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Timewise, we have been a flicker. But nothing else in Earth's history has become industrialized like humans have in the past ~100 years. You can't say that a h
by zacharycohn 16y ago
Timewise, we have been a flicker. But nothing else in Earth's history has become industrialized like humans have in the past ~100 years.
You can't say that a handful of volcanoes and dinosaur farts 70 million years ago is anything close to the CO2 we put out every day from 7 billion people, billions of cars, millions of factories, etc etc.
- TheloniusPhunk 16y agoToo be honest. I just don't know that industrial carbon emissions rival those of a super-volcanoes or that of an apocalyptic asteroid slamming into Earth. 100 years isn't a lot of time to measure our affect on the grander scheme. Not saying our recent environmental efforts are for naught, but I do believe that when all is said and done and humans are extinct, our impact on Earth will have been negligible.