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How else will they feign domain expertise unless you are dazzled by jargon?!
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Re: Heat dome causing record breaking heat wave
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You are probably correct. I didn't really mean to suggest population control, even though I wrote just that. The problem as I see it is that everybody tries to approach the problem as if it will be solvable by technology. The only way I see that we can solve a climate crisis or the survival of humanity long term is to actually work together. Which I'm pretty certain will never happen, since there will always be greed…
I agree. I believe reducing wealth inequality is the best path towards stable global population. Nearly half of the countries in the world are already below the population replacement rate - and it seems birth rates are inversely correlated with wealth to some extent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d... If we can end war and poverty (and that's a pretty big 'if'), I think global population…
I'd say wealth and education, but in most counties wealth and education go hand in hand, so I agree with what you say.
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I agree with everything you say. It's actually not a science/technology problem. The problem is human nature, and that's not solvable with technology. If it was, then everything would be rather simple...
I think it's a problem of politics, just like you say, it's not about technology, of course. But it's an issue at the cross section of science and politics. Maybe you can also see why the young climate activists use banners with "system change, not climate change" : They don't believe, either, that our current sociologial systems are capable of solving this, the "system" needs to change.
Yes, I agree. The question is what the system need to change into?
I'm not an expert, but it seems that all known political and/or economic systems fail in the face of greed and selfishness. Or maybe greed is the effect of a failed political system, either or all known systems are a failure from my perspective.
I think capitalism balanced by laws has worked best so far, but you seem to need so many laws that it creates loopholes. I.e blacklists doesn't work that well, especially not a complex blacklist. (And I'd even suggest that the blacklist has been trojaned by lobbyists and other agendas.)
Re: Heat dome causing record breaking heat wave
#304I am from Pakistan and have quite a few cities there were temperature goes up to 50 degrees Celsius. I am living in UK these days and feel that UKs cold will kill me. Summer is the only one or two months when I feel alive.
My mom grew up in Guddu for part of her childhood and her cousins lived down the road in Daharki at same time. I wonder if those get as hot as Sibi/Jacobabad
Not sure but I think most cities in Punjab do reach 50, my village included.