‘Great news’: EU hails discovery of massive phosphate rock deposit in Norway. Enough to satisfy world demand for fertili

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

It would be more useful to make sure Europe never happens again. Followed by everywhere else.

WTF?

Just another Yukaphile-style self-hater, projecting it onto everybody else.

They came just after crimson left, who was here after yuka left.

[TGLS]

It would be more useful to make sure Europe never happens again. Followed by everywhere else.

WTF?

Just another Yukaphile-style self-hater, projecting it onto everybody else.

They came just after crimson left, who was here after yuka left.

Doubtful.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

It would be more useful to make sure Europe never happens again. Followed by everywhere else.

WTF?

Just another Yukaphile-style self-hater, projecting it onto everybody else.

They came just after crimson left, who was here after yuka left.

Doubtful.

Yeah there is a gap maybe.

[TGLS]

Yeah there is a gap maybe.

No, Frustration began posting before Yuka left permanently, and also complained about difficulty in registering (something that was broken for some time). It just doesn't line up.

[hammerofglass]

Frustration's posting style tends towards one or two sentences of sweeping proclamation. Yukaphile would toss out a wall of text about minutiae in a book they haven't read being different than the version in the tv show they haven't watched. They're nothing alike.

[Frustration]

Just another Yukaphile-style self-hater, projecting it onto everybody else.

Don't flatter yourself, hon, I hate you for *you*.

[Thebestoftherest]

Can we get back to the subject at hand, or will frustration bashing take priority?

[Frustration]

In a way, this is no different than finding new oil deposits under the North Sea would be: it ultimately changes nothing, but makes necessary change harder in the short term. So it's moderately bad news.

I do believe civilization would need to hit rock bottom before deciding to change, and it's not likely to survive the impact.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Frustration's posting style tends towards one or two sentences of sweeping proclamation. Yukaphile would toss out a wall of text

haha lol yeah

[TGLS]

In a way, this is no different than finding new oil deposits under the North Sea would be: it ultimately changes nothing, but makes necessary change harder in the short term.

Well, if the new oil deposits were enough to double the world's oil reserves, then yeah I guess it would be no different. And it does ultimately change nothing, in the same way that in five billion years the Earth will be consumed by the sun.

I do believe civilization would need to hit rock bottom before deciding to change, and it's not likely to survive the impact.

I disagree. We're already making changes well before any kind of crash in response to rising oil prices over the past twenty years. Over the next twenty, many nations in the developing world will phase out gasoline powered cars, and many major car manufacturers are following this plan. 2% of the world's plastic production uses renewable biomass rather than fossil fuels.

This isn't to say the world doesn't have problems, it very much does. However, these aren't problems that we're completely incapable of solving. The doomster argument is foolish.