Subscription will be enabled in all goods because all of them have a software layer today. Like the OS on the phone is updated and adds features to existing hardware the same is possible with all consumer goods. The same is happening with cars and I suppose will happen with your TV and other devices as well. It is a fiscal imperative.
Every electronic good you buy contributes to these murders. The raw material sourced in these places are used for manufacture of these products and environmental activism threatens their ability to continue to exploit nature and profit from it.
... and still here we are, from the comfort of your our laptop/mobile commenting on something happening half-way across the world. I am personally not willing to give up this comfort and chances are most people aren't either.
One could even argue that the "West" benefited for centuries from the blood and resources of others, and the only reason why they afford today to talk about climate change and fair trade is their plundering past. At the same time, the poorer countries just do whatever they need to survive and develop. One could even call this type of activism callous and think the only reason the "West" has for pushing this agenda is to ensure there are still poor people from whom to steal in the future.
When someone doesn't have food to put on the table they tend to care less about green living, clean energy, etc.
He had to wave his, had he not. Having said that, anybody got data on the pollution footprint of spaceflight. Since we are rapidly making the planet unlivable. Now the people in Louisiana want to move north unable to bear the heat.
I am surprised. I thought the solar capacity being installed was far greater. At least that is certainly true of India. With extensive 'open' coastlines in the US, this might prove to be better.
There is also an attempt to explain the violence in recent days as acts by few and not the reflection of the leadership. But I do not think that really is the case. Remains to be seen, how long they allow internet to be available to the citizens.
Some governments - especially those with weak currencies would not want money transfer to be that easy. They would like the system to have as much friction as possible.
I was recently reading a book called Why we Swim where the author traces how the ape got back into the water. I think she rightly points out that Swimming is the best place to think because there is no way to be distracted by your phone or anything else for that matter.
While I am also in a landlocked city with little access to pools but it would be interesting to get the point of view of swimmers.
Although I never carry a phone to begin with, as a previous non-swimmer I have started swimming in open water this year ( obviously I learnt to swim as a child ).
The 'just you and the elements' part is real, in the open water you can't just stop and get out, you have got to complete what you started. The 'completeness' of the exercise is different than biking or walking : every joint and muscle seems to be involved.
Back on land, the exhaustion is a different level than any other. Very deep breaths. When I get home, I am hungry as hell. Chronically under-weight, I seem to be gaining weight, very happy with that.
The end of summer is approaching and the water is getting colder, I am exploring the indoor pools in my vicinity.
> The end of summer is approaching and the water is getting colder, I am exploring the indoor pools in my vicinity.
I don't know where you are, but would wetsuit help to extend the time you can swim in the open waters? Obviously, I'm just assuming you're not doing that already... :)
I don't know about you, but I'm particularly motivated by endurance activities in the cold. The mental aspect of accepting the cold's effect on you is often more interesting than the motoric process of running or swimming.
When I was younger I swam a little over a mile a day, five or sometimes six days a week. While there weren't that many distractions, I didn't find it as easy to daydream. I usually got bored. I would count the full laps, and because I was bored I would be thinking things like "12 more laps and I'm over 50%" or whatever, but I never had the free-roaming thinking that I associate with walking. Maybe because I only had so much time before I had to turn around yet again.
I don't recommend swimming that much a week, btw, because I eventually started losing stamina and had to stop completely because I got to where I couldn't do even a quarter mile. That was where I learned the power of resting.
While it may bring down the greenhouse footprint related to transportation. It also would result in greater transmission of pathogens. Something like COVID can spread insanely fast if you have more dense cities.
The solution is to have better public transportation which America has eschewed primarily to serve the needs of car makers.
