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[โ€“] [email protected] 147 points 3 weeks ago (26 children)

Every study performed on insect counts has concluded that overall insect populations are declining, though there is not complete global coverage of data. One study in Germany found that the flying insect population had decreased by 75% from 1990 to 2015.

A 2019 survey of 24 entomologists working on six continents found that on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst, all the scientists rated the severity of the insect decline crisis as being between 8โ€“10.

Nothing scares me quite as much as the thought that I might live to see global ecological collapse.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Hell no I Wana see that ... People finally taking serious actions against it when its way too late ... There's nothing better then seeing rich people trying to buy stuff that can't be bought... And finally dying full of regrets knowing it was their and theyr families fault.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Everyone else would die too. Not worth it, there are better ways to eliminate the parasite class that are more effective and less self-harmful.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't seem anything is even starting... This is... let's call it the back up plan and it going so great it might end up being the plan A

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Societal collapse will happen before human extinction. One way or another everything is going to sort itself out.

However I would prefer that we sort it out and use our might to reverse the damage already done. Otherwise a lot of people (rich and poor) are going to die (and are already dying)

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