Failure to cut emissions will ‘consign humanity to disasters they are unable to adapt to’, report says
In the 20 years I have been in the deep in with this, I’ve come to realise that societal collapse (sooner rather then later) might be the last hope we have as that will slow fossil fuel use considerably.
I saw a video with emeritus Prof Bill McGuire that suggested the same thing
I’m not afraid of death. I’m afraid of suffering and dying slowly in a drawn out way from hunger or general societal collapse… while also seeing the ones I love slowly perish, afraid and in agony. If that doesn’t scare you, you are more metal than me at least. Congrats!
I absolutely, completely understand that, and feel the same way. I think I do not explain things well. In my culture, we take a very long-term look at collapse. We are animistic and hold that civilization was the wrong path for humanity to take (there is actually a really good book that is somewhat in line with how we think called “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn). While we will be very sad for the pain and suffering that happens, the long-term situation for the planet and all who dwell on it, human and non-human alike, will be far, far better than with civilization on it.
That being said, we are also a religious minority in a country whose dominant cultural group hates us and mistreats us and has been doing so for centuries. We are also neighbored by a nuclear-armed country that hates our country and will most certainly use their nuclear arsenal against all of us here as soon as collapse begins to accelerate. I and my loved ones will die either very quickly or very, very slowly and painfully.
What culture is that?