How To Commit Global Suicide: End Fossil Fuels Without A Suitable Replacement
by Ronald Stein and Gregory Wrightstone 5 hours ago
The world now sustains eight billion people—ten times the population before the Industrial Revolution, and thankfully has experienced record crop production. [emphasis, links added]
This rapid increase in agricultural output is partially attributable to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) since 1940. This rise in CO2 levels alone is linked to major yield increases for corn, soybeans, and wheat.
The world has also experienced significant economic growth and prosperity, benefiting from the more than 6,000 products that are derived from fossil fuels.
These products support the following infrastructures and were not around a few short centuries ago, because they all need components and parts made from fossil fuels that were NOT available pre-1800:
https://climatechangedispatch.com/how-to-commit-global-suicide-end-fossil-fuels-without-a-suitable-replacement/
