I never felt much compassion towards Trump or his enablers. I feel even less now. We’re literally talking about policies that gamble with the long-term survival of life on Earth.
I still think of a reduction in human fertility as one possible positive consequence of COVID. We’re literally deforesting and fossil-fueling ourselves into catastrophe .. if human population keeps growing, it will crash hard and unpleasantly.
Climate change is real and (IMHO) unavoidable without strict control of human population. Humans are apparently too inflexible and short-sighted to support rapidly moving to more carbon-neutral technologies and changing their modes of living to avoid contributing to deforestation (less meat, less disposable furniture).
We’re unwilling to enact strict anti-birth (one or two child limit per couple) policies, so a natural fertility reduction event may be the only hope for the long-term survival of the Earth’s ecosystem.
Heathrow and Cambridge hit 100F last month. Paris is supposed to rise into the 90s later this week. Madrid was hitting the low 100s fairly consistently last month. This is more frightening than COVID.
