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How much do time humans have left on this planet?
Walter WMay 07, 21
can carnivores change their diet - no?! - can herbivores change their diet no?! - can omnivores (humans) change their diet - no?! - humans are eating the planet up - in front of all are eyes (global warming) - humans can not agree on a plan to stop the carnage. How much time do you think humans have left on this planet - since we are all omnivores (and that is not going to change)?!
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  • APB
    Its great talking to you Walter W..love you man
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    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
      SAME!
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  • APB
    150 years?....but probably only 75 that will be really worth hanging around for...the fun thing is whether we will be destroyed by climate change...lack of water...lack of oxygen...no food, disease...war...or my favourite..being hit at random by one of those huge rocks that come spinning past the Earth every week or so that no-one sees coming and only occassionaly gets noticed rocketing away again...smartest monkeys...(another musical reference..I know Leonora. if you are still out there...wrong crowd!)
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    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
      Hi Andrew - 75 years?!
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  • Tupulua S
    I am not sure where you are living, which pacific island your from, Linda C. I can tell you from my own experience from what i have witnessed. Yes you are right, all the pacific islands are built up by coral, and there are mountains in those islands formulated by deeply set in the belly of the earth, and the vast surroundings were created by lava, When we grew up, the lava rocks were very high from the sea level, now those same lava rocks are levelled with the sand on the beach. High tide or low tide those lava rocks are starting to disappear from the face of the earth. sea water has come righ up to the base of the mountain. Yes we are losing animals left, right and centre, because their natural habitat have been taken up the the sea. and some human activities helped extinguised it even more. Yes it looks like the island is sinking, but no, sciencetifici study and research by Cambridge University in 1975 told us that the sea water level is rising, and it still rising righ now . It has been predicted that the next 20 or 30 years some island will dissapear completely. So please don't spread false information, unless you are part of the cancelled culture
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    • Peter O 164296
      Estimates are that the population will double to 14 billion by 2050. This is unsustainable, so barring some sort of cataclysm, governments would have to decide to kill a lot of us off. I don't have the answers, but I 've been saying for 40 years plus, don't worry about a nuclear war, we'll eat ourselves off the planet. I won' t be here to see it, but that's my best guess. Hope I'm wrong.
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      • BLACK LIVES MATTER
        Environment issues (now) will bury us before there are too many people on the planet (and there are too many people on the planet - now). Still, the RICH countries will survive - the 21st century version of colonialism (nasty habit of history repeating itself)?!
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    • roger l 315504
      have no idea if chabging our diets will either help or hinder BUT I'm confident in our ability to entirely stuff the atmosphere and environment without really trying
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      • Edith v
        There is usually a solution .contradictory to your comments Humans are very resourceful .I probably will not see the changes in my lifetime
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          No - humans have been lucky - and time is not on our (humans)) side - this time. We have to clean up an environment mess (which humans created). We need every nation on the planet to work together - to clean up the mess humans made - and that is not going to happen. There are 7.7 billion people on this planet - and counting - this planet is not set up too feed that many people. Natural resources are rapidly being depleted by powerful countries. Furthermore, the biggest culprit in this mess is the USA (my country). We have the third largest population of any country on this planet (after China, and India ). Yet, we have less then 5% of the world's population and consume 25% of the world's natural resources. This time the hole is too deep for humans to climb out of - since humans created the mess - it will be poetic justice - if we do ourselves in. Especially when humans are the only specie to do whole sale damage to only planet in the university we can live on - talk about being hedonistic? !
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      • diane c QLD
        yes who knows how long we all have left.
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          yet - we agree - the human race is doom
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      • Dimitri T 100433
        who knows? so many unpredictable variable?
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          yet - we agree - the human race is doom
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      • Bill H 487635
        What is do time?
