Nuclear? Germany and Japan have announce they will end there use for electric plants.
Here in the United States, the "new generation" of bredder reactors will not be built in time to help. Plus, the added 2 billion of people added to the already 7 billion (up from 3 billion in 1960) wanting a consumer pollutting life..."lose a lot of people and species"...that I agree.
@michael1791 Well, honestly i think the younger generation is generally self centered, often ignorant about the outside world, where as the older, more mature folks think, how can we stop this, what are its effects etc.
Attended his speech at the university, my favourite quote being "now, have I sufficiently depressed you?" then following with a stream of solutions. He really makes his audience want change.
I've just finished reading this book. snipeartist must be delusional or American to have missed the entire point. It is well written, well researched and the points it makes are in typical Dyer style - pointed and matter-of-fact. I'm not sure I felt better in having read it, with it's ominous warnings, but I felt more educated on the subject. perhaps snipeartist should take a reading course to understand what he's supposedly reads.
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This downer of a bastard is spreading widespread panic with his mediocre at best book. Im currently writing a political science paper about his book/this issue and have come to the conclusion that this guy is nothing but a phony, he writes what he does to be controversial and sell book, and yes the whole notion of eco-activists blowing up a nuclear site for world order is a bit much dont you think? Come on Gwynne Dyer give the world a break, i bet you drove your car to the book signing!
The world is going to go through some serious changes and pointing out some of the POSSIBLE outcomes like Machine guns on the Mexican Border is reasonable.
American minefields on their southern border, seem likely to me; not them welcoming 25 Million refugees a year. The US could already be facing 500% increases in food prices in this scenario.
We are seeing feedbacks. The arctic is less shiny white and a methane bomb. The Ocean is not absorbing as much CO2 and will start to release CO2.
Nobody is right about everything. Dyer is useful because he thinks big and pulls you into considering things from a new perspective. He's generally realistic and pragmatic. He makes you think and he's not intimidated by power.
I've just finished this book-I was disappointed. A shame- the subject is important. I thought his grasp of international politics was naive (ie.future china collapses but stays a major actor on world stage?-How? minefields and robotic machine guns on the US/MEX border?- an Israel/Palestine wall would do). He lost me completely when he hypothesized future eco-activists blowing up an old nuke reactor as a protest. As realistic as angry christians opening strip clubs to draw attention to Jesus.
@ech1dna 1) China remains powerful even though the state is in chaos by virtue of its size. 2) You dont think that there are machine guns on the Israel/Palestine wall? 3) look up 'flirty fishing' on wikipedia.
@aniak17 OK, you got me on the flirty fishing- there are no bounds to the godsquads capabilities for bent logic it seems.
But...
-I have seen the israel/palestine wall firsthand and can vouch for its lack of robotic machine guns.
-Greens blowing up a nuke plant is sheer cheap-airport-novel stuff.
-Explain the supposed chinese immunity from collapse claim. When china fell apart in the early 20thCentury its size didn't help it retain its power in any way. Why would the future be different?
Nuclear? Germany and Japan have announce they will end there use for electric plants.
Here in the United States, the "new generation" of bredder reactors will not be built in time to help. Plus, the added 2 billion of people added to the already 7 billion (up from 3 billion in 1960) wanting a consumer pollutting life..."lose a lot of people and species"...that I agree.
Bigum99 5 days ago
Best piece of fiction, other than the bible, ever created
HomburgandScotch 11 months ago
lady gaga 200,000,000 views on average...
gwynne dyer 1000 views on average....
we're fucked people, no ones going to listen until the shit hits the fan.
michael1791 1 year ago 6
@michael1791 Well, honestly i think the younger generation is generally self centered, often ignorant about the outside world, where as the older, more mature folks think, how can we stop this, what are its effects etc.
northpaw2000 9 months ago
@michael1791 its not about quantity, its about quality
THaTHATTeR 5 months ago
Attended his speech at the university, my favourite quote being "now, have I sufficiently depressed you?" then following with a stream of solutions. He really makes his audience want change.
thenatashaswrite 1 year ago
I've just finished reading this book. snipeartist must be delusional or American to have missed the entire point. It is well written, well researched and the points it makes are in typical Dyer style - pointed and matter-of-fact. I'm not sure I felt better in having read it, with it's ominous warnings, but I felt more educated on the subject. perhaps snipeartist should take a reading course to understand what he's supposedly reads.
CanadianKeiffer 1 year ago
Very good book, Dyer's sources are rock solid and the connections logical.
misplacedmouse 2 years ago
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This downer of a bastard is spreading widespread panic with his mediocre at best book. Im currently writing a political science paper about his book/this issue and have come to the conclusion that this guy is nothing but a phony, he writes what he does to be controversial and sell book, and yes the whole notion of eco-activists blowing up a nuclear site for world order is a bit much dont you think? Come on Gwynne Dyer give the world a break, i bet you drove your car to the book signing!
snipeartist 2 years ago
The world is going to go through some serious changes and pointing out some of the POSSIBLE outcomes like Machine guns on the Mexican Border is reasonable.
American minefields on their southern border, seem likely to me; not them welcoming 25 Million refugees a year. The US could already be facing 500% increases in food prices in this scenario.
We are seeing feedbacks. The arctic is less shiny white and a methane bomb. The Ocean is not absorbing as much CO2 and will start to release CO2.
demelza789 2 years ago
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This guy's a moron. I remember reading some idiotic essay by him back in the university, still the same brainless moron.
How are you going to run trucks on solar power? or how about those massive cargo ships. What a fat idiot...
TheFormalizer 2 years ago
Nobody is right about everything. Dyer is useful because he thinks big and pulls you into considering things from a new perspective. He's generally realistic and pragmatic. He makes you think and he's not intimidated by power.
prenduzal 3 years ago 6
I've just finished this book-I was disappointed. A shame- the subject is important. I thought his grasp of international politics was naive (ie.future china collapses but stays a major actor on world stage?-How? minefields and robotic machine guns on the US/MEX border?- an Israel/Palestine wall would do). He lost me completely when he hypothesized future eco-activists blowing up an old nuke reactor as a protest. As realistic as angry christians opening strip clubs to draw attention to Jesus.
ech1dna 3 years ago
@ech1dna 1) China remains powerful even though the state is in chaos by virtue of its size. 2) You dont think that there are machine guns on the Israel/Palestine wall? 3) look up 'flirty fishing' on wikipedia.
aniak17 1 year ago
@aniak17 OK, you got me on the flirty fishing- there are no bounds to the godsquads capabilities for bent logic it seems.
But...
-I have seen the israel/palestine wall firsthand and can vouch for its lack of robotic machine guns.
-Greens blowing up a nuke plant is sheer cheap-airport-novel stuff.
-Explain the supposed chinese immunity from collapse claim. When china fell apart in the early 20thCentury its size didn't help it retain its power in any way. Why would the future be different?
ech1dna 1 year ago