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Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
5. And nothing is going to slow it down.
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:24 AM
Jan 2013

This planet is on full steam ahead. China is bulldozing it's way into the future. The shit you buy is mostly made over there, and just the transportation carbon emissions is staggering. And we aren't going back.

We all got our stuff. I just bought a plasma cutter. The neighbor just went on a vacation. And in just the last year, 50,000,000 new human beings have been born. And they are going to go on vacations, and buy things, and use water, and all of the rest.

I'm finally used to the fact that this planet is disposable. I wanted to preserve it for so many years. I refused to travel. I refused to buy stuff. Now it's clear. Nice knowing you.

Aw, it's just Sicklical Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #1
Forecast for rural west MI is high 40's by the weekend. longship Jan 2013 #2
they mean centigrade--that's over 100 Fahrenheit librechik Jan 2013 #6
It's called Celsius these days, not Centigrade. longship Jan 2013 #10
Yep, forgot to make the conversion. Matilda Jan 2013 #23
Severe Weather Warning Issued Matilda Jan 2013 #3
That just sounds aweful. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #12
It's been very cold in Southern California (for So Cal that is). But not a lot of rain. lexw Jan 2013 #4
I know! PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #29
And nothing is going to slow it down. Gregorian Jan 2013 #5
Nice knowing you too! raouldukelives Jan 2013 #13
+1 countryjake Jan 2013 #18
So true. Gregorian Jan 2013 #27
But unfortunately, that's exactly where this type of "we're doomed" thinking leads....... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #41
We haven't screwed up Mars yet. tclambert Jan 2013 #19
The planet can only hold around... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #24
We regulate for a reason. Why are we unregulated? Gregorian Jan 2013 #28
No breeding in our family PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #31
Everything you say is true. Matilda Jan 2013 #33
Same here...No kids... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #34
Thanks. I really appreciate having this discussion. Gregorian Jan 2013 #38
YES, I have enjoyed it as well... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #52
That is so true! Matilda Jan 2013 #46
There is a social stigma regarding those who don't have children. Gregorian Jan 2013 #53
Sorry, but.... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #43
It is scientific fact... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #51
..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #54
Well our right wing loonies are loonier than your right wing loonies zeemike Jan 2013 #7
Still not hot enough for tennis sponsors Matilda Jan 2013 #8
Yep you got them too. zeemike Jan 2013 #26
Time It Was and What a Time It Was... triplepoint Jan 2013 #9
It's very sad. Matilda Jan 2013 #15
I didn't like that song, but thanks for posting those videos. I'm watching the BBC documentary one.. Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #36
Good stuff, but one question. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #40
I Was Referring to Human Extinction triplepoint Jan 2013 #45
Oh, I see. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #47
Au contraire, mon frère GliderGuider Jan 2013 #48
Right back at ya. =) AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #49
Yeah - moderation has worked so well this far, why get worried now? nt GliderGuider Jan 2013 #50
"Chicken Little" stuff hasn't worked well, either. And it won't now. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #55
Frankly, nothing has worked. And nothing will, until TSHTF. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #56
Sucks. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #11
It was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Matilda Jan 2013 #14
Okay, then it's definitely kosher. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #16
Temperatures off the charts as Australia turns deep purple Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #17
Clearly, the geography of Australia is defective. tclambert Jan 2013 #20
Hey, Violet! Matilda Jan 2013 #22
The ACT's been relatively lucky so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way... Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #25
Jesus, 54C is like 120F, right? Odin2005 Jan 2013 #30
The purple looks like it's covering that area, but the forecast when I woke up this morning is mild. Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #32
the problem with heat waves in the desert is that they make the entire summer hotter CreekDog Jan 2013 #37
54C is 129F CreekDog Jan 2013 #35
Last I checked the pink area was in SA...Alice Springs is a few hundred miles due north. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #42
Our deciduous trees are in full fall colors right now and lunatica Jan 2013 #21
Australia-wide, and for individual states pontingnick Jan 2013 #39
In Chicago it's supposed to be in the 40's & 50's this weekend Paula Sims Jan 2013 #44
It's raining and in the 40s here in Minneapolis too truthisfreedom Jan 2013 #58
It sounds like Abbott is of the "Ignorance is bliss school of thought" Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #57
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