Hi Jessica, if you haven’t already, you may want to look at citrus crops collapsing in FL. I know several people in the industry there who think the industry will be gone entirely in 7ish years. On the energy aide, ERCOT in TX gives a breakdown of the current electricity supply. Since the app has updated to include this information it’s been fascinating to watch the mix. Currently wind is 27.7% of all power in the area. Natural gas and coal make up 62%. Now that all the AI has been announced in the state, more investments will need to be made to keep the grid stable, but no one here is talking about it on the news. Nuclear seems like the only option to meet the demand, but the US has only built 2 plants in 30 years. The Permian Basin actually produces more natural gas than they can transport, and tend to just burn it off, which I’m sure plays a larger role in emissions than we tend to realize. As always thanks for writing, your perspective is always appreciated.
It’s a mixture of climate change and disease that’s doing it in. (Citrus greening) There was a story not long ago that one of growers just called it quits in FL. The people I know had put the end date at 20 years back in 2012 and have been consistent that it’s still on track for that timeline….
There are so many people in the Reddit subs screaming into the void about the collapse of our world.
I feel fairly calm. No matter how bad my life gets, it will always be better than my ancestors. Ancestors who faced the never ending pogroms in Eastern Europe and ancestors who were kidnapped and enslaved in America.
I have already lived longer than Black women in Africa. Some reports say the average lifespan for Black men in the usa is 61. I am 61. I consider any life that I have going forward as bonus life. Life that so many people do not get. Heck, I had sepsis in 2023. At many hospitals or other countries I might have died.
Yes, our future is bleak. I do not understand why people are having children. Their world will more dystopian than ours.
If we think of our lives as a bonus, we can face our present and our future with serenity and calm. Accepting what we cannot change and working to change what we can change.
As I just mentioned to someone else this morning, there is nowhere to run to anymore. The best we can do is fort up and do our best to survive what's coming. Life as we know it is going to get very rough from here on out, no matter where you live on this planet. it's best to admit that now and get over it. It's time to decide how we want to survive the near future, rather than whine about what we lost.
Agree. And I think part of that, at least for a lot of people, is recognizing the cold hard facts about where we are and what's already happening. I bet a lot of people don't know what Helene has done to supply chains. So now, preparing means not just getting ready for the immediate disaster but all the aftermath, and the state of things as these disasters happen back to back, and alongside each other.
They sell complacency and the status quo to those who can’t bear to look the reality of what comes squarely in the face, and thereby perpetuate and amplify the impact of what will come.
A few months ago, I asked for advice on how to stop doom scrolling on a previous article and got good feedback. Since then, I've still been stuck in the doom loop of reading people screaming into the void about collapse on reddit, like a previous comment said. This article and the recent one about hobbies are ones that I really needed to read and what I'm going to try and focus on, as well as being present in the moment with my friends and family. Thank you for that, and reading scientific journals will still remain important, but reddit will need to be cut out.
Thanks. :) I've been moving in this direction for the last year or so, really focusing on the bigger picture and how to survive/cope. At this point, I don't think screaming on Reddit or throwing soup on paintings is going to wake people up if a Category 5 hurricane in Appalachia didn't do it. They were right to try, but it didn't work. I'll be on Reddit and social media for people who are sharing articles and information, along with appropriate sarcasm and/or emotional insight.
In the midst of feeling frozen in my tracks, I look forward to making progress again, once the weather allows. So, this is all I can offer to y'all (a KY thing)--optimism in the face of adversity, or the apprehension of it. The only way to harvest food is to feel the optimism during tending the garden or crops. The only way to build a cistern well is to keep digging.Never give up on a good plan, as success depends upon you. Live long and prosper.
I hate to "like" your comment, but yeah. I've tried to warn friends and family, but most just don't get it.
As an aside, maybe we now know why we've never found intelligent aliens. They tend to self destruct. Cynical? Maybe. Maybe not. It came to me that humans aren't any different than bacteria in that we expand to the limits of our environment and then crash. We're there and my guess is that modern technological civilization has < 50 years left, if that. Will humans survive that? Maybe, but not like we are now.
I think that's exactly on point. Without these self-destructive behaviors, making it to the end of the century as a species wouldn't have been a challenge. But given all that's happening, it's a big maybe now.
