> With that many people, it's even harder to coordinate a unanimous reduction in meat consumption What comes next is the rapid decline of the carrying capacity of the environment and the collapse of the species dependent on that environment. > Once we reach those limits, growth will naturally slow and stop We're so far behind them we can't see the line anymore. > We are nowhere near the limits of the finite environnment Overfishing -> Empty seas in 2040's -> veganismĭeforestation & biodiversity loss -> mainly driven by agriculture -> 80% of agriculture is animal ag (pastures) -> veganism Ĭlimate change -> CO2 + methane + N20 -> 15-26% from agriculture Pollution -> farm runoff, eutrophication, pesticides/herbicides, greenhouse gases. This consideration leads to an even shorter remaining time.Ĭlimate change, resource depletion, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, overpopulation, soil erosion, and overfishing are all symptoms of ecological overshoot. Making the situation even worse, we stress once again that it is unrealistic to think that the decline of the population in a situation of strong environmental degradation would be a non-chaotic and well-ordered decline. This large reduction of agricultural land use would be possible thanks to a reduction in land used for grazing and a smaller need for land to grow crops.Ĭalculations show that, maintaining the actual rate of population growth and resource consumption, in particular forest consumption, we have a few decades left before an irreversible collapse of our civilisation. If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectare. While theoretically possible, it doesn't meet the timescale and amount required. Your solution is technological in nature. That's probably the only feasible option we have at this moment to stop us from environmental collapse. ![]() We could switch to plant based diets and free upto 80% of all agriculture lands, some 35% of habitable earth, the area a size of Africa, and reforest/rewild that. Animal ag is driving us towards its collapse, and fast. No, we can't keep current consumption patterns, if we want our civilization to survive. The pesticide that caused bee colonies to collapse is killing birds nowĪlmost half of all UK bird species in declineīird Populations Declining Fast Across North AmericaĢ out of 3 North American bird species face extinctionįarmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectaresīiodiversity conservation: The key is reducing meat consumption We could significantly reduce the damage by restructuring our diets however, not many people seem to care about that. ) and diet preferences are driving many species, including birds, to extinction. Our farming practices (deforestation, pesticide/herbicide use, insect die offs. Its great.> not many care about the responsibilities like taking care of nature I also line my industry on both sides of the river and connect them by 2 water wheels connected buildings on opposite sides and ALL of it shares power. I remember when I first started and I saw Floodgates and I was like "wow, this is an essential block, I MUST have one 3 tiles deep to manage my reservoir!" and now I don't even research it because I found out how to make infinite depth reservoirs that are automated and don't require the manual use of flood gates. As you play and get experience, you can see so many things that you could've done better. That is the thing I enjoy about city builders. this would have changed the layout of my city a great deal. I have expanded to a second district and am surviving very well now about ready to do some expansion. How did you find out? I did notice adjacent buildings highlight together but i had no idea why. My current base has a long line of powered buildings side by side with an enormous amount of power generated through water wheels between them. Likewise, you can use your gears to connect a powered building to an unpowered one in order to power it. But they must be directly adjacent to each other. So you can connect a water wheel to a warehouse, connected to another warehouse, that is connected to a lumber mill and the mill will be powered. ![]() ![]() Originally posted by Shas'o O'Kais:All buildings that are touching power sources act as conduits basically.
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