The Brazilian gov is destroying the rain forest.

[ElFenix]

Behold four units on a lot:


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I mean it's practically Ginza up in here.

keep in mind a lot of this stuff was prohibited by zoning or deed restrictions in order to prevent minorities from moving in

 

[Sunburn74]

Elections have consequences. People all over the world are suddenly learning this.

 

[SMOGZINN]

We can form an international treaty say those area are protected and all countries chip in for the respected loss of econ output.

Nice idea, and I would be all for it, but I doubt the majority will be.
Too many people can't see past today to worry about tomorrow. The US, inarguably the richest nation in the world, has a large number of our society already complaining about foreign aid. If it is controversial here do you really think we would be able to convince the majority of the rest of the world to chip in?
Lets face it, we are fucked. We won't do anything about any of this until it affects each of us personally so much that we can't ignore it any longer, and then it will be much to late.

 

[K1052]

keep in mind a lot of this stuff was prohibited by zoning or deed restrictions in order to prevent minorities from moving in

Of course. Zoning as an exclusionary process instead of one built on any sort of real analysis about what should be built where is the reality we face. Local control is basically a disaster with a few exceptions.

 

[Muse]

Maybe the singularity will come and save (probably by enslaving) us.

The hoopla about a coming singularity (IIRC 2045 was the projection) is looking beyond ridiculous given how the world is careening toward an environmental crisis we aren't prepared to deal with. Assholes like Trump are incapable of even framing it, bringing it into any focus given their viewpoint. The political will to deal with it is way to thin. We are accelerating our carbon releasing world wide.

I think "the singularity" is a fantasy given the realities.

 

[DisarmedDespot]

The hoopla about a coming singularity (IIRC 2045 was the projection) is looking beyond ridiculous given how the world is careening toward an environmental crisis we aren't prepared to deal with. Assholes like Trump are incapable of even framing it, bringing it into any focus given their viewpoint. The political will to deal with it is way to thin. We are accelerating our carbon releasing world wide.

I think "the singularity" is a fantasy given the realities.

It (and transhumanism in general) is a death escape fantasy for nerds.

 

[SMOGZINN]

The hoopla about a coming singularity (IIRC 2045 was the projection) is looking beyond ridiculous given how the world is careening toward an environmental crisis we aren't prepared to deal with. Assholes like Trump are incapable of even framing it, bringing it into any focus given their viewpoint. The political will to deal with it is way to thin. We are accelerating our carbon releasing world wide.

I think "the singularity" is a fantasy given the realities.

The singularity was just a nod at the magical technology save. Any time you have a conversation like this someone is going to pop up and say something about how we could invent some sort of technology to save our asses without having to sacrifice (I think giant CO2 exchangers have already been mentioned). I don't find it likely, but I can't rule it out either.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Brazil refuses rainforest help.

Obviously impractical, but would be nice if we could send a wave of tankers down there to dump water on the fires.

We just need to set a nuke off to create a tsunami
Similar to how you could deal with a hurricane

#sarcasm

 

[Muse]

The singularity was just a nod at the magical technology save. Any time you have a conversation like this someone is going to pop up and say something about how we could invent some sort of technology to save our asses without having to sacrifice (I think giant CO2 exchangers have already been mentioned). I don't find it likely, but I can't rule it out either.

Hoping for, much less expecting, some magical answer to our greenhouse gas conundrum mega-crisis (already not so much in the making as a trainwreck on the way) is shaping up to be an escapist dream. It's better than Trump's "Chinese hoax" bull shit, sure, at least it acknowledges that we have a problem here!

 

[Pohemi]

I thought we had a more recent discussion about this, but I couldn't find it so I necro'd this one.

The administration doesn't have to follow her advice, but the woman that Lula appointed as the environment minister is the best bet for reversing some of the increasing/accelerating deforestration of the Amazon in Brazil. I hope they will slow the rate of logging, and crack down on the illegal variety.

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment.

apnews.com

 

[zinfamous]

I thought we had a more recent discussion about this, but I couldn't find it so I necro'd this one.

The administration doesn't have to follow her advice, but the woman that Lula appointed as the environment minister is the best bet for reversing some of the increasing/accelerating deforestration of the Amazon in Brazil. I hope they will slow the rate of logging, and crack down on the illegal variety.

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment.

apnews.com

The problem is that Brazil's version of Congress is littered with Bolsonarites (I think they hold a supermajority), and there is probably not much that the administration wants to do that is going to get done.