nuclear in pretty reasonable shape to make synthetics as long as we have the raw materials. Sorry, I took "destroying the conditions necessary for our survival on Earth" to mean in general, as in universally. We're certainly not doing that. Just as a rough guess something like 15 percent of the land surface of the Earth is near-completely inhospitable to humans, and we're increasing that by 1-3% per century? (both guesses) I don't find it difficult to imagine 1/3 of the earth's population relocating over the course of a few centuries. I'm an optimist, but I think "everybody will be affected greatly" is pessimistic. Technology and affluence make up for a great deal of negative environment (check out the growth around Phoenix) and the world is becoming more affluent. |
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This is completely wrong. We can't even build renewable infrastructure without fossil fuels right now, by very far. Without fossil fuels, today, big cities simply die because food doesn't get there anymore. Are you seeing electric trucks coming along? I mean not in a pitch for VCs, but in a realistic way, at scale?
> as long as we have the raw materials.
Ever checked the status of raw materials on Earth? :-)
> I don't find it difficult to imagine 1/3 of the earth's population relocating over the course of a few centuries.
You vastly underestimate climate change. Problems are starting right now, and the time scale is rather decades than centuries. Not to mention that it's not "planned relocation" where we organize it over a few centuries: when people start moving, they will move massively. At that point it will result in global instability and wars. Imagine whole countries emigrating... with their military.
> but I think "everybody will be affected greatly" is pessimistic.
From my point of view, not even realizing that we have a problem now is making things worse (because we need to act really badly).