Growth as an endlemmy.dbzer0.comimage db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months ago message-square54fedilinkarrow-up1479
arrow-up1479imageGrowth as an endlemmy.dbzer0.com db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months ago message-square54fedilink
minus-square db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish15•5 months agoFor practical purposes, the earth might as well be a closed system. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day
minus-square Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoThis isn’t actually a measure of resource usage in reference to a closed system tho.
minus-square db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoI don’t know mate, you sound like you’re being deliberately obtuse here.
minus-square Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI’m not, it’s literally not a metric relevant to the Earth as a closed system, it’s a measure of carbon capture and production.
minus-square db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months agoMy peep, you realize that cancer is not inside a closed system by the same definition, yes? Likewise you don’t die from cancer because you" run out of resources"
minus-square Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-25 months agoNot sure what this has to do with me pointing out your reference for earth effectively being a closed system is wrongly applied. But also I agree, your memes analogy between capitalism and cancer doesn’t actually make sense. It’s just punchy but nonsensical.
For practical purposes, the earth might as well be a closed system. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day
This isn’t actually a measure of resource usage in reference to a closed system tho.
I don’t know mate, you sound like you’re being deliberately obtuse here.
I’m not, it’s literally not a metric relevant to the Earth as a closed system, it’s a measure of carbon capture and production.
My peep, you realize that cancer is not inside a closed system by the same definition, yes? Likewise you don’t die from cancer because you" run out of resources"
Not sure what this has to do with me pointing out your reference for earth effectively being a closed system is wrongly applied.
But also I agree, your memes analogy between capitalism and cancer doesn’t actually make sense. It’s just punchy but nonsensical.