I first uttered the words "We're fucked" on DU in 2006.

[Javaman]

64. Once upon a time...

1970 I was in elementary school.

My teacher, Ms. Starns (a truly wonderful gentle person) told us, "if even the world warmed by 1 degree, it would effect everything we do".

I never forgot those words.

fast forward a few years to my sophomore year in highschool. My science teacher, Mr. Gelb (another fantastic person) told us, we are on track to have a 2 degree rise in global temps by the year 2050. (he was an optimist)

by the time I was in college in the early 80's, I continued on the path set forth by Ms. Starns and Mr. Gelb and did my own reading. I started paying attention back then to what the "alarmist&quot remember this was the ray-gun era) scientists were saying about the rising temp.

I knew then that we were fucked, especially when ray-gun removed the solar panels off the white house.

and so it goes.

to echo your statement, "we're fucked". Yes, we are indeed fucked.

to quote Winston Churchill, "the Americans always to the right thing...eventually". Sadly, we don't have that luxury anymore. we waited way to long, by about 40 years.