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   Jon Sullivan (joncounts@mastodon.nz)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 04:29:05 JST Jon Sullivan

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   • Gerry McGovern

   @gerrymcgovern Hey, humanity. Our “consumption until consequences” method of driving a planet is going to get us all killed. It’s time for more “foresight and restraint”. Let’s be smarter than bacteria.

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     Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 04:29:07 JST Gerry McGovern

     "Half of all the oil consumed since the dawn of the modern oil age in 1859 has been consumed from 1998 through 2021."

     That's 23 years in which we consumed half of all the oil ever produced.

     Between 1970 and 2020, 75% of all human-caused CO2 was produced.

     The astonishing acceleration of the devouring of our environment is almost beyond comprehension

     https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-07-10/acceleration-forever-the-increasing-momentum-of-mineral-extraction/

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.