26 Images Prove that This is the End of the World as We Know It

[FLPanhandle]

http://www.anongroup.org/26-images-world/

The view over the overdeveloped metropole of Mexico City (with more than 20 million inhabitants).


A massive truck delivers a load of oil sands for processing



A waste incineration plant and its surroundings in Bangladesh



In Oregon, this thousand year old forest fell victim to the chain saw for a new dam



And yet another megatropolis – a bird’s eye view of New Delhi (over 22 million inhabitants).


Paradise almost lost: the Maldives


A massive waterfall from melting pack ice





Too much greenhouse gases and too many humans on the planet. It's not going to end well and the end is coming soon.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. K & R

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

Incredible, but very depressing photos. Thanks for posting. This is a real wake-up call.

[Botany]

3. I don't know about the other pictures but the "new dam in Oregon" picture is b.s.

Those stumps are from an old forest that was behind a dam that was built
years ago and now the water level in the lake has dropped showing the
old stumps.

[mrs_p]

6. Thank you. The pic didn't look right. Eom

[Botany]

10. I think the picture is from California during the drought

n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

33. It could be Keechelus Lake in Washington.

I've driven across I-90 numerous times in the past and this lake, east of the Snowqualmie Pass, was often very low and the bottom is indeed covered with stumps, such that it looks very much like that picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keechelus_Lake

A couple pics from Google images that result from a search of that lake with the word "stumps" added;







So this is not new in the least. The lake has been like that for at least 30 years.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. Thanks for the clarification.

As soon as I saw that, I said to myself, "what new dam?" and began a Google search to find out where it came from. The picture shows up all over the place, but I had given up on finding the source.

Thanks.

[Generic Other]

34. Possibly Alder Lake in Washington State

During a dry summer when the reservoir got dangerously low and exposed a lot of old logged over land.

[Jim Lane]

36. That seems to be sloppy wording, not b.s.

What I'm guessing from your post and the subthread is that, 30 or so years ago, it was decided to build a new dam. The area that was to be flooded included an old forest. All the trees were cut down, the dam was built, and the site of the former forest was flooded. This photo might have been taken after the logging and before the flooding, or it might have been taken recently, when falling water levels re-exposed part of the area that had been flooded.

If that guess is correct, then the caption is accurate, but it's readily open to the misinterpretation that a new dam is about to be built.

[yallerdawg]

37. Clarification.

Former old-growth forest leveled for reservoir development, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, per the Population Media Center.

[zentrum]

49. But the point is still there.

Isn't it?

At some point a forrest was destroyed.
Doesn't have to be recent.

Or am I not understanding?

[greyl]

52. Right, people are just pointing out how the point could be sharpened. nt

[zentrum]

54. Ah-ha.

[PdxSean]

55. I'm so gullible.

I saw that pic and my first thought was "I didn't know we were getting a new dam in Oregon." It hasn't been that long since Oregon decommissioned a dam or two on the Rogue River.

[democratisphere]

4. Human induced, self destructive Sixth Mass Extinction.

Own it!

[Calculating]

7. Overpopulation to the point of killing the host

No different than what the plague does. The difference is we have some people who are smart enough to see the big picture, and we have means of population control. The question is whether we're smart enough as a species to listen to them, or if we'll continue on with our 'unlimited growth' mentality until we ruin the carrying capacity of our world. Unlike the plague, a new host isn't available short of traveling lightyears into space.

More people=Less resources and a lower quality of life for all.

[democratisphere]

9. We're dealing with humans. Enough said.

[efhmc]

22. And religions which preach no birth control,

the catholic church among them, with constant pregnancy and massive amounts of more people.

[procon]

32. And the politicians who cater to that bullshit with bans to sex ed based on science facts,

and denying contraceptives and free BC, the morning after pill, safe no-humiliation abortions, and free education to promote a better future.

[Duppers]

13. Many climate scientists think we were already

passed that point. And even they don't even like to talk about it.

[JayhawkSD]

16. And people hated China for their "one child" policy. nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. People hated China for their one child policy because

it meant female infants were murdered or abandoned in orphanages. If China weren't such a male-worshiping country, the one child rule would have made a lot of sense.

