It is not global warming....it is human extinction.

[LeftHander]

There I said it...

Every climax species eventually does exactly that...

The human species is doomed to extinction if it cannot stem the tide of consumption, over population and failure to colonize.

So Global "Warming" is really a much more pleasent prospect. Isn't it?

So CHANGE is required. Incrimental change in behavior. Starting now.

That is why I am going to vote for Obama.

We have not even begun to articulate the change the change we must do to preserve humanity.

Why wait? Who knows, we may leave homo sapiens behind in a quantem leap of evolution....

Who knows.

[terisan]

1. How does Obama fit into that????

[LeftHander]

2. I will leave that question for you to ponder....

I know how I would answer it. But I feel it is a good question that everyone needs to answer for themselves.

[Traveling_Home]

3. DK is the alien introducing new blood (you've seen his wife) and technology - NOT Obama n/t

[terisan]

9. haven't seen any Obama initiatives on the human extinction front. Is it a cult secret?

[Swamp Rat]

4. Humans will become extinct no matter what we do.

We can only stem the tide for a few centuries, or millennia if we're lucky.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. 10 to 20 thousand years if we are lucky

more if we actually colonize other worlds... if we do not conquer space... humans will go extinct, as any other species

95% of species throughout planetary history have already gone extinct

And yes I know you know this, but some folks don't realize this

[Swamp Rat]

13. Yep

The species that were successful for long periods of time (that survived mass extinctions during Earth's history) have a lot more chromosomes than humans (46), such as Ferns (1262). We do, however, have the ability to adapt and change our environment to a high degree (thanks to our intellect), but we won't survive unless we evolve into something else and move on to other worlds.

200,000+ years from now, it will be very unlikely any trace of our existence will be left. Maybe if an asteroid hits us and buries our bones, embedded in rock, some aliens might find them, but that is less likely than looking for and finding a specific grain of sand in the Sahara. :shrug:

[nightrider767]

15. Let's hope we don't conquer space...

I fear we have little of value to share...

[UndertheOcean]

5. good riddance

we are pests anyway , that sooner we vamoose from this planet the better.

[LeftHander]

11. ding ding ding....nt

[melody]

7. We are a genuinely different species -- we're in a unique position to save ourselves

Or do even more damage.

I think we'll survive, but I think it's going to be close.

[madrchsod]

12. as of now we are 14 years behind

we will have to work a lot of overtime to catch-up...

[rug]

8. Now wait a minute, Hillary only played the alqaeda card, you're playing the human extinction card.

[terisan]

10. Ah you are so right !

[HughMoran]

14. We are just a virus...

[defendandprotect]

16. Nationalize Oil ---

[defendandprotect]

17. Electric Cars immediately -- subsidize mfg and purchase --- let's go!!

[cooolandrew]

18. EXACTLY. He inspires people and the change starts with each one of us& he influences left and right.