What things do you think will cease existing in your lifetime?

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Not a wish list btw.
I'm mid thirties and I think I will see the end of:
Petrol and diesel cars
Cows milk (majority drinking soy/oat)
Pork being eaten by most
Smoking (that's hopeful)
People casually throwing around comments about people's weight
Royal family
Legacy benefits :(
Landline telephones
Desktop computers
A lot of pubs :( :(

Incandescent light bulbs were just rebranded as industrial to be still sold, Smart meters were meant to be in every home by now, they're not.

Nationalism.

It will be replaced by regionalism and localism. This will be partly due to huge divergences in beliefs, opinions and attitudes between regional areas of the UK. It will also catch out the SNP eventually, the way it can caught out Labour.

The signs have been there for a while, and it's being fuelled by the population increases now making it difficult to travel comfortably over medium distances on a daily basis, and the death of class as a political tool for solidarity.

I also think, unless something changes drastically, we may see the end of wool clothing in the UK. I suspect it will become an elite product.

Rewilding would be the aim if there was suddenly lots of ‘spare’ land,

Hmmm, yes , I can just see it, all those farmers bankrupt because we importing poorly reared south american beef, NZ lamb deciding to plant some nice wild flowers and oaks.
It will be wind turbines or conifer forests, camping or quadbiking.
People won't hand over their family estate or farm to nice hill walkers for free why should they?

I was thinking that buying choice will have almost disappeared. Everyone will do a quick search of Amazon (or similar) for what will have become the few remaining producers of whatever item - we will have selected the best face oil, biscuits, jumpers, phones, cars etc etc etc By reading what is recommended on MN or similar and everyone will buy the same, as they're proven to be the best. Shopping will take hardly any time. Many producers will fold.

@Packingsoapandwater

Nationalism.

It will be replaced by regionalism and localism. This will be partly due to huge divergences in beliefs, opinions and attitudes between regional areas of the UK. It will also catch out the SNP eventually, the way it can caught out Labour.

The signs have been there for a while, and it's being fuelled by the population increases now making it difficult to travel comfortably over medium distances on a daily basis, and the death of class as a political tool for solidarity.

I also think, unless something changes drastically, we may see the end of wool clothing in the UK. I suspect it will become an elite product.

I'd say globalisation rather than nationalism, but yes, ultimately we'll be back to regionalism and localism. I think localism would bring massive benefits as it keeps money local, even if you have to pay more for your goods/services, it's best that money is kept in the local economy.

The only things that should be on a global scale are things you can't get locally, i.e. minerals, precious metals, etc., i.e. raw materials which you obviously have to buy globally and get delivered. But even with that, many countries still have reserves of "something" that aren't currently being exploited/mined due to cost or environmental concerns, for which answers can be found.

@PattiPritell

I was thinking that buying choice will have almost disappeared. Everyone will do a quick search of Amazon (or similar) for what will have become the few remaining producers of whatever item - we will have selected the best face oil, biscuits, jumpers, phones, cars etc etc etc By reading what is recommended on MN or similar and everyone will buy the same, as they're proven to be the best. Shopping will take hardly any time. Many producers will fold.

That's not really much different to nowadays and the past decade anyway. There are relatively few manufacturers of lots of consumer products, i.e. many different "badges" of washing machines etc are made in the same factory, likewise different car marques share the same ownership/chassis/engines etc.

As for Amazon, it's actually huge numbers of small suppliers/retailers using the Amazon marketplace - you may get your delivery via Amazon, but it's an Amazon marketplace seller who's delivered their goods to the Amazon factory for Amazon to sell via their website and ship via their distribution network. So it's not actually reduced the number of suppliers/retailers - lots of new firms have started up selling only via Amazon with their own warehouses etc.

-you may get your delivery via Amazon, but it's an Amazon marketplace seller who's delivered their goods to the Amazon factory for Amazon to sell

I would have thought Amazon wouldn't stock random sellers in their warehouses - surely you just post info on Amazon website and do the rest yourself whilst paying Amazon a price for the privilege.

Fish

@Insert1x20p I only have two people I regularly see, and we generally make plans for our next meet as we're finishing up our current outing, but it's usually just the park with the DC on a weekend afternoon so there aren't really any arrangements to make. We all go anyway, even if the others aren't. If anything needs to be said outside of that, we use Facebook messenger, and I see it when I'm on the computer.

@PattiPritell Amazon do have stock from other sellers in their warehouse. Others sell through Amazon and ship themselves. The listings say whether they are an Amazon Product, a product supplied by Amazon (but from another seller), or supplied/shipped by the seller.

@PattiPritell

-you may get your delivery via Amazon, but it's an Amazon marketplace seller who's delivered their goods to the Amazon factory for Amazon to sell

I would have thought Amazon wouldn't stock random sellers in their warehouses - surely you just post info on Amazon website and do the rest yourself whilst paying Amazon a price for the privilege.

No, they're a fulfilment company, so sellers do send their goods to the Amazon warehouses and Amazon stores them and eventually packs and delivers them.

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Does rewilding mean saying goodbye to Food Security & stability in food prices? Seems yes.

@PattiPritell

Rewilding would be the aim if there was suddenly lots of ‘spare’ land,

Hmmm, yes , I can just see it, all those farmers bankrupt because we importing poorly reared south american beef, NZ lamb deciding to plant some nice wild flowers and oaks.
It will be wind turbines or conifer forests, camping or quadbiking.
People won't hand over their family estate or farm to nice hill walkers for free why should they?

Precisely

@IndecentCakes I was going to say the same thing!!

massive reduction in eating our animal friends especially pigs and cows.
Growing more human food crops on lowland farms that currently grow grass to send to upland farms.
Increase in linen production to replace textiles made with oil.
More pandemics as we become 'one world'

Coral reefs (or the vast majority of them) because of climate change. Already about half the corals on the Great Barrier Reef have died.