violetmadder
@bontchev @HeavenlyPossum @aral @RD4Anarchy
You think that went away?
Acid rain is still happening. Just because the skies aren't choked with visible coal smoke like 19th century London does NOT mean they're anywhere close to clean. I don't know what fantasy propaganda you've been absorbing but it's completely false. Pollution is worse than ever, and always growing.
RD
@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
Minerals continue to be dug up to meet greater and greater demands of technology (including "green" transition), a process that destroys the environment and spreads pollution. These mineral deposits are getting harder and harder to find and larger and larger amounts of earth have to be dug up to produce ores, so each unit of ore results in larger and larger amounts of waste on top of the increasing number of units needed to meet demand.
It's a huge toxic spiral spreading pollution and destruction everywhere.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/07/Rising-Chorus-Renewable-Energy-Skeptics/
RD
@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
PFAS are accumulating in the environment, they're not going anywhere.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106863211/the-dangers-of-forever-chemicals
RD
@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
Mercury in fish, heavy metals in chocolate.
RD
@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
And let's not forget those fucking Starlink satellites. Our pollution has expanded into space now.
RD
@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
"Environmentalists have raised many concerns about Starlink including light-pollution of the night sky, a potentially hazardous traffic jam in low-Earth orbit, and even ozone depletion. Copycat megaconstellations by other companies and countries will only multiply these concerns.
Now there's a new reason to worry. According to a new study by Sierra Solter, megaconstellations could alter and weaken Earth's magnetic field."
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=03&month=02&year=2024
RD
@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
"Air pollution from reentering megaconstellation satellites could cause ozone hole 2.0"
https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-reentry-ozone-depletion-atmosphere
RD
@violetmadder @bontchev @HeavenlyPossum @aral
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-disturbing-remote-island-plastic.html
HeavenlyPossum
@RD4Anarchy @violetmadder @bontchev @aral
Global deaths from air pollution have risen steadily for at least the last three decades.
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