I guess you should do what makes most sense to you.
There is no such moral obligation as to "have children" or "don't have children". The choice should be yours.
"TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT for the Earth and the secrets that lie beneath the surface" had me for a moment. great comedy, lol
translation: "dear boss, i can't come to work today, because we have 20cm of snow".
The dissemination and distribution of solar power might seem minor today, but if you model solar growth as roughly exponential - as is typical for new developments - then solar could become the dominant power source in 2036 - which is not far into the future, even on human timescales. I ask you to keep your head up high, and believe into the future, because I care about you, and I don't want you to suffer from depression and anxiety.
Sources: solar energy growth and energy mix
two signals drive the human spirit: positive and negative vibes.
while at first glance, both might seem like legitimate ways to actuate people, one (negative) is devouring, the other (positive) is enhancing. that is why positive news should be preferred here instead of negative ones.
I'm saying this because I see a lot of very dystopian headlines being pushed around here.
(while at first glance, negative news might seem to get more attention; in the long run, positive news is what sticks with people. be encouraging, not discouraging.) :D
billionaires are a cancer of society and need to be cut out. they think of nothing but their own growth and will damage all of the system because of it. we need to get rid of them before it's too late.
Edit: better yet, we need policies that disencourage their behavior.
So, I have comments/questions:
“We could not feed the global human population without [insect] pollinators,”
(that's a quote from the article). I think that's wrong though. Most calories are provided by cereals, and cereals are wind-pollinating, AFAIK.
I saw a meme a while ago with three panels:
unfortunately i can't find the meme anymore.
Instead of recycling rare metals from batteries (which is notoriously difficult), try constructing your batteries without rare metals. It is theoretically possible, sodium ion batteries set an example for this. Yet they are still under development. Link
young adults have been forsaken by the society in favor of "the economy" and yet another bullshit.
we need an end to economic growth on earth. we need an end to investment, to innovation, to unnecessary scarcity, to the 40-hour work week, to young people spending large part of their lives in schools. we need a social system, we need communal construction and transport, we need free education and healthcare, 20-hour work weeks for all (including adults and school-goers). we need technological prowess for the benefit of society, not for some rich greedy assholes.
My idea is that most Hydro-Power plants can be used as reservoirs with little modification.
And biomass can be burned at whatever moment you like (provided you have the plants to do so), so it is "on-demand power" in some sense.