• N4CHEM@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    2023 is the hottest year ever in record. Everything suggests that it won’t hold that record for long. Why would I bring children to this world to suffer the hell that 2050 will be?

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      1 year ago

      Because at least you are thinking about such problems (unlike too many). I thought similarly back in 1998, many records broken since, we’re still here, now glad my children are too and getting educated, to help society get through this. By the way the original post is from Ireland which may not get so much warmer (depends thermohaline circulation…) - maybe stormier, although much (not all) of europe will still be nice to live in 2050, adaptation may include many people relocating.

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      If your in a developed nation with a decent military then you will be among the last to feel the pain of environmental collapse. Most of the world is what we would consider hellish right now, yet people still find a way to laugh and love. Watch these poor souls recycling electronics in Africa. Watch bald and bankrupt in bengladesh. Most people alive today live like this and it doesn’t stop them from living life. We all adapt to our conditions, its all relative to our individual experience and what we consider “normal” in our lives. Your conditions getting worse shouldnt stop you, as they probably have a long way to go to get down to where most people are at now. Enjoy the ride, fight the collapse, or hail the apacolypse, either way someones gotta be around to do it. But at the end of the day it is your choice and do as you will.

      https://youtu.be/JXDrIvShZKU?si=SJZi6VLNjzPgvVXD

      https://youtu.be/iq_76McFVLo?si=ys1zZE6mUe5LyaWT

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          1 year ago

          Humans and our cultural diversity are part of biodiversity which makes life beautiful, it’s about balance. A longterm goal should be to save more space for other species, but we need educated young people to keep knowledge and tackle the legacy of the mess (among much else) left by their ancestors.

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          1 year ago

          The earth does not care much about climate change, nor about humans. Nature will bounce back eventually. It always did.

          Bringing kids into this world, who are educated and adapted will help humanity, not the earth.