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Kaleva

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17. There's nothing preventing you from preparing for the coming catastrophy

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 07:06 PM

Jul 2024

Some scientists believe we are very near the tipping point or may have already passed it.

Basically, there's little chance anymore of preventing it and it would take a world wide effort of herculean proportions just to mitigate it

With the pace of climate change apparently rapidly increasing, the time to prepare gets shorter

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We Just Lived Through Two of the Hottest Days Ever. Does Anyone Care? [View all] Bundbuster Jul 2024 OP

DuRec leftstreet Jul 2024 #1

I think they should go back way farther than 1940. jimfields33 Jul 2024 #54

Thank you for posting this.... Think. Again. Jul 2024 #2

I've been aware of the danger of Climate Change since Jimmy Carter spoke of it in the 1970's Bundbuster Jul 2024 #5

Thank you. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #7

And meanwhile, declining birth rates are called a "problem" RandomNumbers Jul 2024 #24

Yup - I've even seen some DUers say that Bundbuster Jul 2024 #29

Our economies are based on continual growth. CrispyQ Jul 2024 #53

You'll have to do your running and screaming at night Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #15

Our species is not very good at being mindful of threats that aren't immediate misanthrope Jul 2024 #19

Not shocked... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #3

BUT IT'S TRUCK MONTH IN AMERICA n/t Marcus IM Jul 2024 #4

And if you've got 100,000$ YOU can have one!! No thanks. oldsoftie Jul 2024 #11

At The Ford Dealer Near My House... ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #39

Yep. But they'll only sell em if people BUY em oldsoftie Jul 2024 #51

Its something we'll all have to get used to. Some more than others. oldsoftie Jul 2024 #6

Some things are not "getting used to" -able. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #8

Well, thinking solar panels & windmills will alter anything is a fantasy. oldsoftie Jul 2024 #9

Biden's IRA bill does earmark funds for nuclear... Think. Again. Jul 2024 #16

No longer true with innovations in wind & solar womanofthehills Jul 2024 #44

What are we going to do? Develop stilsuits and ride worms? TheKentuckian Jul 2024 #10

A lot of us, and many other species, will "get used to it" by dying. Bundbuster Jul 2024 #12

We shouldve been building under or partially under ground for decades. oldsoftie Jul 2024 #13

You're probably right, even though building underground sounds like Planet Of The Apes Bundbuster Jul 2024 #14

YES to modular reactors!!! And the earth is usually mid 60s. oldsoftie Jul 2024 #25

Corporations are done with nuclear womanofthehills Jul 2024 #45

Wind is another false hope & a JOKE. oldsoftie Jul 2024 #50

Anthropocene is ending and the Pyrocene is here Ponietz Jul 2024 #26

The Pyrocene indeed Bundbuster Jul 2024 #31

There's nothing preventing you from preparing for the coming catastrophy Kaleva Jul 2024 #17

precisely. Its coming now regardless of any actions taken today. Get ready for it oldsoftie Jul 2024 #22

I agree Kaleva Jul 2024 #23

Your answer lies in the the COVID-19 pandemic misanthrope Jul 2024 #18

K & R malaise Jul 2024 #20

Ask the firefighters moondust Jul 2024 #21

But Americans have a right to their gas stoves! and hamburgers! DBoon Jul 2024 #27

And Real American Women must birth babies! The more, the better! RandomNumbers Jul 2024 #30

That is the philosophy around the world. former9thward Jul 2024 #32

I belive that the Poster was referring to Bundbuster Jul 2024 #33

Thank you, Bundbuster RandomNumbers Jul 2024 #35

Is "born again fundie" driving population growth in Asia? former9thward Jul 2024 #38

Yes, American fundamentalists ARE - in Africa, Asia, and Latin America Bundbuster Jul 2024 #41

So the population growth in India is driven by American fundamentalists? former9thward Jul 2024 #43

I suggest you read this book and educate yourself about American Christian Fundamentalism's worldwide goals Bundbuster Jul 2024 #48

And your point is? RandomNumbers Jul 2024 #34

A poor analogy at best. former9thward Jul 2024 #37

You call it a poor analogy, I call it accurate. RandomNumbers Jul 2024 #40

Please don't try and put words in my posts. former9thward Jul 2024 #42

Okay, let's bring it back to climate change RandomNumbers Jul 2024 #46

Well - the US is the largest gas producer womanofthehills Jul 2024 #49

Humans are not very intelligent Mysterian Jul 2024 #28

We need to focus on mitigating the effects at this point. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #36

Vienna was freaking hot and almost no AC anywhere JCMach1 Jul 2024 #47

We all care. WarGamer Jul 2024 #52