To an extent yes.

I've been a conservationalist and had some training in environmental stuff in the past.

As for climate change - to an extent it always happens but it is happening faster right now. That means that in the environment some species are winners and some are losers - generally the trend though would be to overall decrease species diversity, leaving only the tougher, more adaptable and mobile species.

As for the fate of humanity - I suspect once the developed nations start to feel the effects seriously then we will find a way to deal with it globally. In the meantime it will often be some of the developed nations that will take the brunt.

But overall we will survive, so will the environment in one form or another.

But continue to recycle in the meantime - it does make a difference.

Not so much anxiety as resignation. The human race has seldom found anything it can't screw up.

My landlord/roomie is a geography teacher and sometimes I get freaked out when he discusses it with me....All we can do is the best we can... Industry doesn't want to change...sigh

Industry will change.

You can't make money if half your customers are either dead or too poor to buy your goods.

And despite what people think, alot of industry is changing and preparing itself. If customers demand for example cars not powered by gas they are there with the solutions.

Industry are doubly tied to the people. We are their customers and if we decided they could be out of business tomorrow. Seriously.

They are then tied by our pension investments in them. Put pressure on your pension provider re where they invest and whole sections of the corporate world could disappear overnight.

No, I force myself not to think about stuff like that. Things are falling apart in the world and I can't dwell on it as it will make me go into a depression. I'm just glad of the age I am. Means I won't be around to see the total destruction/implosion of our dear planet.

Climate Change is baloney, if you ask me.

It's just another attempt at Government Narcissism.

Thanks for the link son. It lead to a couple others which painted, I think, a more realistic analysis.

Even with the hope of keeping the temperature rise to 2 degrees C, which is unlikely to happen given the substantial changes need by 2040- the cut-off year in which emissions must be substantially lower or else, disasters will happen. I'll be approaching 80. How old will you be?


Figure in China and India and you can forget about it. And what about the rapid rates of extinctions which are occurring. Without biodiversity food will be very limited. According to this very academic article we won't get there, and even if we do it will be to late for the catastrophes to be prevented.

http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1934/20.full.pdf+html

http://www.fossilfreemit.org/science/

Now I'm not so confused. It's hopeless. Very sad. I hope my daughter doesn't have a child because I will be doubly nervous.

I care deeply about the environment and global warming. Our fragile planet it being attacked by its inhabitants and we've caused changes that are irreversible. I fear for my son and his children - The damage is done...now we have to resuscitate what remains.