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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 12:59 PM Jun 2017

10 years until climate catastrophe?

I've also read that we have really gone beyond the tipping points for the massive methane release to come. It's already started.
I have read that the 1970's was our time to do something.



Scary stuff...


Warning of mass extinction of species, including humans, within one decade


http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2017/02/warning-of-mass-extinction-of-species-including-humans-within-one-decade.html

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10 years until climate catastrophe? (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2017 OP
I'm not surprised Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2017 #1
Also from February zipplewrath Jun 2017 #2
I think this is why humans cilla4progress Jun 2017 #3
Our days as a species are numbered. Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 #4
Please don't spread this stuff. It gives climate science a bad reputation. OKIsItJustMe Jun 2017 #5
Yeah, I've been up on this for a couple of years. defacto7 Jun 2017 #6

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
1. I'm not surprised
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 01:06 PM
Jun 2017

In High School, in 79 or 80, we were told that at the then current rate of pollution, by the year 2100 we would see what we're seeing now. It was a hoax then too.

For the hoax remark, just in case.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
6. Yeah, I've been up on this for a couple of years.
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jun 2017

But for all the posts and discussions concerning it I have kept it to one remark or post on the subject due to the stigma I've gained as a doomsday thinker. I just tell it as I research it. The last figures I've read from science studies is that we are in the 7 to 10 year range for catastrophic release but it could push out to 20.
Face it, there aren't that many people who want to think about it and calling people like me a ct vendor is a good way to hide from it. I don’t blame them.
It plays well for the dominionists who want an armageddon and the oligarchs who want to gather as much as they can and build their safety bubble. Only problem is that they will both annihilate each other.
Nice to communicate with you all. Live well, enjoy life and fight for healing the planet and humanity as if we have plenty of time to fix it. Maybe we do.

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