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1. declan+fk[view] [source] 2024-01-27 18:24:31
>>onnnon+(OP)
Weird. I used to worry about climate change and now I don’t. I guess the world has a way of finding its equilibrium.

I do however worry about the accidental introduction of invasive species and diseases, which seems to be accelerating (see: citrus greening disease).

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2. johnea+vO[view] [source] 2024-01-27 21:43:01
>>declan+fk
> Weird. I used to worry about climate change and now I don’t.

That's funny! I was going to start my post with the exact same sentence!

But for a totally different reason: I'm now convinced that there is no stopping the massive destruction of the natural environemnt. A much MUCH bigger problem than that of the climate alone.

I'm not a "doomer", I'm a "realist". It's clear at this point that the world's ownership class is NOT going to allow any significant mitigation of petroleum use.

The situation will continue unabated until all of the worst predictions, and many more not foreseen, come to bear.

So, I've learned to take this in stride, like with gun ownership: most gun deaths in the US are suicide. As more and more gun owners shoot themselves, this is the only mitigation to this crisis.

This will be the same for industrial distruction of our environment, including the climate. The only way it's going to mitigate is when the natural consequences come to bear and destroy a good part of the world population.

Of course, there's always "citrus greening disease" to worry about 8-)

The excuses people are willing to tell themselves will prevent any meaningful responce to the crisis... Thus, the natural consequences will occur...

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3. jes519+yG1[view] [source] 2024-01-28 08:12:22
>>johnea+vO
the impending collapse of cattle farming will cause the majority of agricultural land to return to the wild. This is a larger amount of land than all other human activities combined
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4. 9dev+6I1[view] [source] 2024-01-28 08:33:00
>>jes519+yG1
It would make me jump from pure joy, but what gives you the idea there was a pending collapse of cattle farming?
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5. jes519+pR2[view] [source] 2024-01-28 17:49:54
>>9dev+6I1
precision fermentation and lab-grown meat both exhibit cost curves analogous to Moore’s Law. within the next ten years, they’ll outcompete animal products in many situations. the first domino to fall will be milk-extracts used in processed food products, see startups like “Remilk”
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6. 9dev+1j3[view] [source] 2024-01-28 20:56:46
>>jes519+pR2
Last time I read up on this topic, there were numerous issues that made mass production of vat meat just plain unable to compete with animal meat. Has that really changed?
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7. jes519+FP3[view] [source] 2024-01-29 01:19:04
>>9dev+1j3
it’s really about price and the technological learning curve. Currently it’s expensive, but that won’t be true forever
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