[JayhawkSD]

53. Good point. I spoke with insufficient thought. nt

[rusty fender]

40. We need to spike the water supply

of certain cities with birth control

[Duppers]

44. Certain cities?

How about all?

[rusty fender]

46. I agree

All

[FLPanhandle]

43. We need to highly reward people who don't have children

Basic income for life, free college, etc.

It's too little too late, but could help.

[jayschool2013]

5. Some beauty

Nebraska. You're welcome.

[IronLionZion]

8. Let's all move to Nebraska!

No, let's not

[jayschool2013]

17. Great

Stay where you are, you placist.

[jayschool2013]

19. There is beauty in many places.

Even in Pennsylvania.

[IronLionZion]

23. Indeed!

and it would be smart to see the few natural land areas left before our President sells it all to be drilled and mined

[L. Coyote]

14. Not Nebraska.

The 50 Most Beautiful Places in the World 2017

[jayschool2013]

20. The placism is strong

on this site. God forbid we don't all live in the 50 most beautiful, the 50 most populated or the 50 most liberal states.

[Wounded Bear]

21. And all of our children are above average...

Don't forget that one.

[Javaman]

28. this is not my beautiful life...

[Duppers]

11. I've seen these devastating pictures.

Thank you for posting in GD. Too many important posts get too little exposure back in the E & E Forum.

Anyone paying attention knows that we've already doomed ourselves and its "biblical" measure is coming all too quickly. Recent humongous hurricanes in Texas and in Florida are going to become yearly events. And the futile rebuilding process will cease. Yes, it's more than fucking sad, it's devastating. We're coming to a stark new reality.



My 30yo son and his g.f. have made the very sad but wise choice to never make me a grandmother. 😥

[FLPanhandle]

38. My daughter have made the same choice to not have children

Frankly, it's not only the most environmentally friendly decision a person can make, but I don't want to think about the lives any grandchildren would be living.

[Mellomugwump]

42. I didn't have children..

And was getting really bummed out about the affect that Trump was going to have on the planet, and then I decided hell, I don't have kids, and the quicker we wipe ourselves out, the more chance the planet has to survive and regenerate and start over. Hopefully we don't wipe out every single other species while we're at it.

[L. Coyote]

12. One woman, one child, one century, one billion.

Approximately, but doable and unequivocally necessary for humanity to survive.

[Duppers]

15. Folks, click on the OP's link.

The article ends...

"When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”



This prophecy is becoming a more and more brutal reality. But, even today, not every person is aware of the horrible effects our lifestyles have on nature. So share these evocative pictures with everyone.

[Bayard]

31. From the Cree tribe, I believe

Most Native Americans believe the Earth is their Mother. You don't desecrate her.

[Duppers]

35. I agree with them.

She is our mother; she is life-giving.

Here's the history of that quote, my friend...
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/20/last-tree-cut/

[Mendocino]

26. Aldo Leopold

"One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives along in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on the land is quite invisible to the layman. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business , or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise."

[Duppers]

39. Excellent quote.

Sad tho true.

My neighbor is an Antarctic biological oceanographer (had to go to Wiki to get her full description) whose research focuses on the role that zooplankton play in marine food webs and the global carbon cycle, and how they are affected by climate changes.

She won't discuss how bad it is, even tho we brought it up.

[Mendocino]

41. The future

is so bleak.

[Javaman]

27. No Horses...

[Donkees]

29. Tom Paxton - Whose garden was this

[CrispyQ]

30. Don't worry. Our big brain will save us.

I read it here on DU.

[Duppers]

45. K & R

[malaise]

47. Wow

K & R

[Warpy]

48. Mechanization of agriculture did most of this

Kids don't stay on the land, they go to the cities where they think they have a chance of making a decent living. The countryside gets depopulated, towns fade and die, and the slums just keep on growing.

It's not just Mexico City, either. Lagos is probably the worst example these days.

[zentrum]

50. Unfettered, unregulated

....Capitalism.

Capitalism unregulated eats everything in its path, for profit.

[FLPanhandle]

57. More like unfettered, unregulated population growth

[Beringia]

51. K&R

[MFM008]

56. Paradise Lost

[raven mad]

58. Yep.