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It’s clear that the real culprit is misinformation if you truly think the planet is dying.
by transcriptase 2y ago
It’s clear that the real culprit is misinformation if you truly think the planet is dying.
- mostlysimilar 2y ago"The planet is dying" is shorthand. We're changing it too rapidly for existing species to adapt and they are dying out. That is fact. Does that mean the planet will become uninhabitable forever? Probably not, Earth can bounce back if given a few million years. That's a small comfort for those of us alive today.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoIt's a lazy misleading shorthand. The planet has and will survive and thrive even when 90% of species go extinct. 90% of species going extinct is a pretty bleak scenario, no hyperbole is necessary.
- me_me_me 2y ago[flagged]
- bryanlarsen 2y agoWe will be part of the 10%, not the 90%. Any species that is - widely present on all continents bar Antarctica - survives in all climates zones - can migrate quickly will be part of the 10%.
- Capricorn2481 2y agoMisleading to who? Sounds like we both knew what I meant. In any case, my point stands that accelerated extinction is depressing, and this is applauded by the right. You're also wrong that we'll be in the 10% that survives. Unless you've learned how to live without water.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago> live without water. The Middle East is surviving just fine without sufficient access to fresh water; desalination makes water more expensive but not significantly so.
- Capricorn2481 2y agoThe things we're doing to the ocean won't be fixed with desalination.