People under appreciate how complex the life of animals is. I think people should pay attention to birds and animals around them more, they can amaze you sometimes.
And politically? Monopolies, and their lobbying. And not in a hypothetical sense. Look at samsung in south Korea and IndiGo flight incident recently in India, monopolies literally hold their Countries hostage and leaders look powerless against them.
The oil crisis. Soon there will be no oil left in a lot of countries. This is much worse than anyone thinks. Seems to be toned way down, because they all thought the war would be over in 2 weeks.
The real thing with the oil crisis, is the lack of cheap oil look how we're already strugling with petrol above 2 EUR a litter. Politicians need to to massive investment in low-carbon energy source and public transport, and eco-friendly building, because if not people won't afford driving to work or heating their home.
Gaza, The Takeover of Palestine, the constant attacks on Lebanon, the not so sudden spike and hostility of the, statistically, most psychotic "country" in the world
I second this. The fact that this is not discussed or brought up more often then it should is quite alarming. Even with the number of photo and video evidences and social media that are avaliable, there are people who cannot make a rational conclusion that something terribly wrong is happening at those places.
We are using up the remaining supplies of cheap and readily available energy sources.
I've seen a lecture where somebody said that if you add one more zero on the end of your cumulated sum to you energy bill this will be your future bill.
Specifically I've heard that about the Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI) which is the oil and gas industry's equivalent to Levellized Cost Of Electricity (LCOE)
for reference the spindle top formation in Texas (that started the oil boom and kicked industrialization into high gear) was an EROEI of 100:1. You burn a barrel of energy, get 100 barrels.
Nowadays things are far more bleak... Our average EROEI is around 12-14 as a global average. Tar sands is 2-4. Shale oil (fracking) isn't much better at around 4-6, sometimes less.
As an aside on why fracking is so low: you put a loooot of energy into drilling and banging, and then you lose 70% of your flow after a year. 2 years after drilling the well is dead and you need to do it all over again.
A lot of economists (and other experts) have placed a point of no return for the world economy around an EROEI of 7, which we should reach in roughly 10-15 years.
Once energy returns get that low the oil industry exists to support the oil industry. There isn't enough surplus energy to run a complex globalized nation. It's a bit like starvation when all we've known is a surplus of calories for 200 years.
The oil industry already only exists to support the oil industry, if I recall the majority of fuel usage is just moving oil and fuel around. Renewables are ready to replace oil, but greedy people are refusing to let go while they squeeze every last profit.
Well when it hits 7 I mean they literally have no spare energy for anyone or anything else.
The death of the petrodollar will do a lot to encourage renewables. When you don't have the US breathing down your neck to buy oil in USD to support their empire you can buy it with whatever currency you want and decarbonize. The current world order and its financial system is what's kept us on fossil fuels for so long. You literally couldn't get off of them meaningfully or you would piss off the US. Any attempt to change that system was met with arrest, revolution, or death for those who suggested it.
Sounds like they should be doing some materials R&D while switching to renewable energy and conserving oil for materials. Imagine if we actually worked to solve problems instead of make profit.
Battery density and transmission loss, that's the name of the game. Materials science for sure.
I was also pointing out that, as long as people want to fly planes or ship good across oceans, we have nothing close to the energy density of the various fuels used.
But everything else need to be going as green as possible as soon as possible.
This. And we are using remaining supplies of fertilizers as well (fossil sources of minerals) too, and pooping them into the rivers and oceans.
So many one-way processes in our way of living.
Many lower/smaller animals are going extinct. We only hear about the big majestic ones.
Insects. Reptiles. Amphibians. Birds. Fish.
All decreasing in numbers.
Monarch butterflies decreased by 90% in the last decade.
90%!
When is the last time you saw a frog outside just around?
When is the last time you saw a giant moth.?
Pesticides are largely to blame. Insects and the animals that eat them are declining fast. Faster than people are realizing. Runnoff of pesticides and fertilizers poison fresh water.
The Holocene or Anthropocene extinction[3][4] is an ongoing extinction event caused by human activity during the current geological epoch,[5][6] impacting diverse families of plants[7][8][9] and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,[10] fish, and invertebrates, as well as both terrestrial and marine species.[11] It is sometimes also called the sixth extinction[12][13][14][15] (though this can also describe the Capitanian[16]).
33 Comments
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 37 pts · 99d
The abolition of boredom and what it's doing to kids' psyches.
sunbeam60@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 98d
Ah there’s definitely attention on this, through the attention on screen time.
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 98d
That's indirect. Not all screen time is entertaining, and not all entertainment is screen time.
But digital devices are by far the most effective at endless entertainment.
Micromot@piefed.social · 30 pts · 99d
The Biodiversity crisis and climate change effects. The topic has dies pretty quickly after 2022 and now every major country is chasing profit again.
cinoreus@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 99d
People under appreciate how complex the life of animals is. I think people should pay attention to birds and animals around them more, they can amaze you sometimes.
And politically? Monopolies, and their lobbying. And not in a hypothetical sense. Look at samsung in south Korea and IndiGo flight incident recently in India, monopolies literally hold their Countries hostage and leaders look powerless against them.
