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Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. Grandchildren of the adults today will HATE us...
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 11:30 PM
Mar 2017

Their world is going to be a dystopian hell hole of resource wars, famine, massive genocides (sanctioned by the West to eliminate 'surplus' population in India and China) and basically the beginnings of a future Mad Max-esque further future. They are likely to be the last generation of humanity born into a stable, modern civilization because by the end of their lives, things are going to be really, really bad.

We had a chance to avoid all of this starting back in the oil embargo and the 1970's. We have Reagan to thank for destroying that chance and every Republican since has been equally awful for the environment at the behest of big business.

I know that I am very sorry for the plight they will suffer and have penned my confession/apology to them and left it in my safe deposit box. I hope I am wrong, but I know better because I can interpret scientific papers and data well enough to know when reports are intentionally emphasizing one plausible conclusion over a MORE plausible one. The climate is destabilized ALREADY and the amount of warming already baked into the equations is more than enough to trigger the feedback loops and worst effects TODAY.

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