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          an overpopulated planet, environment issues, decreasing natural resource, and no way off the planet - except death - do time is between 20 and 60 years - enjoy the ride - because it going to bumpy - me I am OLD - will die sometime in the next 15 years
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      • Rod R 101788
        Early Thursday - Hitchhikers Guide Guide to the Galaxy
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          out of curiosity - have you ever read Poul Anderson?
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        • Rod R 101788BLACK LIVES MATTER
          no but I'll have a look
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTERRod R 101788
          try reading his books about Dominic Flandry - short stories
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      • Pato Lo Duck
        Look, up in the sky, is it big bird, is it a Boeing Max, is it a Chinese rocket... no it’s a big lump of rock come to turn you to toast..
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          happen once before - could happen again - might not save humans - could save the planet - I doubt any surviving species on the planet - would miss us?!
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      • Rod R 101788
        Apparently eventually we'll live on the moon or another planet. Instead of taking care of the only one with air - coffee, donuts, alcohol, trees, life...?
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          well that humans for you - we are definitely not the smartest species on the planet - the most hedonistic - yes - the most destructive - yes - no - we are not getting on this planet - and it is too late to save the planet - environment issues and overpopulation issues will overwhelm humans - good bye and good riddance to humans - we will not me miss - we will become extinct before this century is over
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        • Rod R 101788BLACK LIVES MATTER
          hopefully not but have we missed the wakeup call?
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTERRod R 101788
          too close to call
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      • Bex
        This is the sort of thing they should be educating students on. Instead, they are teaching useless crap like algebra, while the planet is on a steep decline.
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          Hilarious - still I agree with you - we should be educating this upcoming generation oh how to pull the planet out a steep decline - how to slow down overpopulation on the planet with every decreasing natural resources - how to live together - because we will not be getting off this planet - every, etc.
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      • Shannon H 68876
        Now, isn't that the 8 billion dollar question?
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          There is ALMOST 8 billion people on the planet (actually 7.7 billion - at last count this year (2021)).
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      • Arthur
        herbivore here
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        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
          I was writing metaphorically - we all omnivores - since we partake in the destruction of the planet - one way or another - Bon Appetit
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      • Elizabeth J 447888
        I wonder if Al Gore had not written An Inconvenient Truth in 2006 would be have all been in such a panic. I know I would not have been.
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        • SANDRA G 394859
          SCIENCE AND PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING OUR PLANET WHO NEEDS TO GO AND FIND ANOTHER PLANET WHEN THEY CAN'T LOOK AFTER THIS ONE
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          • Michele W 394946
            When do why people don't know how to write sentence do??????!!!!! And how much do too much punctuation use?????!!!!!!
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            • Helen E 469767
              When the Lord says. he has given plenty of warning and we are ignoring him. No one knows the time or day.
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              • Stephan S
                The main cause of all our problems is overpopulation.There are only so many recources on this planet.There is only so much drinkable water and land to grow food.And no matter what enviromental policies you put in place,more people cause more pollution..The only way out of it is srict worldwide birth control.Maximum 2 children per family
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                • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                  The immediate problem is environment issues. The long term issue is overpopulation of the planet (7.7 billion people and counting). You are correct - strict worldwide birth control is needed - which is not going to happen. Maximum 1 children per family and you can adopt as many kids as you can afford to adopt.
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              • Pauline T 68358
                For 4 years after the bees become extinct.
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                • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                  WOW! A stunning observation and it might (could) happen
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              • Roy B 90724
                Scientists estimate that humans have been on this earth for approximately 300,000 years. In 1900 the earths estimated population was 1.75 billion people. In March 2020 that population had increased to just short of 8 billion people. That is an increase of just over 6 billion in only 120 years all adding carbon to the atmosphere. ( We exhale carbon when we breathe out ) The only real way out of this mess is to bring in 1 children families similar to what China had in the 1960's and 70's otherwise we are going to breed ourselves off this planet
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                • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                  do you see that happening?! I don't!! Humans are incapable of change!!!
