It is not a smart thing to be doing. If you know my work at all, you'll know my conversations on #unforeseenconsequences and #unacceptabletradeoffs. We should focus on demand-size interventions, not look for new tricky supplies to support 8.2 billion humans, most of whom learned #hyperconsumption.

8. #cities #humanagency #future #hyperconsumption #endlessgrowth #population #humansupremacy #corruption #inertia #systemschange #mindsetshift #shinytech #methane #emissionsreduction #emissionsremoval #bluecarbon #builtenvironment #ecosystemrestoration #natureconservation #rewilding

@Hemera A different and proactive form of 'Learned helplessness', paid for on subscription basis. Still voluntary, for now, but high levels of compliance are distressing
#LLMs #hyperconsumption

3. ... but to shift the narrative by women - who know about these matters better than most - reminding us all that #populationgrowth and #hyperconsumption on a small imperiled planet are *fundamental* matters of justice. Justice for existing children. For women. For Earth. For future generations...

It’s such an appalling statement that it’s impossible to “like.” I can pin all this down to one thing: the moment at which western civilization forgot any other values or goals apart from profit.
#oceanplastics #plasticpackaging #hyperconsumption #humansupremacy #entitlement #wastefulidiocy

Light bulbs have energy ratings — so why can’t AI chatbots? The rising energy and environmental cost of the artificial-intelligence boom is fuelling concern. Green policy mechanisms that already exist offer a path towards a solution.

Light bulbs have energy ratings — so why can’t AI chatbots? #hyperconsumption #climateandnatureemergency
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02680-3

#Hyperconsumption, #population pressures, and #entitlement #mindsets are at the root of these failures. Let's change that.

StablePlanetAlliance | Bending the curve on planetary impacts Stable Planet Alliance (SP) is a global coalition of lively, respected organizations and people working to bend the curve on population and hyperconsumption, as the two root drivers of virtually all o...

www.stableplanetalliance.org is our global coalition on #hyperconsumption, #population, #mindsets and #ecologicalovershoot

Amazon, Google sign pledge to support tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050 Major companies such as Amazon and Google on Wednesday signed a pledge to support the goal of at least tripling the world's nuclear energy capacity by 2050, on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston.

This is what happens when the market, not the common good or even basic common sense, runs the world.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Stop making excuses to dramatically increase energy consumption at times of a destabilizing planet, climate & society. #hyperconsumption
@dpcarrington.bsky.social

Could we have a fractal #GreatDepression in 2029/1929, triggerd by a #BurstngBubble of uncontrolled growth in th number, volume & value of speculative private #CryptoCurrencies & crypto-surrogats against th backdrop of a chronic criss of WEST's #Underproduction & #Hyperconsumption?

Not only #Christmas. At least in France, #Halloween, #Valentine'sday or #blackfriday, to name but a few, have also become antidotes to reality through immersion in frenetic #hyperconsumption.

Hyperconsumption season is on the horizon and e-commerce is about to pop off. This is your sign to unsubscribe from those email subscriptions quick! Save yourself from those things you really don’t need. #Hyperconsumption #Ecommerce

AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.

AI's Energy Demands Are Out Of Control

www.wired.com/story/ai-ene...

#AI #AIEnergyUsage #HyperConsumption #PowerGrids #GenerativeAI #AItools #ChatGPT #Meta #Google #CarbonEmissions