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Geoffrey Deihl's avatar

This well expresses some of what I feel, however, I am old enough to have lived a full life. I will not live as long as my parents with the impending collapse of oil, agriculture, and supply chains, but that's okay. However, the reality of the suffering and violence those endure from collapse of this artificially pumped up civilization bothers me a lot. My daughter, just in her early 20s, is likely to have a shortened, difficult life. I also wonder if our species will survive at all, not that it matters in the great scheme of things. Climate change could make agriculture untenable, and wipe out the last stragglers trying to adapt. Every species eventually outstrips its resources and ends in collapse. Too bad just a few of us have recognized this and been unable to change the inevitable.

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Gus Schellekens's avatar

Good to see some honest writing on this point emerging alongside other sources. Hopefully this will encourage a tipping point in thinking by society on what is acceptable going forward.

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