None of this is justifiable given the current state of our planet. We must understand that none of our consumption is negligible—least of all something like gaming, which goes far beyond the power needed to run a console. Every console, accessory, and game represents a chain of destruction: mineral extraction that obliterates habitats, exploitative labor practices in regions with little regulation, global shipping that relies on burning fossil carbon, and the mass production of plastics that will inevitably degrade into microplastics. These particles, while not definitively proven to be carcinogenic, have mounting evidence suggesting they pose serious health risks. They are contaminating every corner of the planet—from the deepest oceans to the food we consume and even our own bodies.
Nearly 70% of global biodiversity has been lost since 1970. Insect populations have declined by 75% over the past 50 years. Humans and our livestock now constitute 96% of the mammalian biomass on Earth, leaving wild mammals as a mere 4%. Meanwhile, we are releasing carbon at a rate 200 times faster than the volcanic eruptions that triggered some of the Earth’s worst mass extinctions. We’re adding the energy equivalent of 5 atomic bombs to our oceans every second.
As the climate crisis worsens, we face harsher, more frequent storms, heat waves, and droughts that will destroy infrastructure and make food production increasingly difficult. Some regions will become uninhabitable, forcing mass migrations that will spark conflicts over dwindling resources. More conflict means more suffering, more deaths, and an increased likelihood of nuclear war—a grim gift from our forefathers that humanity has yet to outgrow.
This is the reality we’re heading toward—a world built on a myopic focus on human progress at the expense of everything else. Dismissing any part of our consumption as negligible only perpetuates the mindset that brought us here in the first place. If we want to survive, we must stop emitting carbon. We no longer have the luxury of ignoring what our way of life costs the planet.
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None of this is justifiable given the current state of our planet. We must understand that none of our consumption is negligible—least of all something like gaming, which goes far beyond the power needed to run a console. Every console, accessory, and game represents a chain of destruction: mineral extraction that obliterates habitats, exploitative labor practices in regions with little regulation, global shipping that relies on burning fossil carbon, and the mass production of plastics that will inevitably degrade into microplastics. These particles, while not definitively proven to be carcinogenic, have mounting evidence suggesting they pose serious health risks. They are contaminating every corner of the planet—from the deepest oceans to the food we consume and even our own bodies.
Nearly 70% of global biodiversity has been lost since 1970. Insect populations have declined by 75% over the past 50 years. Humans and our livestock now constitute 96% of the mammalian biomass on Earth, leaving wild mammals as a mere 4%. Meanwhile, we are releasing carbon at a rate 200 times faster than the volcanic eruptions that triggered some of the Earth’s worst mass extinctions. We’re adding the energy equivalent of 5 atomic bombs to our oceans every second.
As the climate crisis worsens, we face harsher, more frequent storms, heat waves, and droughts that will destroy infrastructure and make food production increasingly difficult. Some regions will become uninhabitable, forcing mass migrations that will spark conflicts over dwindling resources. More conflict means more suffering, more deaths, and an increased likelihood of nuclear war—a grim gift from our forefathers that humanity has yet to outgrow.
This is the reality we’re heading toward—a world built on a myopic focus on human progress at the expense of everything else. Dismissing any part of our consumption as negligible only perpetuates the mindset that brought us here in the first place. If we want to survive, we must stop emitting carbon. We no longer have the luxury of ignoring what our way of life costs the planet.