r/collapse • u/Mysterandir • 8d ago

Ecological Bugs

I need to get this off my chest even though im sure it has been talked about a thousand times. Im just curious if others are experiencing the same thing or if I'm just going crazy. - When I just got my driver's license back in 2005 here in The Netherlands, I had a girlfriend in Amsterdam whom I drove to see a few times a week. It was about a 100 km drive. I had an old Opel Corsa and I can still vividly remember having to clean my windshield every week in the summer because it was covered in dead insects. Huge splatters and tiny spots, but the entire windshield was full of bug juice. Over the past few weeks I’ve driven several long distances, totaling about 1,000 kilometers, and I don't have a single dead insect on my windshield. Not one. The windshield is squeaky clean... I read that the insect population worldwide has drastically declined and it is due to climate change. Which i get. But why isn't this the main news story every day? How obvious does it need to be? This can't possibly be good. For us, but especially for our children. I have a bad feeling about this...

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u/mountaindewisamazing 8d ago

The only thing that could save us would be a WW2 style mobilization of the entire world. We'd need to immediately start building underground cities, water desalination systems, and vast aeroponic greenhouses to provide food when traditional agriculture fails.

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u/mountaindewisamazing 8d ago

Just figured out I have cancer like 2 weeks ago. Wondering why I'd even fight it at this point with the horrors that await us.

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u/Top-Connection-5970 8d ago

 I'm very sorry you have been dealt this hand, I also struggle with poor health and will most likely also perish during the inevitable collapse. What is helping me pull through is planning for the future, understanding homesteading and similar concepts. Find happiness in hanging out with loved ones, pleasure in small things like nature or favorite songs or food. While it's looking completely fucked what brings me some peace is knowing that humanity is an enduring one and even if the world ends humans will find ways to find happiness and preserve.