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None of that is going to happen anytime soon. Market forces (oil prices are down now, but in the long term they will go back up forcing us to move to cleaner al
by onewaystreet 12y ago
None of that is going to happen anytime soon. Market forces (oil prices are down now, but in the long term they will go back up forcing us to move to cleaner alternatives) as well as the beginning effects of global warming (flooding) will force us to change long before the planet becomes uninhabitable.
- einrealist 12y agoI hope so. But honestly, I think we will not be able to stop it. There is too much traction from behaviors that will prevent us from actually doing anything. Preventing it would require us to give up many luxuries and things we call a standard. Greed is too strong. Earth will probably end up like Venus because of us.
- manu3000 12y agoIPCC says +5 deg at end of this century... isn't that soon ? Last time this happened (250 millions years ago) 95% of existing species were wiped out (http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27714-are-humans-going-extinct http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27714-are-humans-going-ex...)