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I'm really worried about the state of the US despite being a white male who was I'll coast right through it. I'll also accept "I don't" and "very poorly" as answers

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[โ€“] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree with all of this whole heartedly. I particularly like the titanic metaphor.

It seems absurd to me to say that "things are going great! we have abundant food & water!". Science is telling us very clearly that water scarcity is going to be a huge problem in the near future.

We're presently living through a mass extinction event also - very concerning as regards food stocks.

[โ€“] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

water scarcity is going to be a huge problem in the near future.

How near?

Judging by the skyrocketing prices of arable land in high rainfall areas... now ?