Part of me can see how much nicer our world might be without any humans in it. Ecosystems could find their own equilibrium, unhindered by industrial pollution. Species could expand again and diversify, free of competition from the endless growth of factory farms, freeways, and parking lots.
It would take much time, centuries or even millennia, for the sky to regain its natural clarity, the forests to regrow, and the rivers to run clean. Even longer than that, probably, for all of the plastic eventually to degrade and disappear.
But someday, someday… the Earth would once again be a beautiful place.
It’s a lovely vision, and yet I’m torn. Because to get there means the suffering and death of billions of people. I wish there was a way to prevent that.
#Climate collapse is already very painful for the poor. The fumbling efforts of governments and businesses to reduce carbon are leading to extra costs for #WorkingClass people and bad health outcomes.
We are statistically unique in the universe. We are nature.
Talk of about humans dying as a positive thing is essentially a type of #fascism. The #rich like this idea and think they'll get the earth to themselves. It encourages them.