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''Hey thanks for coming, if I have contacted you directly it's because I think you might be able to help. This site is not being created by a particular person, but by BurnZero, the name of the anonymous collective editing it. We act as nature protecting herself, a collaborative effort to help sort out our collective mess.'' | ''Hey thanks for coming, if I have contacted you directly it's because I think you might be able to help. This site is not being created by a particular person, but by BurnZero, the name of the anonymous collective editing it. We act as nature protecting herself, a collaborative effort to help sort out our collective mess.'' | ||
This site is presented as a [[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]] (much the same format as [[wikipedia:Main_Page|Wikipedia]]). The site intends to curate a plan of how we might collectively take a different tact to organising society to work within the confines of a [[closed system]]. It may be that a collapse of our current system is inevitable, but perhaps here we can | This site is presented as a [[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]] (much the same format as [[wikipedia:Main_Page|Wikipedia]]). The site intends to curate a plan of how we might collectively take a different tact to organising society to work within the confines of a [[closed system]]. It may be that a collapse of our current system is inevitable, but perhaps here we can nurture the seed of something parallel. | ||
This site has been created in the format of an ongoing, editable log to clarify some ideas about how this might be done. As such, BurnZero commits to reference any facts stated to '''robust''' scientific papers. If you find a meaningful factual error, please register on this site and correct it. | This site has been created in the format of an ongoing, editable log to clarify some ideas about how this might be done. As such, BurnZero commits to reference any facts stated to '''robust''' scientific papers. If you find a meaningful factual error, please register on this site and correct it. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''We have had a [[long collective history]], but now it is in [[Climate crisis|jeopardy]]. Some believe we as individuals can slow its progression by adopting better consumption patterns. | ''We have had a [[long collective history]], but now it is in [[Climate crisis|jeopardy]]. Some believe we as individuals can slow its progression by adopting better consumption patterns. It can be summarized in this equation:'' | ||
P x S x E x C = CO2 (carbon dioxide output) | |||
It’s a neat little formula because it drives home the point: that for all the Paris climate talks and more affordable Teslas, environmental incrementalism is somewhat pointless. In the equation, P = population; S = services used by people; E= the energy needed to power those services; and C equals the carbon dioxide created by that energy. Population is of course trending ever-higher, as are the services people demand, especially in the developing world which has barely scratched the surface in terms of cars and air conditioning and other modern basics. Those two factors swamp progress in energy efficiency. Gates points out that scientists are calling for an 80 percent drop in carbon emissions by 2050 (and a total end by 2100) to stave off the most dramatic effects of climate change, yet even with more efficiency, the growth in population and services means that emissions will instead ''jump'' by 50%. | |||
''Some believe we can look to our entrenched politicians for answers.This might take the form of recycling plastics or paying charities to reduce people's use of firewood is doing a disservice to the cause. However whether it is recycling plastics or lip service from lobbied politicians it seems neither is effective. By greenwashing ourselves it temporarily relieves the anxiety intended for a much bigger problem. This website serves as log of an expedition to find something better.'' | |||
In healthcare, when someone has a stomach ache, you can quickly ''treat'' it by going to a pharmacy. The pharmacist can address the immediate problem, indigestion = antacids, diarrhoea = loperamide, pain = analgesics. However whilst the acute symptoms may subside, you have just removed a key bodily warning system which might remind you that something more serious is wrong. The same is to say with our actions to save the environment, whilst well-meaning, not using plastic straws only helps relieve a symptom of a much larger problem. The science of third parties trying to convince you of these facts is not nefarious, there's no James Bond villain stroking his white cat. Its simply that we are living in a society which bases its success on profit. A classic example of greenwashing is when Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests by fitting various vehicles with a “defect” device, with software which could detect when it was undergoing an emissions test and altering the performance to reduce the emissions level. | In healthcare, when someone has a stomach ache, you can quickly ''treat'' it by going to a pharmacy. The pharmacist can address the immediate problem, indigestion = antacids, diarrhoea = loperamide, pain = analgesics. However whilst the acute symptoms may subside, you have just removed a key bodily warning system which might remind you that something more serious is wrong. The same is to say with our actions to save the environment, whilst well-meaning, not using plastic straws only helps relieve a symptom of a much larger problem. The science of third parties trying to convince you of these facts is not nefarious, there's no James Bond villain stroking his white cat. Its simply that we are living in a society which bases its success on profit. A classic example of greenwashing is when Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests by fitting various vehicles with a “defect” device, with software which could detect when it was undergoing an emissions test and altering the performance to reduce the emissions level. | ||