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8. "Not in our lifetime"? But indeed in our children's
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 05:30 PM
Jan 2019

And grandchildren's for certain!!

It may take a million yrs to rid the planet of cockroaches but humans will be gone by the end of this century if we do not drastically change our ways of living and our numbers.

Doubt me? Please read Bill McKibben, Michael Mann, and others.

We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report


...This is why Al Gore is concerned that human civilization may not survive the next hundred years. Because even though scientists are more certain that we are causing global warming than almost anything, the concerted political action required to address it remains an abstraction hovering on the horizon.

Our best scientists are telling us that they're surer than ever that the world is about to get apocalyptic, and exactly how it will do so. But if we're not listening now, then when?

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/z44j88/grim-21st-century-predictions-from-the-most-important-climate-report-in-6-years

"Not to worry, it’ll take a billion years...whew!"

You are very mistaken.

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