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In reply to the discussion: Earth 'well outside safe operating space for humanity', scientists find [View all]Snooper9
(484 posts)58. not to mention the trash
India's Ganges River is a paradox: The mighty river's tributaries are cool, Himalayan-glacier fed springs. But where the river meets Indian subcontinent's highly populated cities, and pours out into the Bay of Bengal, the water goes from crystal clear to trash-and sewage-infested sludge.
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A worker clears rubbish from the Yellow River, where a survey of sewers is to be carried out to identify sources of pollution. Photo: AP
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Earth 'well outside safe operating space for humanity', scientists find [View all]
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
OP
The start of the Western Industrial Revolution was the start of the bullet about to hit the fan!
Alexander Of Assyria
Sep 2023
#7
Yet overpopulation in less-developed countries is currently less of a problem than the greed of
housecat
Sep 2023
#27
If I buy a product manufactured in China because it's cheap who is responsible for the emissions?
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#34
Good point. Maybe we should have two separate conversations-- one around overpopulation and one
housecat
Sep 2023
#38
Sure when parents drive around and don't go anywhere -- whenn anyone does that
housecat
Sep 2023
#43
Okay maybe industrialized is the wrong term. But China and India, two overpopulated AND industrial
housecat
Sep 2023
#35
And US per capita emissions are greater than the citizens of either nation
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#36
Much like The Thames in the Industrial Revolution, the West can help with this also!
Alexander Of Assyria
Sep 2023
#68
If US mines export their coal to China who is responsible for the resulting emissions?
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#45
In the end the danger comes down to pollution. If we get a handle on that it can buy us time to
cstanleytech
Sep 2023
#52
It is true that "the whole of modern civilization arose after the last ice age during the Holocene,
Martin68
Sep 2023
#57
I think if you read it carefully, it addresses the effects on "society" and "civilization" in terms
Martin68
Sep 2023
#66
But you are positing an advanced technological solution. I am suggesting a return to small hunter-
Martin68
Sep 2023
#72
Global Weirding - The easiest ways to fix climate change is population control and going vegan - ...
OKIsItJustMe
Sep 2023
#71