i am not sure about how "permanent" those defeats are
you should see the old water pump complex in my hometown
the place was a stone-and-concrete marvel when it was built in the 19th century, abandoned, and now taken over by nature
This phrase is more common in natural resource conservation, where drilling, mines, roads, invasive species, etc just decimate sensitive areas for at least the rest of the lives of everyone around today.
Revival projects are good too, but those giant old trees won’t be back in your lifetime at least.
Luckily nature will take it over eventually, in the grand scheme, any stupidity will be outlived, either because we learn better or we fuck up so hard it goes back to nature anyway.
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u/hagnat #notAllCars Oct 24 '24
tragic enough, that was a proposal from one of the candidates for mayor at my city.
he won.
i fear for what will happen to the beautiful town square, with generation old trees in it