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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GhostOnTheHalfShell</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p><p>It all became very clear to me, when I read this insightful article about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/overshoot-why-its-already-too-late-to-save-civilization-e834cb4ec694" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/o</span><span class="invisible">vershoot-why-its-already-too-late-to-save-civilization-e834cb4ec694</span></a></p><p>[CW: This is a quintessential article, however, I strongly recommend *not* reading it if you're suffering from a depression, etc.!]</p><p>After further reading and contemplation, I wrote this thread about the the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a> and the quintessential <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondGreenRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondGreenRevolution</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112047709692840344" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1120</span><span class="invisible">47709692840344</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a></p><p>(9/9)</p><p>...That said, there is a lot we could do, apart from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopulationControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopulationControl</span></a>, rethinking building construction (e.g. using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindCatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindCatchers</span></a>*), but first and foremost, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondGreenRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondGreenRevolution</span></a>, using a combination of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Agrivoltaics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agrivoltaics</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaruWaru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaruWaru</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109972629386382918" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1099</span><span class="invisible">72629386382918</span></a></p><p>*<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110624369550177707" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1106</span><span class="invisible">24369550177707</span></a></p><p>//</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a></p><p>(8/9)</p><p>...the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExtinctionLevelEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionLevelEvent</span></a> will most likely not be limited to plants and animals...</p><p>(2) <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/23/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterpunch.org/2022/08/23/is</span><span class="invisible">-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a></p><p>(7/n)</p><p>"...is created this way. There is 👉no substitute.👈 This is why fertilizer prices (and thus, food prices) are getting higher and higher, because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> has gotten so expensive..."</p><p>Instead of using natural gas exclusively for fertilizer production, we are just "firing away"</p><p>Humans have essentially painted themselves into a corner." (1)</p><p>Another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overshoot</span></a> seems hard to avoid. </p><p>This time, the<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a>...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a> </p><p>(6/n)</p><p>"...about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> is [in contrast] that all of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> is already stored inside of it." (1)</p><p>"Is There Enough Metal to Replace <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oil</span></a>?" asked&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobertHunziker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertHunziker</span></a> in 2022.</p><p>"The short answer: No, not even close!" (2)</p><p>And then, there's the food issue:</p><p>"About 👉50% of the world’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> production depends on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizer</span></a>👈 that...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a></p><p>(5/n)</p><p>"...8 billion people is 👉completely dependent on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>👈 such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and natural <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a>."</p><p>"Without plenty of affordable energy, we cannot continue to grow our population or even maintain it."</p><p>"...all this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a> requires another finite resource:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RareEarthMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarthMetals</span></a>. The great thing..."</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a> </p><p>(3/n)</p><p>"...anticipate the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenRevolution</span></a>, which took off in the 1970s.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> began to use new chemical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertilizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizers</span></a> such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phosphorous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phosphorous</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ammonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ammonia</span></a> (which is derived from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a>), and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agrochemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agrochemicals</span></a> such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicides</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;[<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> derivatives]). In addition, they began to use new types of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> equipment that mechanized <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cultivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultivation</span></a> and harvesting.</p><p>But that’s not all. In the past, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a>...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a> </p><p>(2/n)</p><p>"...In an early edition, the preface read:</p><p>“The battle to feed all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> is over. In the 👉1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death👈 in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate.”</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ehrlich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ehrlich</span></a> was [only] wrong because he didn’t..."</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p>*<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overshoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a>*</p><p>(1/n)</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AngloSaxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngloSaxon</span></a> capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> has been its undertaker, b/c <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a>.</p><p>If capitalism hadn't made the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenRevolution</span></a> possible, human society would already have reached the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overshoot</span></a> (1) point at the end of the last century: <br>In 1968, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biologists</span></a> Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;and Anne <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ehrlich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ehrlich</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;wrote the book The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopulationBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopulationBomb</span></a>"...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a></p><p>(1)<br><a href="https://medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/overshoot-why-its-already-too-late-to-save-civilization-e834cb4ec694" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/o</span><span class="invisible">vershoot-why-its-already-too-late-to-save-civilization-e834cb4ec694</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lil_meow_meow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lil_meow_meow</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> has brought humanity to the brink, heating up the globe and creating the illusion that it could be fed. This is called the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a>.<br>Some scientists think that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overshoot</span></a> has already happened:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110521005050210310" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1105</span><span class="invisible">21005050210310</span></a></p><p>I agree, if you throw in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalization</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> to pay for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> and damages. </p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Fischblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Fischblog</span></a></span></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snowshadow</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p><p>This depends on the country (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonBudget</span></a>):</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110723585564071989" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1107</span><span class="invisible">23585564071989</span></a></p><p>Furthermore, there are 9 known <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a> so far (7 here):</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111541294917227129" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1115</span><span class="invisible">41294917227129</span></a></p><p>"Major climate tipping points could be triggered within a decade:"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111541302400354972" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1115</span><span class="invisible">41302400354972</span></a></p><p>But yes, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overshoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overshoot</span></a> already happened. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenRevolution</span></a> created an illusion which led to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhantomCarryingCapacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhantomCarryingCapacity</span></a> of Earth:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110520883025151809" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1105</span><span class="invisible">20883025151809</span></a></p>
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