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c-rational

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Sat Dec 21, 2019, 01:39 PM Dec 2019

A concerning text I received last evening from my gardener friend: [View all]

Last edited Sat Dec 21, 2019, 06:28 PM - Edit history (2)

Found this on Twitter: Posted by a teacher in Paris named Ben See.
Source web site is ecological-emergency.org


1. Global crop failures hit at 1.5- 2°C.
2. Billions die at 3°C.
3. Most humans dead at 4°C.
4. Earth uninhabitable at 6°C.
5. We're heading for 1.5°C by 2025.
6. We're heading for 2°C by 2035.
7. We're heading for 4- 6°C by 2075.

And this morning in the Washington Post an article on whether the tipping point has been reached in the Amazon.

We humans may be an 'intelligent' species but we as a whole are a stupid lot at times. Where is our Leadership?

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Depositing their ill begotten gains in their off shore secret bank accounts. magicarpet Dec 2019 #1
These numbers are silly Loki Liesmith Dec 2019 #2
Say more? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2019 #3
Thanks for your detailed response! nt USALiberal Dec 2019 #35
Do you have a better source? flyingfysh Dec 2019 #4
Will check. c-rational Dec 2019 #9
Added source and web site. c-rational Dec 2019 #30
Eh, no. TwilightZone Dec 2019 #5
Thanks for a bit of fact-checking here. The Earth will survive quite nicely, thank you but erronis Dec 2019 #16
The planet will survive no matter what wryter2000 Dec 2019 #29
Hopefully but, Disaffected Dec 2019 #23
K&R bahrbearian Dec 2019 #6
It was almost 40 years ago, safeinOhio Dec 2019 #7
Humans are like viruses. roamer65 Dec 2019 #13
Matrix virus scene keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #17
They're worried about corps making profits even if their business model... brush Dec 2019 #8
It's terrifying, and a grim reality FirstLight Dec 2019 #10
In honesty, most won't survive. roamer65 Dec 2019 #12
Thur...so very horrific... FirstLight Dec 2019 #31
Population growth has been definitely on the back of the oil boom. roamer65 Dec 2019 #32
Glad I'm in my mid 50's. roamer65 Dec 2019 #11
Mid-60s here. I hope I'm gone before then. calimary Dec 2019 #14
I see what's happening, calimary. It IS sad. roamer65 Dec 2019 #15
I've had a good life. But my kids are in the middle of theirs and their children will bear the brunt erronis Dec 2019 #19
I have had no children...at least that I know of...lol. roamer65 Dec 2019 #20
I fear my 16 year old son will not die of old age. SunSeeker Dec 2019 #18
Our leadership has been seduced by the lust for wealth and power. PatrickforO Dec 2019 #21
Australia and Southern Africa will be the leading edge of the change. roamer65 Dec 2019 #22
"Where is our leadership?" CanonRay Dec 2019 #24
It's not God that I fear... tecelote Dec 2019 #25
Yup. wendyb-NC Dec 2019 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #26
World's on fire; we're running around with our hair on fire. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2019 #28
There is a lot of fake information posted on social media to draw Ilsa Dec 2019 #33
*POST THIS IN THE E/E, ENVIRON. & ENERGY GROUP, SEE IF HATRACK OR appalachiablue Dec 2019 #34
I took a look at the website and it appears reputable, however I will take your advice.. Thanks. c-rational Dec 2019 #36
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