Setting: The year is 2031, and the collapse begins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city already on the edge due to overpopulation, sea level rise, and relentless flooding. What starts here triggers a global chain reaction.

2031 - JuneA Category 5 cyclone devastates Bangladesh, flooding Dhaka and displacing millions. This is the sixth such disaster in five ( Read more... )

Each of AI and Bitcoin consume more energy than a serviceable European country ( Read more... )

For all it's faults, I still think this is the best film of all time. May rewatch it tonight, but I've been listening to ripped CDs, in 2024 ( Read more... )

Divisions among Republicans continue to paralyze the House; we haven't been without a Speaker for this long (three weeks) since the 1850s when the US was about to split in two over whether or not to expand slavery into the Territories ( Read more... )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo4Sqt2Bmag

long ago I was asked, sort of ordered, to write an essay about this video, so, tomorrow I will

seeds were planted

China has ramped up building new coal power plants and last year began construction on 50 gigawatts worth of coal power.

"If she were to avoid the enormous costs of a full-scale occupation, [major power] needed a cooperative local authority to collaborate with them."

yeah, you're right, responsibility laps at me like a lost pet's tongue,

laps me, like a faster runner,

lapses me,

collapses me,

this week's mantra became: "I can't do everything!"

So I stopped trying, and my world didn't end.

concern about climate change does not automatically translate into lifestyle changesIt's that "collective irresponsibility" problem I've mentioned before -- your own behaviors aren't enough to fix the climate, and you receive zero positive reinforcement from the environment with respect to your own behaviors. No matter what *you* do, the problem ( Read more... )

The last time I looked into carbon offsets, several years ago, there was an international charity that offered "population offsets". Each person, just by being alive, consumes goods and services that result in CO2 emissions -- especially people living in advanced economies like the US. By providing assistance to women who need contraception or ( Read more... )