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What do you feel like life will be like on earth in 100 years? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by Lifecoach5000 to c/[email protected]

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Utopia? Flying jetson cars? Mole people living underground? Everything’s on fire and humanity ends? I’m just curious about anyone’s thoughts in general 😀

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Hot. Heat waves. Forest fires. Sea level rising. Floods. Droughts. Water shortages. Extinction of various animals and plants. Collapse of supply chains and resource shortages. Rising nationalism and distrust. Mass migration, mass starvation, mass casualty events.

[–] EuroNutellaMan 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think OP asked for 100 tears into the future, not today.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They did, but writing "the same as now, but worse", would‘ve been a bit boring.

[–] EuroNutellaMan 1 points 2 years ago

good point

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So, like today.

Can't really say I disagree.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We can read about all the observations, predictions and all in here after all and the media is decently active about writing on it too:

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf

I‘m just hopeless that the "policymakers" are honestly doing much to avert it. There is even a hint in there on that:

Vulnerable communities who have historically contributed the least to current climate change are disproportionately affected (high confidence).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel you. I have an MS in Environmental Policy and it is hard to stay positive. I watch this video to remind me that strides are being made in the right direction.

https://youtu.be/LxgMdjyw8uw

[–] Lifecoach5000 2 points 2 years ago

Great vid!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You can always count on situation's capacity to just become worse.

[–] Cobe98 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, many South Pacific nations will be gone by then due to sea level rising.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Also nukes

[–] Lifecoach5000 2 points 2 years ago

You know your user name fits this scenario