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Literature Teacher sharing info/news on Rapid Extinction & the Collapse of Earth's systems. Urging radical political, economic change to try to limit the doom.

Aug 24, 2019, 5 tweets

Climate Emergency Plan:

1. Plant a few trees; destroy forests.
2. Wind & solar; drill the Arctic.
3. Tasty fake meat; more pesticides.
4. Electric buses; aviation boom.
5. Ban plastic straws; 5G.
6. CO₂ tax; private geoengineering.

The Extinction Economy: contempt for science.

Interference from 5G wireless phones could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30%.

That reduction would give coastal residents 2 or 3 fewer days to prepare for a hurricane, and could lead to incorrect predictions of the storms’ final path to land.grist.org/article/5g-net…

'Electromagnetic radiation from power lines, wi-fi, phone masts and broadcast transmitters poses a ‘credible’ threat to wildlife, a new report suggests, as environmentalists warned the 5G roll out could cause greater harm.'

telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/0…

5G:

Smartphones Are Killing The Planet Faster Than Anyone Expected:

'Researchers are sounding the alarm after an analysis showed that buying a new smartphone consumes as much energy as using an existing phone for an entire decade'.

This seems relevant.

fastcompany.com/90165365/smart…

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