This may turn in to an unprecedented tragedy for the environment. Every calf counts in a population less than 80, especially since there hasn't been a new birth in 3 years. Not only that but we could lose one of the last breeding females as she expends the rest of her energy to retrieve her calf and protect it.
The starving Orca population outside of Seattle highlights a collapsing worldwide ecosystem. It's more than CO2 vs. a warming planet; it's the total sum of mankind's effect on the environment. In this case dammed rivers stopping salmon runs; combined with amusement parks like Seaworld taking dozens of breeding Orcas out of the population.
IMO decentralized nuclear with geothermal seems to be the best option for the energy needs of humanity. Regardless, Earth overshoot day continues to happen sooner and sooner. It may not happen in our lifetimes, but your kids and kid's kids are doomed
>Insect populations down between 40-80% depending on region >Riparian habitat reduced by 80-90% >Wild vertebrae populations down 40% or more >Ocean acidification killing a primary resource that many hundreds of millions rely on >Manmade oceanic hypoxic zones (Fertilizer run off in the Gulf of Mexico) >Ocean populations dwindling below 50% >Ground water supply drying up in many areas - what's left is severely polluted >Extreme droughts & wildfires getting larger and more common >Loss of arable land to suburban sprawl and overcropping (dust bowl in California calcifying soil) >Permafrost melt revealing massive methane geysers >Weakening Siberian jet stream causing glacial melt and massive cold fronts below the 45th parallel >Clearcut logging depleting soil nutrients, within decades trees will no longer be a viable crop >Phosphorus crisis - we have ≈40 years left of P. All life requires phosphorus, once we're out we're done. All of us >Sulfites from factory pollution are reflecting solar rays back in to space artificially cooling the planet. If we stop polluting then the sulfite levels in the atmosphere will drop causing an immediate spike in average temperatures by 1-2°C >Inorganic fertilizer dependency creating massive pollution issues by killing soil and mesoclimates (1 ton of inorganic N requires 2 tons of oil to produce) >The meat industry is responsible for nearly 60% of GHG emissions, and consumes nearly 55% of food production
We're actively in the 6th mass extinction by all scientific definitions; yet society has no inclination to stopping. Consumerism spurred by capitalism exacerbates the situation. Yet we still do our regular 9-5 routine like nothing is wrong. Fuck ISIS and all that jazz, the greatest threat to mankind is a collapsing environment
Nobody gives a fuck about your environmental pseudoscience. Earth is warming? So what? I have AC and always wanted to visit Antarctica in a boat. Who gives a fuck about all the coastal cities? Let the oceans rise and let the shit people die.
Connor Moore
>not having orcas will fuck us lmfao
John Anderson
fuck killer whales i would shoot one point blank with a 12 gauge and feel no remorse. What they do to baby seals, yeah fuck orcas
Connor Williams
and it seems even whale species have crazy bitches among them
Jeremiah Williams
Like I said - this is beyond a warming planet. Take the phosphorus crisis for example, we're going to have a hard time without ATP
Adrian Perry
>chinks go into ocean >kills your protected species ter-her, rite marn!
Jaxson Wright
Nature is the collective canary in the mine. Shit is dying around us and we should pay attention
Brody Roberts
Why should I care?
Nathan Mitchell
Silly goyim, we need more migrants in order to sustain population growth
Jordan Williams
Well; if you don't plan on having kids the c'est la vie, but if you are or already do then you should care for their sake
Eli Evans
>Tahlequah why do leafs let niggers name their fauna?
Logan Bennett
lul - I'm sure it's more Indian than negro
John Hughes
only way to save the environment at this point is to eliminate all 3rd worlders. you ok with that?
Btw no matter how much you spew your liberal bullshit, china/india/Africa will never play ball. You are blaming "us" when "we" are already the lowest polluters on the planet.
The only way to step back from the brink is total genocide of third world polluting shitholes which make nothing but garbage human and otherwise.
Sound like something that's going to happen? Nope.
So you had better learn to surf the Kali Yuga, dumb nigger. We are all going for a ride.
Jeremiah Perez
>the sea niggers are all dying off DAY OF THE NET N O W
>"working to support yourself is, like, just wrong, man..." >"y'all should just fuckin' ignore ISIS. They ain't doing any harm..." Fuck off you shit-stained fedora faggot.
Sebastian Lee
there are only orcas in the wild? whut?
Hunter Gomez
Not sure how the problem is solving itself - but I'll see you down at Arizona Bay
See Sure thing buddy, I've actually shot camel jockeys you armchair commando
There are centuries of inorganic phosphate left, and that's not considering that more is constantly being surfaced by tectonic activity. More importantly, when mining becomes too inefficient to continue, we'll just go back to using manure.
Christopher Jackson
>I AM LITERALLY SOBBING WHY DID YOU DO THIS DRUMPFKINS VAGINA POWER BITCH This is why no one takes you seriously.
The sobbing quote is from the biologist interviewed - get over yourself.
>More importantly, when mining becomes too inefficient to continue, we'll just go back to using manure.
That would be fantastic, but we need to start the cultural shift now which includes composting, humanure, growing your own food, co-ops, community gardens, etc
“Alright then,” answered the cabin boy. “These issues are not petty and trivial. Kicking the dog is cruel and brutal and it is humiliating to be called a fruit. But in comparison to our real problem — in comparison to the fact that the ship is still heading north — your grievances are petty and trivial, because if we don’t get this ship turned around soon, we’re all going to drown.”
“Fascist!” said the professor.
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Joseph Gutierrez
Decentralized reduces the load on any one reactor and makes maintenance easier. While agree nuclear can be deadly - it can also be our saving grace youtube.com/watch?v=LZXUR4z2P9w
