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I try to contribute to things getting better, with sourced information, OC and polite rational skepticism.
Disagreeing with a point ≠ supporting the opposite side, I support rationality.
Let’s discuss to make things better sustainably.
Always happy to question our beliefs.

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Maybe one starting point is the 2 tones of CO₂ estimated to be the annual budget per person to stay at 1.5°C of global warming (already passed). For people living in rich countries, staying under the 2t requires active efforts, it’s possible since developing countries do it, but they are often considered too much of a hassle by the average rich country person: little to no individual car, little to no plane, home energy performance investments, smaller home, less animal food, shopping local etc.

    As far as I understand, for the basic needs, it’s totally possible to sustain the demographic peak that should be around 10 billion humans in 2100. But certainly not with the current level of resources consumption in rich countries.

    See also the 8 other planetary boundaries that we would need to respect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_boundaries

    climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, biogeochemical flows in the nitrogen cycle, excess global freshwater use, land system change, the erosion of biosphere integrity, chemical pollution, and atmospheric aerosol loading.





















  • The crown of impératrice Eugénie (Napoléon III), on the first picture, was actually abandonned during their escape and it was found damaged.

    I heard some former policeman specialized in heists saying that it seems the team was half experiences half newbies. The entrance was perfect but the escape was a mess. They left the crown but also all sorts of objects like jackets and blankets that the police will be able to analyze.

    Also, these jewels are so famous that it will be hard to resell or display anywhere, so they would have to sell them stone by stone for a fraction of the price of the whole. So it’s hard to understand the motive.