Elisabeth, thanks for sharing your thoughts and some stark images.

Perhaps you could be interested in Tom Muphy's work if you do not know it already: Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m, and a video series that conveys the essence: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2024/07/metastatic-modernity-launch/