Earth's Former Glory

This is an answer to a topical question I was given, anyone who's interested, let me know what you think.

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It only feels like yesterday that I could look out of my bedroom window and see the birds fly in formation in the clear, blue sky. The elegance of the greenery which spread out over the landscape, which once filled my view can no longer be seen. As I look out of my spacecraft window, the once green continents are now brown heaps of waste. The once blue seas are more of a black, grey colour. Today I say goodbye to the now disfigured landscape for the last time.

This planet, which I used to call home, has ingraned memories in my mind which will last forever. The beauty of the fauna in the Japanese gardens, the brilliance of Africa's wildlife, the transparency of central america's tropical waters and the breathtaking wonders of the world will never leave me. Mother nature's creation of 26,000 feet mountain ranges and whales longer than 2 buses will always live on as some of the most fascinating features this once beautiful earth once was a home to. I feel I will never witness anything of this nature again.

Our home has been obliterated by it's own inhabitants. In the pursuit of non-functional wants and desires, we have destroyed the very ground we stand on. We have impurified the air we breathe. We followed the garden path of eternal economic growth, business development and profit. The system which we so quickly embraced has inadvertently lead to the destruction of our planet - the system of greed. In the quest for supernormal profits, we have become engulfed in material needs and wants. One car is not enough and one pair of shoes is inadequate. For myself, my country was never enough. Cheap flights to beautiful destinations blinded me from the bigger picture. I sheltered under the crowd mentality, convincing myself that I was just another small contributer to aggregate carbon emissions.

In a sense, I may have been right. We gave awards to people who advocated for the maintenance of a system of greed. We gifted people with profits when they invented ways for us to get from place in a shorter period of time. We rewarded employees who produced a greater output than necessary. We always wanted more.

As my spacecraft burns the last remaining fossil fuels on earth and propells me to a world unknown, I cannot help but feel ashamed and guilty of our actions. Under the illusion of progress and growth, we embraced hyper-consumerim and all it's short term luxuries and pleasantries. As we flee the toxic dump of planet earth, we now finally come to terms with the true externalities of our actions. We have no air to breathe, no water to drink and no land to farm - we have no place to call home.

Shout out Meek Mill, Rick Ross

Написао Wheelo, 05.12.2019 at 09:43

This is an answer to a topical question I was given, anyone who's interested, let me know what you think.

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It only feels like yesterday that I could look out of my bedroom window and see the birds fly in formation in the clear, blue sky. The elegance of the greenery which spread out over the landscape, which once filled my view can no longer be seen. As I look out of my spacecraft window, the once green continents are now brown heaps of waste. The once blue seas are more of a black, grey colour. Today I say goodbye to the now disfigured landscape for the last time.

This planet, which I used to call home, has ingraned memories in my mind which will last forever. The beauty of the fauna in the Japanese gardens, the brilliance of Africa's wildlife, the transparency of central america's tropical waters and the breathtaking wonders of the world will never leave me. Mother nature's creation of 26,000 feet mountain ranges and whales longer than 2 buses will always live on as some of the most fascinating features this once beautiful earth once was a home to. I feel I will never witness anything of this nature again.

Our home has been obliterated by it's own inhabitants. In the pursuit of non-functional wants and desires, we have destroyed the very ground we stand on. We have impurified the air we breathe. We followed the garden path of eternal economic growth, business development and profit. The system which we so quickly embraced has inadvertently lead to the destruction of our planet - the system of greed. In the quest for supernormal profits, we have become engulfed in material needs and wants. One car is not enough and one pair of shoes is inadequate. For myself, my country was never enough. Cheap flights to beautiful destinations blinded me from the bigger picture. I sheltered under the crowd mentality, convincing myself that I was just another small contributer to aggregate carbon emissions.

In a sense, I may have been right. We gave awards to people who advocated for the maintenance of a system of greed. We gifted people with profits when they invented ways for us to get from place in a shorter period of time. We rewarded employees who produced a greater output than necessary. We always wanted more.

