• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Yes, but without fossil fuel inputs humanity couldn’t sustain 8 billion people, renewable energy or not.

    My point is that humanity is heading into a foundational tree chipper. Don’t you think we’re already seeing signs of unraveling?

    Of course humanity can survive on renewable energy, that’s how we built the Pyramids, but those civilizations didn’t have 8 billion people shopping on Aliexpress or spray cheese on nachos to watch the football game.

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      2 days ago

      I also agree with you that it’s unraveling. But that’s why’d I’d rather try to adapt now and face the reality than pretend I can have Amazon Prime and not participate in killing life on Earth.

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        Oh, agree. But how many people do you think we can sustain your way globally in the coming decades? We are projected to reach 10 billion by 2050 by some estimates.