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In reply to the discussion: Mankind must go green or die, says Prince Charles [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Now, TBH, I'm not really terribly optimistic here. The West may be able to weather this OK, but many other parts of the world could be going thru hell. In fact, India and China may suffer the worst; if the Himalayas dry up, tens of millions of Indians will find themselves without drinking water, and frankly, I don't think the PRC was long for this world anyhow.
There's really no legitimate doubt in anyone's mind(outside a few from the fringes of course), that humanity will still be here in the next century. But how will our condition be? Better to deal with the problem and risk possibly suffering a short-term slowing of growth, or pay worse consequences later.
Nothing is inevitable in the world of climate prediction except that the temperature is still rising.........but better safe than sorry, IMHO.