And this is how Nature balances out a high tech sapient animal that's gone out of control.
There goes a potential technologist into the scrap heap of a useless existence. When the Western technological web falls, so will the rest of the species.
When the Western technological web falls, so will the rest of the species.
The thing that scares me the most is that if humanity descends into another technological dark age, recovery may well be literally impossible due to most of the easily accessible fuel resources having already been consumed.
It will be literally millions of years before major deposits of coal, oil and gas resources form close enough to the surface to be accessible without serious insustrial machinery, meaning that if humanity fumbles back to a pre-industrial (or frankly, even just early-industrial) level, that's it. Game over, our species dies on this planet because there's literally no way off it.
Hhhhhhrrrrmmm. I see your point. I was assuming that if/when the ice sheet melts, be it climate change or continental drift, eventually bare dirt would show.
Also, I wonder if mining landfills for raw materials, would be profitable. For example, in India trash pickers are able to make a living. Not saying it's wonderful, but on the other hand if all civilization collapses life is going to be pretty shitty for everyone left.
And this is how Nature balances out a high tech sapient animal that's gone out of control.
There goes a potential technologist into the scrap heap of a useless existence. When the Western technological web falls, so will the rest of the species.
The thing that scares me the most is that if humanity descends into another technological dark age, recovery may well be literally impossible due to most of the easily accessible fuel resources having already been consumed.
It will be literally millions of years before major deposits of coal, oil and gas resources form close enough to the surface to be accessible without serious insustrial machinery, meaning that if humanity fumbles back to a pre-industrial (or frankly, even just early-industrial) level, that's it. Game over, our species dies on this planet because there's literally no way off it.
Antarctica. Under the ice is an entire continent of resources.
And how the fuck are you going to get at it with, say, the technology of 1800?
Hhhhhhrrrrmmm. I see your point. I was assuming that if/when the ice sheet melts, be it climate change or continental drift, eventually bare dirt would show.
Also, I wonder if mining landfills for raw materials, would be profitable. For example, in India trash pickers are able to make a living. Not saying it's wonderful, but on the other hand if all civilization collapses life is going to be pretty shitty for everyone left.