Science Denial - Extreme Existential Threat

The bottom line. For every dollar of consumption, 50 cents goes directly to irreversible environmental destruction.

by John Raddall

SCIENCE DENIAL - EXTREME EXISTENTIAL THREAT

The perfect extinction triad. Stupid people. Corrupt people. And the most dangerous people, science deniers.

Let's look at the numbers. We are consuming the resources of close to two planets.  

https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/state-of-the-planet/overuse-of-resources-on-earth/story

In the short term there are two possible strategic solutions.

Post four billion people to Mars.

Cut global consumption by 50%.

The bottom line. For every dollar of consumption, 50 cents goes directly to irreversible environmental destruction.

It's time to put that in the boardroom pipe and smoke it.

Our society has been in a continuous battle between the destructive 'chiefs, priests and thieves' on the one hand and the innovative scientists and freedom loving geniuses on the other. Let's box the first and release the second.