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OKIsItJustMe

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11. Hmmm... I'm in an odd position here

Reply to Duppers (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2017, 10:33 PM

Feb 2017

Most of the time I find myself trying to convince people that the threat is real and serious. However, I'm not looking for the death of “most human life on the planet” to happen in seven years, or by 2050 or by 2100.

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Put bluntly, how much time do we have left? [View all] Duppers Feb 2017 OP

Until dinner? True Dough Feb 2017 #1

as a country? On the planet? MFM008 Feb 2017 #2

Most human life on the planet. Duppers Feb 2017 #3

Enough. braddy Feb 2017 #4

That is a function of what "we" do. n/t. NNadir Feb 2017 #5

Some scientific studies measure it in decades, defacto7 Feb 2017 #6

I distinguish between human life and global industrial civilization. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #7

I very much agree... defacto7 Feb 2017 #8

What we're seeing in geopolitics and the rise of Trump GliderGuider Feb 2017 #9

Thank You! I always value your knowledge, GG. Duppers Feb 2017 #13

By 2050, global civ will be crumbling NickB79 Feb 2017 #10

Hmmm... I'm in an odd position here OKIsItJustMe Feb 2017 #11

I'm not looking for it either.. defacto7 Feb 2017 #12