silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoThe pain from the Strait of Hormuz crisis will be felt far beyond the pump | Four billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkThe pain from the Strait of Hormuz crisis will be felt far beyond the pump | Four billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.www.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days ago Four billion people are fed by fossil fuels Society has been built upon a house of cards. When a basic requirement of life (i.e. food) is dependent on a non-renewable resource, we set ourselves up for an inevitable breakdown unless we change course.
minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoTBH I thought it was closer to 9 billion but that could be a rounding error.
Society has been built upon a house of cards. When a basic requirement of life (i.e. food) is dependent on a non-renewable resource, we set ourselves up for an inevitable breakdown unless we change course.
TBH I thought it was closer to 9 billion but that could be a rounding error.