MrSelfDestruct@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 99d
When you pay attention to nature, you see how in sync everything is.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 99d
They can't hold it hostage if they are essentially the country.
jdr@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 98d
Chaebol, Zaibatsu, Tech Giant
Greg@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 99d
Decline in insect populations
Bullerfar@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 99d
The oil crisis. Soon there will be no oil left in a lot of countries. This is much worse than anyone thinks. Seems to be toned way down, because they all thought the war would be over in 2 weeks.
Ziggurat@jlai.lu · 14 pts · 99d
The real thing with the oil crisis, is the lack of cheap oil look how we're already strugling with petrol above 2 EUR a litter. Politicians need to to massive investment in low-carbon energy source and public transport, and eco-friendly building, because if not people won't afford driving to work or heating their home.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 98d
Please don't speak for the world. The only idiots who thought the Iran attack would be over in two weeks were in Washington.
TiredTiger@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 98d
And Tel Aviv.
Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 99d
Solrac@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 98d
Gaza, The Takeover of Palestine, the constant attacks on Lebanon, the not so sudden spike and hostility of the, statistically, most psychotic "country" in the world
ChickenZenphyre@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
I second this. The fact that this is not discussed or brought up more often then it should is quite alarming. Even with the number of photo and video evidences and social media that are avaliable, there are people who cannot make a rational conclusion that something terribly wrong is happening at those places.
jdr@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 99d
Me
Aralakh@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 98d
🫂
xelar@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 98d
We are using up the remaining supplies of cheap and readily available energy sources.
I've seen a lecture where somebody said that if you add one more zero on the end of your cumulated sum to you energy bill this will be your future bill.
iocase@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 98d
Specifically I've heard that about the Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI) which is the oil and gas industry's equivalent to Levellized Cost Of Electricity (LCOE)
for reference the spindle top formation in Texas (that started the oil boom and kicked industrialization into high gear) was an EROEI of 100:1. You burn a barrel of energy, get 100 barrels.
Nowadays things are far more bleak... Our average EROEI is around 12-14 as a global average. Tar sands is 2-4. Shale oil (fracking) isn't much better at around 4-6, sometimes less.
As an aside on why fracking is so low: you put a loooot of energy into drilling and banging, and then you lose 70% of your flow after a year. 2 years after drilling the well is dead and you need to do it all over again.
A lot of economists (and other experts) have placed a point of no return for the world economy around an EROEI of 7, which we should reach in roughly 10-15 years.
Once energy returns get that low the oil industry exists to support the oil industry. There isn't enough surplus energy to run a complex globalized nation. It's a bit like starvation when all we've known is a surplus of calories for 200 years.
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 98d
The oil industry already only exists to support the oil industry, if I recall the majority of fuel usage is just moving oil and fuel around. Renewables are ready to replace oil, but greedy people are refusing to let go while they squeeze every last profit.
iocase@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 98d
Well when it hits 7 I mean they literally have no spare energy for anyone or anything else.
The death of the petrodollar will do a lot to encourage renewables. When you don't have the US breathing down your neck to buy oil in USD to support their empire you can buy it with whatever currency you want and decarbonize. The current world order and its financial system is what's kept us on fossil fuels for so long. You literally couldn't get off of them meaningfully or you would piss off the US. Any attempt to change that system was met with arrest, revolution, or death for those who suggested it.
RecursiveParadox@piefed.social · 1 pts · 95d
The thing is we still need carbon heavy fuel for fertilizers, medical plastics, chip making etc.
Not to mention oceangoing ships and airplanes. There is no battery on the horizon nearly energy dense enough to make that kind of transport work.
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 95d
Sounds like they should be doing some materials R&D while switching to renewable energy and conserving oil for materials. Imagine if we actually worked to solve problems instead of make profit.
RecursiveParadox@piefed.social · 1 pts · 95d
Battery density and transmission loss, that's the name of the game. Materials science for sure.
I was also pointing out that, as long as people want to fly planes or ship good across oceans, we have nothing close to the energy density of the various fuels used.
But everything else need to be going as green as possible as soon as possible.
myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
This. And we are using remaining supplies of fertilizers as well (fossil sources of minerals) too, and pooping them into the rivers and oceans. So many one-way processes in our way of living.
TiredTiger@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 98d
Covid. I've read studies showing the cumulative effect that repeated infections have on the immune system, and it's not good.
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 98d
The fact that 99% of societies problems can be blamed on capitalism.
heh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d
Religion/fake beliefs driving real decisions is a huge part of it too.
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 95d
Who invented those fake beliefs? Oh capitalists.
heh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
Touché
luthis@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 99d
And also their communities. That's our only strength against the oligarchs
daannii@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
Many lower/smaller animals are going extinct. We only hear about the big majestic ones.
Insects. Reptiles. Amphibians. Birds. Fish.
All decreasing in numbers.
Monarch butterflies decreased by 90% in the last decade.
90%!
When is the last time you saw a frog outside just around?
When is the last time you saw a giant moth.?
Pesticides are largely to blame. Insects and the animals that eat them are declining fast. Faster than people are realizing. Runnoff of pesticides and fertilizers poison fresh water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction
luthis@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 99d
Their breathing.