Nostr

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As the human race stares the #climatecrisis in the face & some warn of a growing chance of major population attrition as living conditions on #earth become less & less amenable to human life, it seems that around 800,000 our distant ancestors suffered from similar #climate pressures & pre-humans only just managed to survive.

It would seem extraordinarily pessimistic to assume we're heading that way again.... but....

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/31/population-collapse-almost-wiped-out-human-ancestors-say-scientists

9304a055... 2y ago

nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 That's extraordinary that potentioally our number was down to 1,300, and for such a long period. Wouldn't it be ironic were future humans limited to such a tiny number once again on some island somewhere because of a climate catastrophe we initiated

Replying to

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

Anecdotal evidence suggests that in the #housing market increasingly cash is king:

It seems, partly driven by the difficulty of getting a #mortgage in the first pace, but also by mortgage lenders increasingly pessimistic valuations (sometimes coming in well below the offer price), vendors (encouraged by #EstateAgents) are giving preference to cash buyers...

Yet one more way the #housingcrisis is consolidating #inequality & the flow of assets to the cash-rich; for the rest #rental hell beckons

9304a055... 2y ago

nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 It's looking like the perfect storm, with wealth moving from those at the bottom to those at the top. How many repossessions and rent increases will people tolerate though?