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              • Maureen W 406466
                That depends if we all do the right thing and look after this lovely planet, put back into the earth, be kind to others, look after the wild life and animals etc and work together as a whole, maybe forever
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                • Bung,
                  I though it ended on April Fools day
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                  • Bugalugs
                    Probably another 6 billion years IF the politicians pull their fingers out of their nether regions and actually start to do something. All they do is chatter and chatter and chatter. Some, like the present Prime Minister of Australia, that of India (just what do you think all those fires they are burning bodies in is doing to Climate Change? Ban those cremations and either take on the type the rest of the civilised World uses or make buriel compulsory) simply ignore the issue altogether. Australia's PM is one of the worst offenders, On the one hand when it comes to Covid19 he loves to make out he is following the Scientists Advice yet when it comes to Climate Change he just ignores their advice as if they don't know what they are talking about whilst he does. Morrison is deluding himself. Unless the politicians take drastic action now then we will probably all die out within a 100 years or less. Yes, if they get the guts to make the unpopular decisions, they will be unpopular but at least they will address the most important issue the World has ever faced. Secondly, we have got to stop being so Greedy, so Selfish and play our part as well, simple things like reducing Landfill, using the correct bins for the rubbish we create. Refuse to buy Plastic good in any form, reduce our food consumption and address the appalling Obesity Pandemic which is killing us - a form of deliberate Suicide.
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                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      You made three valid points which will effect the outcome of the survival of the human race. One, we have to start holding politicians accountable (period). Two, we have to start holding religious leaders accountable (period). Three, we have to start holding ourselves accountable (even if means a reduction in our standard of living) - period. Humans are not trustworthy (going by our track record - which based is on greed). Furthermore, humans are not capable of change or we would not have an environment mess to clean up.. Therefore, we have a minimum of 40 years and a maximum of 100 years to get our act together - to clean up the environment we (humans) created. I (personally) do not see that happening. Anyway, I am OLD - so I will be dead - before humans die in their own environment mess!
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                  • Colin L 88398
                    At best no more than 3 Generations if we do not make massive changes and improsion the people who deny that there are problems to shut them up.
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                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      I was thinking 2 generations and massive changes in our political systems, economic systems, and etc. Unfortunate, humans are resistant to change and are despicable beings - we can not trust each other - which does not bode well for co-operation with all nations (and we need all nations on board) to fight our environment mess - and co-operation is the only thing that will get out this mess - we (HUMANS) - create!!!
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                    • Colin L 88398BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      Well to be fair I didn't say that the third generation would live I was just thinking being born.
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                    • BLACK LIVES MATTERColin L 88398
                      semantics - Mr. Colin L. - you disappoint me?!
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                    • Colin L 88398BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      No I just do not think that Humans will be around that much longer unless they change their ways dramatically.
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                    • BLACK LIVES MATTERColin L 88398
                      true
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                  • Paul J 94868
                    'Til 5.00pm next Tuesday...
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                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      Hi Paul J - as usual I LIKE your STYLE!!!
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                    • Paul J 94868BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      Thanks Walter...
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                  • Darren S 116121
                    a few thosand years at least,thinga are always changing but we sort of compress time as its the only way we can comprehend it. the neanderthals were around for a very long time,possibly millions of years,no one knows for sure and they were replaced by us over a period of thousands years,not just here today and gone tomorrow,we will be replaced by something else but none of us here today will be here to see it,it happens very slowly
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                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                      possible as long as a nuclear war doesn't happen
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                  • Heather M 241632
                    Good news! Jesus is coming back to rule on Earth for 1 000 years, so there must be people around for that long. One of the signs of the end times is the emergence of false prophets. I don't think that means only religious ones. There are plenty of groups preaching that we are doomed because of a climate "emergency". I trust God that He's got it all in hand and He will sort it all out in the end.
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                    • 'smee,SWQ!
                      about 179 years
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                      • Ivan S 396292
                        If we can win in fight with Covid we can also save our planet for a long time
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                        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                          Good point!
