Although Earth Overshoot Day is still somewhat off (in 2024 it falls on August 1), I’m reposting this old essay of mine nevertheless, as I still find it relevant today.
Working to protect every square inch I can where I live, living slowly and as low impact as I can, and appreciating every day, every tree, every wildflower, every bird.
Thanks. I'm curious about two things. 1) How many people have heard of Earth Overshoot Day? (guesstimate!) and 2) Do you think the invasions by the Ottoman empire into Europe (in 1300's and 1400's) were also an example of "takeover" for access to material resources?
"A week ago, power outages caused by the hurricane pushed over 2 million Texans into the dark during a record-breaking heat wave, seeing heat indexes above 100 degrees Fahrenheit throughout all of last week."
"Northern California’s Stockton and Modesto hit 110 and 108 degrees respectively on Friday, surpassing records set in 1999. Sacramento has also now experienced its highest number of days above 110 degrees in a year. Also last week, temperatures in the Death Valley inched closer to 134 degrees — the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth."
Unprecedented wildfires with more to come
"..wildfires in California have already burned five times the average area for this time of year."
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Death toll rises
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"The number of heat-related deaths this summer continues to climb, with most being reported in California and Oregon. In the past week, at least 28 people died,"
"The takeover of carefully managed ecosystems and their turning into monoculture crops."
You write this as if the indigenous people of the Americas were somehow immune to overshoot, takeover, drawdown, and harmful/destructive ecological processes. One of the most well known examples is that they would burn forests down to encourage the expansion of the prairie as to increase the buffalo population. Is that not takeover? And besides that, there were fights, raids, and wars between tribes since time immemorial. Which, again, is a form of takeover as you have described it. The un-industrialized living of the indigenous people of the Americas was definitely better for the planet and more sustainable, it wasn't some idyllic environmental paradise. They had their own share of issues.
'Intelligence' ... is a huge burden https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/the-dumbest-species-ever
Thank you B🙏
I’m curious what others are doing personally to adjust to this slow moving future reality? Off-grid living? Meditation? Something else?
I am living the very best life I can live. One cannot "adjust" to starvation - one is starving, or not (yet).
Working to protect every square inch I can where I live, living slowly and as low impact as I can, and appreciating every day, every tree, every wildflower, every bird.
Laughing. I love absurdist theater.
One of the best essays about the subject. (and the comments on this site are all worth looking at)
https://un-denial.com/2024/06/13/coping-with-awareness/
Thanks. I'm curious about two things. 1) How many people have heard of Earth Overshoot Day? (guesstimate!) and 2) Do you think the invasions by the Ottoman empire into Europe (in 1300's and 1400's) were also an example of "takeover" for access to material resources?
Buckle up east coasters.
*Welcome to Hell, East Coast*
"A week ago, power outages caused by the hurricane pushed over 2 million Texans into the dark during a record-breaking heat wave, seeing heat indexes above 100 degrees Fahrenheit throughout all of last week."
"Northern California’s Stockton and Modesto hit 110 and 108 degrees respectively on Friday, surpassing records set in 1999. Sacramento has also now experienced its highest number of days above 110 degrees in a year. Also last week, temperatures in the Death Valley inched closer to 134 degrees — the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth."
Unprecedented wildfires with more to come
"..wildfires in California have already burned five times the average area for this time of year."
.
Death toll rises
.
"The number of heat-related deaths this summer continues to climb, with most being reported in California and Oregon. In the past week, at least 28 people died,"
.
https://heatmap.news/climate/summer-2024-heat-east-coast?rxcdsdfsafds=oinniuuh
Test to see how dumb you are:
Videos - Reagan and Trump shootings...
https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/reagan-shooting-vs-trump-shooting
https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/the-trump-shooting-was-staged
Slow motion absolute proof that Biden was NOT shot ...
https://old.bitchute.com/video/srBPRGM3YkrQ/
Great article, but only one complaint.
"The takeover of carefully managed ecosystems and their turning into monoculture crops."
You write this as if the indigenous people of the Americas were somehow immune to overshoot, takeover, drawdown, and harmful/destructive ecological processes. One of the most well known examples is that they would burn forests down to encourage the expansion of the prairie as to increase the buffalo population. Is that not takeover? And besides that, there were fights, raids, and wars between tribes since time immemorial. Which, again, is a form of takeover as you have described it. The un-industrialized living of the indigenous people of the Americas was definitely better for the planet and more sustainable, it wasn't some idyllic environmental paradise. They had their own share of issues.
This Prof. says an AMOC collapse would result in a -40c drop in one century, a fair bit more than your number https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNNW8c_FaA
Other sources say it will vary a lot depending on location (which seems obvious)
A recent study sets the median year to be 2057 https://arxiv.org/html/2406.11738v1 but the cooling effects are buried in unattainable papers
What's our best guess to the cooling effects in Europe if the AMOC collapses? Any help much appreciated.