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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • This century is already witnessing the beginning of the coming planet-wide ecological catastrophe/collapse. It’s going to get much worse before it gets better, not to mention the geopolitical ramifications of it all with unprecedented waves of climate refugees just as one example.

    I don’t really expect Solarpunk fiction to be the major catalyst for changing people’s minds. Sadly, I just expect that things will start getting so bad in certain areas that dealing with these issues will be unavoidable for survival reasons. I wish we could, as a civilization, be more proactive instead of reactive, but unfortunately…

    Anyway, even if, for argument’s sake, a truly “Solarpunk” Earth is unattainable for whatever reason(s), we still have no choice. We have no choice but to work towards it and shoot for something that isn’t a total dystopian vision of the future.


  • I’m laughing too or else I’d have to cry.

    Maybe it will be harder to ignore (as a society, I mean. Obviously the Oil Fucks are fully aware of everything) when every community is enduring a different “once-in-a-millenia” weather event every other week. Honestly though, there is so much to say on the matter right now that it’s too overwhelming. All I can say is, the wake-up call is obviously coming faster than even the best experts predicted and we are so incredibly unprepared even psychologically for the unprecedented climate catastrophe that is starting to really unfold. Every time we analyze the situation it is alarmingly clear that the situation isn’t just “worse than we thought”, it’s also becoming increasingly unpredictable.

    That being said, I refuse to be doomer about it! I don’t have the luxury anyway.