Earth may be near tipping point

[abbott]

may be near = 5 billion years

[Schmeltz]

Originally Posted by M|X|Y

we wouldn't be sitting in our mini-palaces, poking at our knowledge boxes right now had civilization taken a different, say, collective approach.

You don't know that.

making money and profit aren't evil in themselves

Correct!

they're the engine that drives everything.

Incorrect.

[kaiser soze]

The earth is on the verge of a very big fart

Artic Lakes, permafrost warming will release massive amounts of methane!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...nce-un-methane

Climate Change is one long line of dominos - one day the last will fall off the table

[ericg]

i think it's past tipping point... who doesn't know about the hole in the ozone layer, pole melting, increased flooding, thermo-haline circulation disruption, ecosystem destruction, cutting down of the forests, automobiles and polluting plants.. etc etc.. not to mention the never ending wars and 3rd world countries...

our values are so fucked, it'll now take a miracle to turn it all around...!

[checkyourprez]

i might just sound like a dick, but whatever. it would be nice to save it all but if not we are all just star dust anyway.


we all have to go one way or another. it will happen eventually regardless and has happened countless times over all around the universe and will continue to happen.

why are we above it?

[ericg]

just 'cause.. i think we're more than just star dust. i think we have more to do with the cosmos than meets the eye. we have to take care of the planet and ourselves. it's just good energy which we're severely lacking right now. i think it's called entropy. we need to account for several terrawatts very soon and an energy revolution is necessary.