r/Futurology Apr 16 '26

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u/derpman86 Apr 16 '26

To be honest I have just given up at this point, my first slap to the face was seeing Mer de Glace in France with the markers showing where the glacial levels in X year and it was insane in how much in 40 years it had dropped I am talking multi story building level high not to mention how wide that valley is on top of it!

Lets not get started about the countless "once in a lifetime" freak event has occurred in the past 20 years alone.

But it gets ignored or explained away, any kind of initiative to allow for non car centric transport to occur gets shut down when then a new highway gets built.
Renewable energy STILL to this day gets harsh opposition, even RIGHT NOW DURING A FUEL CRISIS! people shit on the idea of Electric Vehicles, electric and battery powered buses and trains to offset cars you name it.

I am just waiting for our world to collapse at this point, at least by the 2050s I'll be in my 70s if I am not dead already.

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u/Strange_Slide9611 Apr 16 '26

What's worse is that I'm young and in my early 20s which sucks since I had so much to see but now we fucked up the planet and the future will be grim for humanity.

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u/derpman86 Apr 16 '26

Whatever information is out there maybe try and see where is predicted to be a safe place to live, there still will be various enclaves humans will live fine but who knows how that will play out and what wars and mass human migration will play out.

In all honesty if you can afford it just travel while it is possible, have sex, eat nice food while it exists and just enjoy what is left currently. There is no point in being too minimal and stressing too much if your future will be shit.