“Polluters do not deserve to live. That’s the first thing children are taught: Do not foul the life system.” from “Touchdown” by Nancy Kress
Category: environment
Aug 26 2023
Too stupid to live
Forest fires and heat waves all over the planet, so we need all the trees we have to absorb the CO2 that’s causing the forementioned forest fires and heat waves, and this guy cut down godknows how many trees then set fire to them in order to provide meat for those who still eat it …
Jun 12 2023
Great bit from The Onion
https://www.theonion.com/raid-recalls-entire-line-of-insecticide-after-realizing-1828656335
Jan 31 2023
And again, and again …
“… highest population density” (p57, Climate Wars, Harald Welzer) should read “… highest frequency of men fucking women”. “a dramatic rise in population figures” (p63, ditto) should read “a dramatic rise in men fucking women”. I see this again and again and again … This stork/cabbage patch theory of the origin of life. It’s like …
Jan 31 2023
from Climate Wars, Harald Welzer
“If one were to imagine the ‘go on as usual’ strategy at the level of individuals, one would immediately think of a sociopath who has no problem consuming seventy times more than anyone else while largely relying on their raw materials — or someone who uses fifteen times more energy, water and food than the …
Jan 17 2023
Arthur Jeon’s novel, Snowflake — a must read
Snowflake (Arthur Jeon) should have been published by a major publisher and promoted with a huge budget, and it should be on every bestseller list by now. That it wasn’t and it’s not proves Ben’s point. Some excerpts below … [Author’s note: “The media headlines, tweets, and quotes are authentic. And, as of 2020, …
Dec 15 2022
Another reason to hate men
Another reason to hate men: “By 2050 at the latest, and ideally before 2040, we must have stopped emitting more greenhouse gases [typically caused by the burning of fossil fuels] into the atmosphere than Earth can naturally absorb through its ecosystems (a balance known as net-zero emissions or carbon neutrality). In order to get to …
Nov 19 2022
from Joel Bakan’s The New Corporation
“There are no limits in the [Paris] accord on continued exploration and drilling or on tar sands exploration (which experts say could alone defeat Paris targets), pipeline construction, or hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). The accord contains no legally binding emission targets, no timeline for emission reductions, no enforcement mechanisms, no concrete regulatory proposals, and no plans …
Oct 16 2022
Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future. A MUST READ.
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson should be required reading for everyone. In particular, for those with economic and political power (send a copy to the people of your choice!). “Easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism …” p25 And that’s the problem. “Looking into plans …
Feb 19 2022
about the truckers’ protest
If this is what (some) Canadians do when they have to wear a mask, imagine what’s going to happen when the consequences of global warming really start to hit us, when … they have to stand in line not just for toilet paper, but for food – because, due to the increasing droughts, the loss of …
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