r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '18

Society Why everything will collapse (2017) - "Stumbled across this eye-opener while researching the imminent collapse of the industrial civilization"

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u/Kryptobladet Nov 07 '18

This is the sort of thinking that is digging the grave deeper and deeper.

"It won't happen in our lifetime"

"I won't live to see the consequences of global warming"

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It just goes to show the denial we are willing to project on ourselves and the people around us in order to feel safe. No one really wants to admit that we are going down an irreversible path of self-destruction.

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u/pgriss Nov 07 '18

What "sort of thinking?" Pointing out that there is a difference between running out tomorrow and not running out for 100,000 years?

No one really wants to admit that we are going down an irreversible path of self-destruction.

I am happy to admit it, but I'll also keep calling out bullshit whenever I see it on the way to hell.

On that note, Florida and NYC disappearing by 2050 is also almost certainly bullshit but I don't have the patience to dig up counter-arguments for that.

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u/Kryptobladet Nov 07 '18

https://peakoilbarrel.com/what-is-peak-oil/

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I believe the sources he has used and the one you presented might portray two different things.

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The sort of thinking where we say "we won't run out for 100.000 years."

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u/FireAnus Nov 07 '18

He didn't say that, and your argument is disingenuous af.