As my spacecraft burns the last remaining fossil fuels on earth and propells me to a world unknown, I cannot help but feel ashamed and guilty of our actions. Under the illusion of progress and growth, we embraced hyper-consumerim and all it's short term luxuries and pleasantries. As we flee the toxic dump of planet earth, we now finally come to terms with the true externalities of our actions. We have no air to breathe, no water to drink and no land to farm - we have no place to call home.

Wasn't moved at all. If you want my honest opinion, you sound like an idiot. Your entire post is based on unfounded speculation. No one knows if the Earth will turn into a "wasteland" because of "eternal economic growth, business development and profit." The exact opposite is equally valid. By enabling free markets, entrepreneurs will create new products based on the scarcity of resources, which would inevitably result in solar panel-like technology, among other things. Likewise, economic development and development in general would result in new solutions to new problems. We've done this for centuries now. Read a history book.

But your post is good writing, for a lady, but that is it.

Написао Tribune Aquila, 05.12.2019 at 14:32

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Sean, with all due respect, you most likely live with your parents and haven't even been subject to this system you seem to inexplicably love. If your parents chucked you out in the morning you'd starve. P.s. shilling capitalism won't make you rich.

I'm not even going to bother refute your conceptual capitalist rhetoric which isn't even relevant to what I've said. Instead I'll let 11,000 scientists speak for themselves:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50302392

Sean spicer vs the world's leading scientists... I wonder who I will believe.

This is all very wishy washy. In my opinion, you've been socially engineered and scaremongered by very powerful groups with ulterior motives that use apocalyptic ecological disaster to create an anxiety that desires a quick fix.

Firstly:

Написао Wheelo, 05.12.2019 at 09:43

We rewarded employees who produced a greater output than necessary.

No, they didn't. Despite massive efficiency and output, workers did not get pay rise compared to inflation or growing costs of living. The bottom 40% still earns the same as they did 40 years ago.

Secondly:
If these fears you have are so apocalyptic. Will you accept policies that would alleviate or even fix these issues:

-Block Immigration to curb growing carbon footprints
-End foreign aid and food aid to third world countries with overpopulation, even if starvation may occur
-Promote nuclear energy which is the most efficient, low carbon energy output we have
-Cutting off trade with polluting nations
-Sanctioning polluting nations

If you think it will be bad as it is, then surely, you'd have no issues with these policies. Most of these pollution does not occur in the West. Most of this occurs in China, India and Africa.

Написао Tribune Aquila, 05.12.2019 at 14:31

By enabling free markets, entrepreneurs will create new products based on the scarcity of resources,

Ha ha ha. Oh boy. If there is any level of scarcity within the already complicated system, it will buckle under the pressure. There wouldn't be any markets. Studies I've read on this show this to be inevitable.

Написао Tribune Aquila, 05.12.2019 at 14:31

which would inevitably result in solar panel-like technology,

Solar power is catabolic. It costs more energy than it creates, as does wind and most other 'alternative' energies. Nuclear is the only viable option.

Написао Tribune Aquila, 05.12.2019 at 14:31

Likewise, economic development and development in general would result in new solutions to new problems. We've done this for centuries now. Read a history book.

Did you forget what happened in those centuries? Revolutions, upheavals, wars, mass violence etc. Maybe you should read a history book.

Написао Wheelo, 05.12.2019 at 14:50

Instead I'll let 11,000 scientists speak for themselves:

This study of scientists tends to be repeated a lot, but few look into it. It doesn't say what question these people were asked or what they actually signed. It's very easy to get people to sign petitions. Are these 'scientists' qualified to answer? I looked at this list and one signature is from Alfred Beebe, a professor of Mathematics. Not exactly the person I'd want to ask about the climate.

These 'climate emergencies' have been floated around for 60 years and they change every decade. Now it's simply dubbed 'Climate Change'. And what are the policy proposals given? Gas taxes, urbanisation etc. They tell Europeans to have less children even though they have the lowest global birthrates.

The solutions I presented would have a major impact on this issue, but they are never presented, because the goal of 'climate fear' isn't addressing this 'climate emergency' but to gain power through policy.

Would you accept the policy proposals I laid out above?

Написао Franz, 05.12.2019 at 12:59

Shout out Meek Mill, Rick Ross

shout out meek mill, IMA BOSS

Shout out Killa, we doing it big as fucc