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Duppers

(28,117 posts)
9. An accurate and terrifying metaphor.
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 06:21 PM
Feb 2018

Last edited Tue Feb 27, 2018, 07:53 PM - Edit history (1)

This temperature acceleration is so alarming.




On edit: whoops, didn't mean you're going "hmmm," but humankind in general.
The average Jane and Joe haven't a clue and do not want to. Even some "scientists."

The consequences of our ignorant consumption and huge global population are terrifying.
When trying to explain to an acquaintance, she said "well, if it's all that bad, it would be on the news." It is in print media that they won't read.


Just reading in the past few weeks that:
Third of North American Birds Slated
For Extinction Thanks To Humans.
North Atlantic right whales may face extinction after no new births recorded.
And goodbye polar bear and numerous other species, all thanks to human activity.
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