4 Terrifying Things That Will Happen If Humans Don't Stop Pollution

[ragequeen]

It`s not only about global warming anymore. It doesn`t even matter if you believe it exists or not because there are other factors that can, in fact, have a much larger negative impact on the globe and its inhabitants. Here are a few of the potential results from continuous pollution.

In advance, I`m sorry to post a myTake with such negative content, but I will try to make another one that`s about progress on this particular subject.

1. Extinction

This is probably the result most people are concerned about, and, they should be. Fracking is a practice that extracts oil and natural gas from shale plays. This can cause soil pollution. Since soil is the very foundation of our survival, we can all book ourselves a one-way ticket to the endangered species list. Not to mention that this is just one of probably a hundred ways that we could potentially become extinct.

2. There goes the sun, do do do do

Do you like to sunbathe? Well, that might not last long. Continous air pollution will not only permanently damage our bodies with dangerous particles, but it will create a thick layer of dark smoke which can block out the sun. This won`t just leave us in the dark (literally), but it will make it impossible to maintain crops and growth.

3. Running out of oxygen

Deforestation and just simple air pollution will kill trees and plants, keeping them from fulfilling their deed as photosynthetic devices. We all know from basic knowledge that photosynthesis is the production of oxygen, so without these wonderful things, we won`t stand a chance. I would hold my breath if I were you.

4. Dirt and filth in your water supply

If you like it dirty, polluting the earth might be for you! In addition, you`ll get luxurious, dirty baths and showers offered to your entire family. Also, you won`t be brushing your teeth in clean water anymore. Your girlfriend or boyfriend will be talking dirty to you all day and all night.

[MarkRet]

There is a small number of human beings who are concerned, think forward, and do the right things. And then there's the rest of humanity, who are self-centered, ignorant, greedy, reproduce like cockroaches, and just don't give a shit. Because of them, we're ALL screwed.

[ragequeen]

Exactly.

[RedRobin]

That's scary

[WalterRadio]

You are hilarously ignorant! Very funny!!

1. Fracking doesn't pollute the topsoil any more than any other extraction, and it is cleaner today than a hundred years ago.

2. The sun causes cancer, blocking the sun with particulates will reduce skin cancer rates and lower the temperature of the earth. However, particulate pollution has gone way, way down. China and India haven't caught up yet, but they will. How many Stage 2 alerts has Los Angeles had last year? How about 40 years ago? Ever see some old buildings in Paris or London that are black and others that are white? They all used to be black until some were cleaned. They don't get black anymore.

3. In all the history of mankind, including all of our fossil fuel burning, we have consumed 0.2% of the O2. We will die of CO2 poisoning before running out of Oxygen, but plants grow faster with more CO2, increasing O2, so it is self-correcting.

4. Water is cleaner today than it has ever been. The danger in water is not chemicals so much, but natural biologicals. Fewer people are dying today from contaminated water than ever before.

[John_Doesnt]

"Fracking doesn't pollute the topsoil any more than any other extraction, and it is cleaner today than a hundred years ago."
Are you a troll?

[oddwaffle]

Actually:

#1 rising sea level = loss of land (already happening, about 2-3 footfields per day in US) = world war imminent

#2 rising temperature = loss of crop yield (already happening) = famine and severe hunger = world war imminent

#3 change in sea water temperature and loss of saline in sea water = loss of sea resources (fish, shrimps, corals) = severe economic losses = extreme poverty in coastal regions = chaos, rebellion, destruction imminent.

Those are probably what people will be facing regardless of what they do if they can't stop everyone else from reducing pollution.

Here are others directly related to pollution if you have no regulations about pollution:

#1 thicken air and turn the air into cappuccino color = acit rain + lung diseases + death rate increase = massive increase in health problems, costs and government spending as well as high costs due to acid corrosion in all infastructures. India is the prime example.

#2 contaminated ground and water = highly infected and dangerous crops = massive loss of human life and increase healthcare spending. It's possible to become blind or get cancer from eating fruits, vegetables and crops growing on contaminated soil and water. China is an example. They have whole villages turn blinded or all have cancer.

#3 drastic increase in toxic chemical levels in fish and other animals in water. Even farmed fish would carry extreme level of toxicities that could lead to dead, brain damages, blindness and other problems even when the fish aren't even close to contaminated sources.

[oddwaffle]

India smog.

http://images.financialexpress.com/2018

China cancer villages

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[JSmith925]

Great take. It's about time someone tackled this. It matters little what else we get right if we befoul our environment. I laughed recently when Stephen Hawking predicted we would soon be living on Mars. Really? Where are we going to find the resources on our damaged planet to build a mass living environment 50 million kilometers away?

We can't even be good stewards of the planet we have already been gifted. How are we going to do any better with another one? I have a better idea. How about we just stop killing mother earth and stick around for a while. There's a thought.

