More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit [38.8 °C].
The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according to the Mamirauá Institute, a research facility funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science.
The institute said such a high number of deaths was unusual and suggested record-high lake temperatures and an historic drought in the Amazon may have been the cause.
The news is likely to add to the concerns of climate scientists over the effects human activity and extreme droughts are having on the region.
“Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”
It’s worse. The rich want civilization to break, so they can become the new aristocracy - ruling their own countries, having their own armies.
If that’s their plan it’s incredibly stupid. They’re really underestimating the lethality of ecological collapse, and overestimating the ability of their wealth to mitigate it. Their best bet at survival is being holed up in a bunker by themselves living an austere subsistence life with maybe some close family. There’s not going to be anything to rule over.
In the end, the rich and powerful only live in wealth because of the supply chain and, ultimately, the workers.
If civilization crumbles, so does their little empire.
What’s funny is that in a real collapse. Their skills are the least useful.
My structural engineer buddy often says “I’m still an engineer when the power goes out” lol
They are indeed building huge bunkers in large numbers
It’s not, like most things it’s a lot dumber and simpler. Rich people don’t fight or organize as a class, but they don’t need too. The wealthy just have to look after themselves, and by doing so will vicariously establish benefits for other rich people.
I think in regards to climate change the wealthy are experiencing a malicious version of the bystander effect. Where they on some level understand their own endangerment, but expect a higher power to fix it for them.
However, when a government does attempt a fix that is personally detrimental to their financial health, they take it personally and become reactionary.
The problem lies with the people.
People did try to increase taxes for things like funding public transport or on CO2 but people don’t want less consumption they want more. Can’t even get Americans to stop driving huge oversized cars. We can’t built cycling lanes. We can put taxes on imports from polluting countries. We can’t ban gas and force heat pumps and induction.
People do not want change.
Because of that the business do business as usual. It’s the responsibility of the people to get leaders and laws in place to reduction consumption. But the people really really don’t want that so it isn’t going to happen.