Hi Jessica, if you haven’t already, you may want to look at citrus crops collapsing in FL. I know several people in the industry there who think the industry will be gone entirely in 7ish years. On the energy aide, ERCOT in TX gives a breakdown of the current electricity supply. Since the app has updated to include this information it’s been fascinating to watch the mix. Currently wind is 27.7% of all power in the area. Natural gas and coal make up 62%. Now that all the AI has been announced in the state, more investments will need to be made to keep the grid stable, but no one here is talking about it on the news. Nuclear seems like the only option to meet the demand, but the US has only built 2 plants in 30 years. The Permian Basin actually produces more natural gas than they can transport, and tend to just burn it off, which I’m sure plays a larger role in emissions than we tend to realize. As always thanks for writing, your perspective is always appreciated.
I'll look into the citrus crops. Yikes.
It’s a mixture of climate change and disease that’s doing it in. (Citrus greening) There was a story not long ago that one of growers just called it quits in FL. The people I know had put the end date at 20 years back in 2012 and have been consistent that it’s still on track for that timeline….
There are so many people in the Reddit subs screaming into the void about the collapse of our world.
I feel fairly calm. No matter how bad my life gets, it will always be better than my ancestors. Ancestors who faced the never ending pogroms in Eastern Europe and ancestors who were kidnapped and enslaved in America.
I have already lived longer than Black women in Africa. Some reports say the average lifespan for Black men in the usa is 61. I am 61. I consider any life that I have going forward as bonus life. Life that so many people do not get. Heck, I had sepsis in 2023. At many hospitals or other countries I might have died.
Yes, our future is bleak. I do not understand why people are having children. Their world will more dystopian than ours.
If we think of our lives as a bonus, we can face our present and our future with serenity and calm. Accepting what we cannot change and working to change what we can change.
As I just mentioned to someone else this morning, there is nowhere to run to anymore. The best we can do is fort up and do our best to survive what's coming. Life as we know it is going to get very rough from here on out, no matter where you live on this planet. it's best to admit that now and get over it. It's time to decide how we want to survive the near future, rather than whine about what we lost.
Agree. And I think part of that, at least for a lot of people, is recognizing the cold hard facts about where we are and what's already happening. I bet a lot of people don't know what Helene has done to supply chains. So now, preparing means not just getting ready for the immediate disaster but all the aftermath, and the state of things as these disasters happen back to back, and alongside each other.
Beware the comfortmongers.
They sell complacency and the status quo to those who can’t bear to look the reality of what comes squarely in the face, and thereby perpetuate and amplify the impact of what will come.
Fight, fight, against the dying of the light.
And turn off your lights too.
A few months ago, I asked for advice on how to stop doom scrolling on a previous article and got good feedback. Since then, I've still been stuck in the doom loop of reading people screaming into the void about collapse on reddit, like a previous comment said. This article and the recent one about hobbies are ones that I really needed to read and what I'm going to try and focus on, as well as being present in the moment with my friends and family. Thank you for that, and reading scientific journals will still remain important, but reddit will need to be cut out.
Thanks. :) I've been moving in this direction for the last year or so, really focusing on the bigger picture and how to survive/cope. At this point, I don't think screaming on Reddit or throwing soup on paintings is going to wake people up if a Category 5 hurricane in Appalachia didn't do it. They were right to try, but it didn't work. I'll be on Reddit and social media for people who are sharing articles and information, along with appropriate sarcasm and/or emotional insight.
In the midst of feeling frozen in my tracks, I look forward to making progress again, once the weather allows. So, this is all I can offer to y'all (a KY thing)--optimism in the face of adversity, or the apprehension of it. The only way to harvest food is to feel the optimism during tending the garden or crops. The only way to build a cistern well is to keep digging.Never give up on a good plan, as success depends upon you. Live long and prosper.
I hate to "like" your comment, but yeah. I've tried to warn friends and family, but most just don't get it.
As an aside, maybe we now know why we've never found intelligent aliens. They tend to self destruct. Cynical? Maybe. Maybe not. It came to me that humans aren't any different than bacteria in that we expand to the limits of our environment and then crash. We're there and my guess is that modern technological civilization has < 50 years left, if that. Will humans survive that? Maybe, but not like we are now.
I think that's exactly on point. Without these self-destructive behaviors, making it to the end of the century as a species wouldn't have been a challenge. But given all that's happening, it's a big maybe now.