Newt Powers
@newtp
Anyone else record a 22 minute video after lying in bed for days thinking about how we’re messing up our planet? Just me? I’m choosing *not* to post this on Farcaster because it’s too depressing. You can comment if you want the link, but it’s on the dangers of ocean acidification that aren’t discussed.Beware
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grunt.eth
@grunt
I had this vibe a lot in my 20s. Doing env chem and toxicology made me more optimistic about natures ability to endure/mediate But there is such large scale disregard for sustainability in agriculture/ocean fishing/ etc that industry needs regulatory guardrails for We’ve made a lot of progress, but tying these institutions to the political cycle is fucked for sure
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Newt Powers
@newtp
agree with everything you’re saying. We just gotta hope we have more time than the models this paper came up with suggest. Nature can do a lot. But in my uninformed opinion, it’s on geologic time. We’re also doing a LOT to it. On human time. What will happen? We’ll see. It’s not only regulations but enforcing
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Newt Powers
@newtp
Them. I read a stat saying the majority of the argentinian navy budget goes to defending against chinese fishing vessels. Sucks. Imo though as an American, i would MUCH rather see our military budget going to regulating overfishing and enforcing laws than fighting some foreign war we have no business being in.
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grunt.eth
@grunt
WW3 But it’s not Taiwan, instead a NATO country taking down a Chinese crabbing ship in the S China Sea 😅😅😅
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Newt Powers
@newtp
Oh? I’m not up to date with that news. I just want there to be sufficiently enforced marine protected areas. We can literally bring back fishing stocks and never have to worry again if we protect 30% of the ocean. Sadly, I’m not sure if we’ll do that in time as a society
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