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                      • Larry S 382961
                        I don’t think anyone will get to worry about it. All gas,oil,timber,seafood,crops will soon disappear due to over population eg China,India,Africa and something has to give.
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                        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                          You forget to mention the USA. The USA has less then 5% of the world's population (only China, India, have a more bigger population then USA). Yet, the USA uses 25% of the world's resources!!
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                      • Joe B 288252
                        The planet has changed many times and humans are hastening the change but no one can actually say how it will be, better or worse, only theorise on some of the effects. Worse case for humans is some form of regression back to the Iron Age but would that be a bad thing?
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                        • Gaza
                          Anyones guess.
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                          • Roslyn A
                            Sometimes the things that are happening in the world sound a little bit too much like the book of Revelation in the bible........
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                            • Maria B 89860
                              The most intelligent thing I can think of to say is to think like a child and say with all honesty "I don't know"!
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                              • Kristina L 134251
                                WWIII is imminent
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                                • mary c
                                  Covid is feeling like a world war at the moment..a viral war.
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                              • Jennifer S 320468
                                Not climate change...it would be more likely due to the greedy ones trying to take over the world. We need to wake up to whats going on!
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                                • Katzeye
                                  I don't think it will be climate change that will end the entire world it is more likely because our sun is dying.Well it still has about 5 billion years to go before life and everything in it exists no more.
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                                  • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                    Hi Annette - you made me re-think my original post. It will be environment issues (and humans are incapable of change) and over population (the human population starting in the 21st century doubles every 12 years - the rule of 12) - which will make us become an extinct specie in 40 to 100 years. However, we (humans) do survive wars!
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                                • Stephen F 84899
                                  We don't know so enjoy your life
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                                  • Maree B 85308
                                    Live well for today, put your best foot forward. Care for the planet and the one's you love. We realistically can only be responsible for our own actions. The future doesn't exist yet, for some it holds hope and optimism. Sadly some people prefer to look on the dark side of life and forget to find pleasure and joy in the present moment. It is irrelevant how long we have left on this planet, we have today, make the most of it
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                                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                      appreciate what you have - and pass the environment issues on to the next generation - to be solve - syndrome
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                                    • Maree B 85308BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                      Walter, I appreciate your posts and opinions, please keep it up, all points of view are valid. Yours, help me focus on what's important to me and the type of person I want to be
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                                    • BLACK LIVES MATTERMaree B 85308
                                      WOW! Thanks for the compliment! Furthermore, it works both ways - you make me THINK!
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                                  • Frank N
                                    I don't think we yet know how much time we have to turn things around. But we do know that we need to act rapidly. Climate change is a major issue, and the moves being made are too small. We urgently need to start moving faster on reducing emissions and cleaning up the planet as much as we can.
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                                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                      True - we don't know how much time we have to turn things around. The mess (the environment) - that humans created is getting worst (on a daily basis) and we are slow poking around without a concrete (agreed on my all governments) plan of action. We don't have as much time left to us as we think - we can not pass this problem on to the next generation to solve.
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                                  • Sonya F 68771
                                    A long time
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                                    • Robin L 79437
                                      The way we are going would suggest not that long.
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                                      • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                        True - Sad - still Hilarious!
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                                    • John b 479999
                                      Very long time
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                                      • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                        The human race population starting in the the 21st century will be doubling every 12 years (the rule of 12) - we (humans) do not have a let of time left - maybe between 20 years and 40 years left!!!
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                                    • Carolyn C 364157
                                      The world is getting strained with overpopulation. But sadly we don’t need Covid
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                                      • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                        Like
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                                    • Robert nsw
                                      how long is a piece of string
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                                      • Lachelle B
                                        The real question is how much time does the planet have for humans? Have you noticed how many flash floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters are occurring? They are happening more often. We are supposedly the smartest species but I beg to differ. We are a selfish lot.