~JSmith

[Nivinxus]

I don't think you are wrong. Sadly, transitioning to technology that can sustain human society with little to no pollution will take decades if not longer. Reminds me of how toxic producing solar panels are back a few years ago (not sure if it is still highly polluting in chemical nature) but that's what it takes to get a renewable source (and that's not even considering the space it may need to implement).

There are some interesting alternatives that I hope will come to fruition such as Algae based energy sources. Still there is much research needed to see if there are feasible way to implement with the growing human population and rate of consumption as well.

[JudgmentDay]

And we all would eventually and inevitably die either way, why even stress or worry over something that is so big and beyond our control? Our species are bound to destroy themselves one way or another, sooner or later. How do you expect our species to do any better and fix the harm and damage that we had done and inflicted upon this planet? When it's clearly that we as a species are a complete divided disastrous mess altogether? And if we did die out, then, oh well, we brought it upon ourselves. But at least it was a good few thousand or so years that our species had lasted. The way I see it, eventually we'll prioritize space travel and colonization, but at that point we are only doing so because WE HAD BECOME A DYING SPECIES, GRASPING FOR RESURRECTION, and so WE'RE LEAVING THE EARTH, FOREVER, to start again. And by then, it might already become too late for our species' survival, acting entirely in desperation.

[andreasderjuengere]

Doesn't it all come down to a global cultural pollution?
We are already dead. But we don't accept the fact.

[ragequeen]

Very true!

[Goochbreaker]

EVERYONE RUN! RUN INTO THE WAITING ARMS OF US, THE GOVERNMENT! The big scary monster will get you if you don't pay us carbon taxes and buy our 10x more expensive CLEAN ENERGY!!!

[NYCQuestions1976]

Our son, in its natural life cycle, will eventually (in a few million years) become a red giant. It will expand beyond the orbit of Mars, destroying all of the inner planets, including earth. Or like fleas on a dog's ass, the Earth will shake us off with a catastrophic earthquake or volcano. So game over either way.

[NYCQuestions1976]

Our *SUN*. Sorry. Auto correct...

[badboy666]

Good thing that the amount of trees in the US has stayed the same for over the last 100 years.

And how much better the air is in the US. Man we have made huge progress.

www.epa.gov/.../air-quality-national-summary

Man, check out those numbers. Hard not to feel optimistic.

[Browneye57]

Hmmm... another 'sky is falling' chicken little. pshaw

[RolandCuthbert]

Humans will only care when everything is on the brink. Until then we will be more worried about the number of people we friended on facebook.

[JudgmentDay]

Lol you have a point there!

[Anonymous]

I agree with everything you said, but as long as we continue to elect right wing governments, it's hopeless.

[John_Doesnt]

It's a huge problem, but a bigger problem is that idiot Americans won't accept the evidence for this.

[LegateLanius]

I'd be more worried about the ocean than the trees. About 70% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by marine plants.

[Jackblue]

I am pretty confident nuclear fusion will come around in time.

[red07net]

so i say , kill half the human population.

[Silver158]

think we should start with Australia :P

[red07net]

@Silver158 sure , but why not china or india , they have the highest population.

[Silver158]

I like both Chinese and Indian food though.

[JudgmentDay]

@Silver158 A human sterilization plague would be best, we might eventually all be gone, but the planet and everything else might still become saved since there would not be any more people added into the world.

[Silver158]

@JudgmentDay the planet will be fine once we're gone as long as it's not nuclear war that does it. And even then once the radiation clears up sure there'll still be bacteria or cockroaches kicking about to evolve and replenish the planet. It goes through cycles. So many things blame climate change on human interference. It's not the case, climate change is a natural planetary cycle which we've just accelerated. It would have happened anyway later down the line. Same with species becoming extinct, there will be other species which evolve to replace them in the ecosystem over time.

[JudgmentDay]

@Silver158 Human extinction might actually be a good thing. At least that meant no more wars, suffering, greed, corruption, hypocrisy, lies, deceit, abuse of power and so on. I know nuclear war would be worse since it devastates the environment and all other life on it, that's why I think a plague that is extremely contagious and permanently stops us all from ever bringing more people into the world would be the best scenario for the entire ecosystem and all other non-human life that is part of it. However, we could still speed up the extinction process should something like that were to ever happen, and it might still result in a full scale nuclear war. Otherwise, we'd just embrace and accept our species' fate as it is.

[Silver158]

@JudgmentDay While I do think a reproductive plague would be a good last resort. they should have brought in a 1 - 2 child limit in most countries years ago and the population wouldn't be blowing out of control as much as it is now.

[CT_CD]

10/10 would read again

[Anonymous]

That's it. I'm moving to Mars

[JudgmentDay]

Want a Plasma Gun and BFG9000 to go with you Mars travel package, just in case?

[Deukalion]

I will go back home to Andromeda constellation.

[John_Doesnt]

Sorry, but that Mass Effect game sucked and you will be disappointed.

[Deukalion]

@John_Doesnt it's not the Mass Effect game, it's origin of Hellinism.

[Anonymous]

great mytake!

[ragequeen]

Thank you!