Delvin4519@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days ago[SERIOUS] What are your predictions for 2026?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-square[SERIOUS] What are your predictions for 2026?Delvin4519@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
What events do you think are likely to happen this calendar year? What percent odds would you put on such events happening?
minus-squareᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoJust keep in mind that you’re planning on bringing a child into a world where 90% of the planets arable land will be depleted by 2050, global fresh water demand will exceed supply by 40% by 2030 and 7 of 9 planetary boundaries have now been breached, so within the next 25 years billions of people will die in massive droughts and famines, and the oceans will be so acidic that the phytoplankton that produce 50 to 80% of the worlds oxygen won’t survive. Oh and there’s a chance for a double Blue Ocean Event this year too.
Just keep in mind that you’re planning on bringing a child into a world where 90% of the planets arable land will be depleted by 2050, global fresh water demand will exceed supply by 40% by 2030 and 7 of 9 planetary boundaries have now been breached, so within the next 25 years billions of people will die in massive droughts and famines, and the oceans will be so acidic that the phytoplankton that produce 50 to 80% of the worlds oxygen won’t survive.
Oh and there’s a chance for a double Blue Ocean Event this year too.