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SusanCalvin

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14. This gets me in the gut.

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:43 AM

Mar 2016

I don't go around thinking about it every minute, or I'd go crazy, but I really do believe I'll probably live to see the ship sink.

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In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth [View all] GliderGuider Mar 2016 OP

Oligarchy capitalism is killing our two most valuable resources: the planet and the people on it. nt JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #1

WWII and the Cold War were fought to decide whose system would get to wreck the planet. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #4

Once humans are extinct, the planet will recover. I wonder how many times humans have done this? JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #9

dude, this is the first time it is the fault of humans Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #16

The biosphere is coming to an end. Earth will be out of the habitable zone in about 800 million DhhD Mar 2016 #45

a few incremental tweaks around the edges should do the trick tk2kewl Mar 2016 #2

Just need to build on the ACA / FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #6

Fund Planned Parenthood pscot Mar 2016 #21

But but EEEvil Guverment Regulations are Killing Jobs! n/t n2doc Mar 2016 #3

I fully agree Dragonfli Mar 2016 #5

Done! And thanks for asking! nt GliderGuider Mar 2016 #8

Thank YOU! people need to understand we are actually facing extermination and neo-liberalism Dragonfli Mar 2016 #11

Yes, I know about it. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #12

"Oh, we won't go extinct. Our big brains will save us." CrispyQ Mar 2016 #13

This world has witnessed and endured several extinction level events, planets do not care about Dragonfli Mar 2016 #15

Based on our experiences with Biosphere I and II GliderGuider Mar 2016 #17

Thanks for the input, I instinctively doubted we could accomplish it successfully, but with what you Dragonfli Mar 2016 #18

I knew a woman who crewed the second Biosphere II mission GliderGuider Mar 2016 #19

Wasn't one of the main problems the concrete taking up oxygen from the atmosphere? hatrack Mar 2016 #22

Close. Here's a description of the problems they had GliderGuider Mar 2016 #27

Apples and Oranges. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #30

I was commenting on Dragonfli's reference to closed environments. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #33

Yes, I understand, Paul. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #38

Yes, I think you're probably right about that. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #39

Yes, I think the new feudal overlords will attempt this: Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #31

The Human infestation will be short-lived StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #7

That's what it looks like. nt GliderGuider Mar 2016 #10

This gets me in the gut. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #14

Me too, and I'm 61 years old. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #32

63, almost 64 here. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #35

I've been trying to digest this information for 12 years now GliderGuider Mar 2016 #36

I'd also add that much of this was done in the name of anticapitalism MisterP Mar 2016 #20

You lost me when you attached the second law of thermodynamics to, um... NNadir Mar 2016 #23

We have different worldviews? I'm stunned. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #24

Well shriveled is a hard word. NNadir Mar 2016 #25

It has been an enormously useful concept for me. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #26

No offense taken. NNadir Mar 2016 #37

Neoliberal Capitalism and the Second Law GliderGuider Mar 2016 #40

I'm not generally reported as being "civil." That's a new one, but thanks... NNadir Mar 2016 #41

Fortunately the world has room enough for both scientists and philosophers. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #42

Well then, given the clearer perspective on our "philosophical" differences, may I suggest... NNadir Mar 2016 #43

Well said. I think I know what you mean about seeing. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #44

So my husband emails me a link to this, says Bigmack Mar 2016 #28

Humans just don't do limits. GliderGuider Mar 2016 #29

Because we use our minds The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #34