THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW MUCH JUNK HUMANS HAVE CREATED

 


THE TRUTH ABOUT JUNK 


What does it mean to be human? Although there is the biological definition and the whole thumb thing, what exactly defines us? You could argue that the creation of tools was when modern humans first began to define themselves. That has been taken to its utmost today.


Here are some interesting facts about how much stuff the human race makes: The Los Angeles Times estimated in 2014 that the average household in the United States contained 300,000 items. Isn't it crazy? It will improve. Think about this: In 2010, the average 10-year-old had 238 toys but only played with about a dozen of them, according to The Telegraph. Also, you can't just blame kids: According to Forbes, the majority of women owned around nine outfits in 1930. That current average has increased to around 30.


Think it's expensive to learn? Consider this trivial fact from Psychology Today: In fact, shoes, watches, and jewelry cost Americans more money than education does. "Consumer goods", also known as "crap", account for roughly two-thirds of the American economy.


If you dig deeper, you'll discover that the human race has created, invented, manufactured, and discarded a staggering amount of things; therefore, let's be honest about all of our junk


30 TRILLION TONS OF JUNK



Since new products are produced on a regular basis, it is impossible to estimate the total amount of man-made products on our planet right now. Or now. Now? More to come. 


So let's go a little further back, to 2016. That's when a group of researchers decided to try to figure out how much stuff we've put on the planet. The results in The Anthropocene Review show that we've put a lot of stuff on the planet: We have produced approximately 30 trillion tonnes of goods. 


Let's break that down because it's so big and abstract. One trillion tons, according to the Terra ton Initiative, is equivalent to nine Great Walls of China or 83 Great Pyramids. It's additionally about equivalent to 6,000 Washington landmarks, so 30 trillion? That amounts to 180,000 Washington Monuments. 


Here are some more ideas to consider: Scientific American reported in 2017 that a Delaware-sized iceberg had broken loose and was moving. They estimated that it weighed approximately a trillion tons, but don't worry; things will get even worse. According to The Guardian, researchers from University College London, Leeds, and Edinburgh universities discovered in 2020 that Earth had lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017. That was pretty much in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's "worst-case" scenarios. It almost seems as though we are replacing the natural world with junk made by humans


ALL OUR JUNK IS DEFINING A NEW GEOLOGIC AGE


According to National Geographic, we can also examine this on a geologic scale. Geologic eras have separated the earth's approximately 4.5 billion-year history into distinct periods. For instance, primates first appeared on the scene during the Paleocene, followed by the Cretaceous, Jurassic, and so on. Additionally, experts at the International Geological Congress assert that we have already initiated a new geological age. According to Jan Zalasiewicz, a geologist from the University of Leicester, the Anthropocene, also known as the geologic age, began in the 1950s and was sparked by the emergence of the nuclear age, according to The Guardian.


They also claim that there were a few other contenders for the title of "ground zero" after nuclear tests spread radioactive materials across the globe: the development of concrete, the proliferation of plastic pollution, and soot. Also significant and defining of an era? Domesticated chicken, go figure! However, this is not good news: The problem lies in massive change, which is occurring as a result of everything we create.


The following is how University College London climate scientist Chris Ripley put it: "It would be unthinkable for us to interfere with the systems that provide us with food, water, air, and climate control if we were a crew on a smaller spacecraft". However, the emergence of the Anthropocene indicates that we are playing with fire

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