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The Scientists Are Terrified [View all] Javaman Nov 2021 OP

Sad to say, climate calamities may force a large chunk of humanity calimary Nov 2021 #1

Even if the climate turns into a major killer... Silent3 Nov 2021 #4

The other half will be blamed on the usual suspects of history... Moostache Nov 2021 #12

but the irony is, if they kill off the poor, who will jump to their whims? Javaman Nov 2021 #25

They believe that AI bots will replace wnylib Nov 2021 #58

Counting on Skynet is their last mistake. ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #69

And who will buy their cheap imported junk? Permanut Nov 2021 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2021 #19

and the rich llashram Nov 2021 #29

In the binary sense of total extinction vs. any level (however meager) of non-extinction... Silent3 Nov 2021 #30

tipping point(s) llashram Nov 2021 #31

Even if we're at a tipping point in climate, and major warming occurs... Silent3 Nov 2021 #35

I hope you're right but llashram Nov 2021 #36

Operative words for Mars 2.0 ...time, money and effort paleotn Nov 2021 #38

you see the irony of what your saying right? Javaman Nov 2021 #43

Developing Mars is for a different kind of survival goal Silent3 Nov 2021 #48

In the long run most earth species don't survive. More than 99.9% are extinct. hunter Nov 2021 #81

Inhabitable? HuskyOffset Nov 2021 #78

Humans are like rabbits in Australia. roamer65 Nov 2021 #51

A big, fat K&R!♥ CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2021 #2

K & R - nt Ohio Joe Nov 2021 #3

Yes, and our conservative Supreme Court is going to decide if the government can regulate ... Jim__ Nov 2021 #5

I've told my kids don't have kids and we're sorry for what you'll be dealing with in your lifetime. Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #6

I get it, but OneCrazyDiamond Nov 2021 #62

I understand, but the weight of global warming on our childrens' Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #75

Maybe the Stupids are winning. Not conducive to natural selection for humans. triron Nov 2021 #7

the stupids will die via natural selection. Javaman Nov 2021 #9

But stupids often take non-stupids with them Ohioboy Nov 2021 #27

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Nov 2021 #8

Sorry, But I Just Don't Care Anymore SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #10

I'm 58 and I fully expect the shit to hit the fan before I shed my mortal coil. Javaman Nov 2021 #11

Feels Like The Angrier I Get, The Less Is Done To Change Things SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #13

I know what you mean Javaman Nov 2021 #21

I think I'll adopt your mantra... llmart Nov 2021 #41

+1😀 Javaman Nov 2021 #72

I feel much the same. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2021 #39

I just hit 50 this year, I am 100% sure the worst will start in my lifetime. Moostache Nov 2021 #16

Yes. roamer65 Nov 2021 #52

54 and I agree. 2030ish through 2070 will be the transition to BIG fire, flood, war, famine, world. JanMichael Nov 2021 #53

I can't control others but I am spending much time preparing to adapt to what's coming. Kaleva Nov 2021 #14

Probably A Wise Idea SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #15

I bring this up from time to time but some friends that I have had a child and they were Javaman Nov 2021 #22

I've been learning new things. Kaleva Nov 2021 #59

I'm starting to feel that way myself Raine Nov 2021 #26

Same here. roamer65 Nov 2021 #49

I'm older with kids, and parents have passed, but I'm not disagreeing with anything in your post. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #65

The climate is changing and I fear we will do nothing. The part no one wants to talk about is: The Jungle 1 Nov 2021 #17

...and there will be areas that attempt to stop them. roamer65 Nov 2021 #50

You'll see massive movement of people right here in this country. Kaleva Nov 2021 #60

Wealthy capitalists LOVE the Prisoner's Dilemma game b/c they can influence the outcome NullTuples Nov 2021 #18

as said by gretta thornburg, we had 50 years or more to clean up our act but, AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2021 #23

I live in the little town of Issaquah, WA (Costco's World HQ) in the foothills of the Cascade Mtns OMGWTF Nov 2021 #24

Joe Manchin's owner-donors -- they're poster child for what's wrong. joe manchin's their tool. ancianita Nov 2021 #28

While I would love to throw all the blame on Manchin, he could not do what he is doing rurallib Nov 2021 #32

I think we're doomed bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #33

I'm an a apocaloptimist. Magoo48 Nov 2021 #80

Yep I trust the scientists FakeNoose Nov 2021 #34

A bunch of lichen growing on bare rocks . . . Aussie105 Nov 2021 #37

Why won't the wealthy/powerful stop climate change? Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #40

I think they originally believed that the worst of it will not happen in their lifetimes. totodeinhere Nov 2021 #55

And they think their offspring can evade climate change because they are rich. Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #57

K&R! Good article! burrowowl Nov 2021 #42

There were plenty of people who saw this coming years ago - no one listened. waterwatcher123 Nov 2021 #44

Once upon time, when there was a real educational system in this country... Javaman Nov 2021 #45

From June of 2017 Dystopian Optimist Nov 2021 #46

I expect suicide rates to go near exponential over the next 20 years. roamer65 Nov 2021 #47

I hate to say it, but that conference in Scotland was just words. Just like the climate conference totodeinhere Nov 2021 #54

What I find darkly amusing about that conference is Javaman Nov 2021 #73

They're not the only ones who are terrified. calimary Nov 2021 #56

Oh, they've been "terrified" since the 1970's NullTuples Nov 2021 #61

And 30 years of spewage from Presidential Medal of Freedom winner: Rush Limbaugh. No RIP. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #63

I just heard a report saying that we just have to start thinking how to live with climate change. Kablooie Nov 2021 #64

Some of us here have been talking about adapting for a couple of years now. Kaleva Nov 2021 #71

Club of Rome report was pooh-poohed in the early 1970s bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #66

STOP GLOBAL WHINING bumper stickers were hilarious? czarjak Nov 2021 #67

If one thinks that it's just Joe Manchin, George Bush, or all the demons, they should think... NNadir Nov 2021 #68

Never forget, people are made of meat. hunter Nov 2021 #74

The Scientists Are Terrified nelsonarcherdd31 Nov 2021 #76

So what do you think of it? BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #77

Manchin did what a coal baron would do, 2Gingersnaps Nov 2021 #79

one of them, for sure llashram Nov 2021 #82