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                                        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                          We might be the smartest (?!) specie on the planet, however we are definitely the most selfish of all species on the planet! My guess is we have more then 20 years, but less then forty years - too start cleaning up the planet. The human race population is (now) doubling every 12 years (the rule of 12)!
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                                      • Tupulua S
                                        environment has changed climate warming still not being addressed fully by wealthy nations, and people's attitude toward climate change is poor, sea level has risen weather pattern has changed dramatically. next fifty years time is very blink for earth and its tenants
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                                        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                          Like - however, I don't gave earth and its tenants another fifty years maybe 20 years (?!). We (humans) know what the problem is (and have known for a long time) - but we (humans) refused to address the environment issue - leave the environment issue to the next generation!
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                                        • Linda C
                                          I live by the ocean and everyone talks of sea levels rising but it has not risen where I live (pacific ocean) so this argument does not wash with me. Islands sink as they are built up by coral and coral collapses hence why some islands disappear as they cannot take the weight of the buildings put on them. So for me this is a load of rot. We are losing animals left right and centre due to humans cutting down the forests and this has to stop. We need to replenish the areas decimated in this way and it can be done. Animals are responsible for the gasses (not all but for instance, cattle, camels, zebras, etc) and Australia has developed a product from seaweed that when fed to these animals cuts it down by 50-90% with just a spoonful or so and at a very low cost. This is already being trialled in Queensland. We are banning plastic use also. No plastic bags, no plastic cups, knives, forks, spoons, plastic packaging etc. We are doing a lot more here to reduce carbon as well. Unfortunately, not all countries are but every bit helps. Some of the things that are happening now have happened before in the earths history and man survived. Let's not be all about doom and gloom. If everyone in this world planted a tree or a small garden for the bees and insects native to their area this would improve the air quality as well. I don't think the climate will destroy the human race but I do think the human race will destroy itself through another war.
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                                        • BLACK LIVES MATTERLinda C
                                          I think the climate will destroy humans (take a look at Alaska - a state in USA ) or the over population - starting in the 21st century - the world population is doubling every 12 years - the human race survive wars!
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                                        • Linda CBLACK LIVES MATTER
                                          Glaciers have come and gone before and the world is fine. However, mankind is overpopulating and if another war erupts weapons they have now will destroy everything. Maybe a few will survive who knows. Roughly about every 100000 years the earths temperature rises or falls by up to 5 degrees and 20000 years ago the sea was 120 meters lower than today. Natural cyclitic events occur. I agree though there are man made problems causing concern and these should be addressed.
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                                        • BLACK LIVES MATTERLinda C
                                          I agree with your last sentence - we are not addressing environment issues! Glaciers have come and gone - but modern humans have been around only 200,000 years. However, time is not on humans' side - this time
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                                      • Claude H
                                        Very clumsily worded question and this is quickly leading me into an early grave which was close before this happened
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                                        • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                          You are entitled to your opinion. I am entitled to MY opinion. CIAO
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                                      • kristian s 513441
                                        I think soon all of the humans who are left on this planet will disappear forever.
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                                        • Chosen
                                          Who cares.
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                                          • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                            The unlucky ones born in the 21st century?!
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                                        • Rhonda D 522615
                                          Depends on who you talk to. Christians say a world without end. Scientists say years. I say it is a natural progression of the earth. At least a 100 years.
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                                          • Disie
                                            Sooner, rather than later :(
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                                            • Phyrephly
                                              Humans are the only creatures capable of thoughtful change. Yet, we're one of the few creatures who don't really like to be told what to do, and when we can do it. And we're even the only ones able to hide &/or lie about our behavior to others. So, on our own, we are our own worst enemy. It's more than a minor Miracle we've lasted this long. We would see to our own destruction long before the planet allows us to destroy it for good. Nature has a way of winning, where we fail miserably.
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                                              • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                well thought out and well written
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                                            • Aisha A 379399
                                              I don't know about that but we should teach the younger generation about the importance of nature and the environment. They will have to live in this world a lot longer than we do.
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