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In reply to the discussion: What class do you dislike the most in JrHigh or Senior High. Mine was Chemistry. I could not for the life of me master [View all]PufPuf23
(8,908 posts)We disagree about the morality of current human use of nuclear energy. Not saying there are no beneficial uses nor new technologies nor a future of nuclear energy. As a species, if humans bomb nuclear energy facilities and threaten use of nuclear weapons, the human species is not ready to depend on nuclear power to support human populations.
Most of the solutions I see proposed to get humanity out of the environmental dilemma look to dig deeper holes. Saw that back in the 1970s. Agriculture is a good example. Tend to see everything as impact on soils. Soils are life.
More energy and cheaper energy to maintain or expand human footprint on Earth does not work. Just expands humanity to new limits in destruction of our own habitat.
A massive reduction in human population and footprint does work. Not talking eugenics or anything more than a gradual drawdown of population with more of Earth dedicated to nature. The population reduction will occur whether by pandemic or war or whatever. The race is between population decline in a human caused rational and kind manner or what is imposed by nature; basically population ecology. I see the extinction event even more serious than climate change and interrelated. Humanity is in trouble. Or maybe I am old and sick. Or both.