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MindMover

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5. YUP, its the end of the world folks and all ya have to do is not wake up ...

Reply to AverageJoe90 (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 07:10 PM

Feb 2013

or better yet, we got another comet coming, lets all jump on it and ride our sorry asses out of this mess ...

OR EVEN BETTER YET, LETS START PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WORKING ON RATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICES THAT WILL HEAL OUR ONLY HOME ...

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The most terrifying graph you will see all year. Or century, for that matter. [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

We aren't going to fix this, as the top graph makes depressingly clear phantom power Feb 2013 #1

Need to get the terms right jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #2

"we're projected to hit by 2050?" dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #3

Because the vested interests (oil, coal, natural gas) want to make a penny more of profit. tclambert Feb 2013 #7

Yep. nt Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #31

There's a few problems here, kpete. Big ones. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #4

YUP, its the end of the world folks and all ya have to do is not wake up ... MindMover Feb 2013 #5

Amen to that, MindMover! AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #10

K&R ! patrice Feb 2013 #27

One reason why is that climatologists rarely project outcomes beyond 2100. Bucky Feb 2013 #12

Good points here, Bucky. n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #14

Very professionally done. Laelth Feb 2013 #21

Thanks for the support. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #23

A mea culpa is still needed if we want to make any progress. It's bad enough as is. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2013 #24

That, I can agree with. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #25

You don't know the variables, dude. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #35

I've read into PLENTY of research on this, F.A. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #36

Another viewpont to weigh in... Fedaykin Feb 2013 #6

Hrm... neffernin Feb 2013 #11

That's an old Dan Quayle joke! Bucky Feb 2013 #13

Then I suppose I've become a republican neffernin Feb 2013 #15

Interesting video, IMHO. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #16

It won't mean the end of the human race. Bucky Feb 2013 #8

Here's another view from the right toby jo Feb 2013 #9

It's going to take a mea culpa from the Koch Bros and others to beging to slow things down. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2013 #17

K&R patrice Feb 2013 #28

Ugh. Science by blog. Upshot: let's all get hysterical! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #18

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #19

youtube: Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip johnnyreb Feb 2013 #20

All according to God's plan ErikJ Feb 2013 #22

I have suspected that there was something like this chart out there somewhere, for a while now. patrice Feb 2013 #26

But virtually none of the rich execs that make their money by ignoring the problem will be alive. Kablooie Feb 2013 #29

some will survive in pockets MFM008 Feb 2013 #30

marking to read later! nt Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #32

Pardon my skepticism, but Blanks Feb 2013 #33

I didn't give us 50 years. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #34