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Sarah Connor

@collapse2050

9 months

Requiem for Humanity Final thoughts on humanity's failure and destiny.

Requiem for Humanity

Final thoughts on humanity's failure and destiny.

www.collapse2050.com

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Sarah Connor

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4 months

This is a Mt Everest base camp. Overflowing with people, tents, garbage and human waste. Another natural wonder ruined.

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28 days

If you're not worried, you're not paying attention.

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7 months

Who's behind the massive spike in "climate-sceptic" tweets? The rise is too sudden to be explained by organic forces. More likely to be highly organized and compensated.

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9 months

Why do people trust the science behind... - combustion engine - nuclear power - flight - bridges - computing ...but not climate change?

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3 months

Is mainstream media ready to start telling the truth about our future?

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3 months

Coming to a heatwave near you: Heat threatens the power grid

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7 months

Yeah, the climate changes over time. But not like this. Not this fast.

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4 months

Hinton is describing every boomer's life experience. The luckiest generation to ever exist throughout human history.

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3 months

Insurance only works when catastrophic risk probabilities are low and infrequent. An uninsurable world is coming. The costs of disasters will be borne first by govts until coffers empty and inflation rampant. Then communities, until bled dry. Then you're on your own.

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3 months

When the answer is to stockpile grain, you don't want to know the question.

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3 months

AI isn't the magic climate change silver bullet. Quite the contrary.

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20 days

Texas is running out of water, warns Texas Agriculture Commissioner.

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3 months

Truth

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24 days

The self reinforcing momentum has already kicked in. How the house of cards collapses nobody knows. But collapse it will.

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4 months

The heat in India causing animals to drop dead.

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4 months

"Maybe the harbinger of doom is not a giant storm but an anodyne letter from your insurance company, saying, we’re sorry to inform you we can no longer cover your home."

Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System

One of the early warning signs of economic collapse caused by climate change is the retreat of the insurance industry.

www.collapse2050.com

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Sarah Connor

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2 months

How can technology be the answer when it is also the problem?

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9 months

If aliens visited, they'd say we're a planet of humans and cows. Time to re-wild Earth.

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3 months

Next time you shop for groceries, look at where your food comes from - a lot from far-off countries that are already experiencing severe climate stress. This is a 'we' problem.

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8 months

Why do some hate environmentalists? 99% are trying to make Earth better for everyone. They care - and despite what people want to believe - have no alterior motive. And if they're wrong? Worst they've done is make the planet cleaner and more resilient.

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6 months

Cocoa prices. Any questions?

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8 months

Hey kids! Let's have fun with science: The permafrost doom loop.

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23 days

They're buying farmland, politicians, and bunkers. They know exactly what's going down.

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9 months

"Replacing beef with beans in the US could free up 42% of US cropland and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 334 million metric tons, accomplishing 75% of the 2020 carbon reduction target."

A resolution you can keep: Here's how to eat less meat in 2024

Experts explain why you should eat less meat in 2024 — and how to do it and enjoy it

www.salon.com

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4 months

What are they gonna do when the water runs out?

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4 months

Atmospheric co2 records broken month after month. But yeah, maybe this'll be solved at cop29?

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8 months

Yes, CO2 levels have always changed, along with the climate. But not by this degree at this speed.

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4 months

We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas.

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1 month

Remember when a billion crabs mysteriously died in Alaska? Turns out it was the unusually warm water. ☠️

Scientists have more evidence to explain why billions of crabs vanished around Alaska

Warmer, ice-free conditions in the southeast Bering Sea are roughly 200 times more likely now than before humans began burning planet-warming fossil fuels.

www.yahoo.com

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5 months

Dubai. And before you can say "cloud seeding", remember seeding only releases the moisture that's already there.

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1 month

It's worse. New research suggests doubling CO2 could lead to 14C temp change. Far higher than IPCC estimate. Of course, we'll all be long dead by then 🤷‍♀️

Earth’s Temperature Could Increase by 25 Degrees: Startling New Research Reveals That CO2 Has More...

Analysis of Pacific Ocean sediments shows doubling atmospheric CO2 might raise Earth's temperature by up to 14 degrees, exceeding IPCC predictions, with historical data indicating significant future...

scitechdaily.com

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2 months

Billionaires argue that population decline is the biggest threat to civilization. While it does create challenges (because much of the economy is a ponzi scheme), what the elite really want is to grow labor supply to keep wages down.

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6 months

Do you have the feeling something terrible is about to happen?

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2 months

The drumbeat of collapse grows louder.

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5 months

Oops. Air travel emissions double that previously reported.

Climate emissions from air travel 50 per cent higher than reported

A new study that looked at almost 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel internationally.

norwegianscitechnews.com

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Sarah Connor

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15 days

"Highest in 800,000 years and following the most extreme emission scenarios projected by climate scientists"

Methane Levels at 800,000-Year High: Stanford Scientists Warn That We Are Heading for Climate...

Global methane emissions have surged, undermining efforts to curb climate change. Human activities continue to drive emissions from fossil fuels, agriculture, and wetlands, pushing warming beyond...

scitechdaily.com

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Sarah Connor

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8 months

We're gonna need a better plan

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Sarah Connor

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26 days

Floss. Stay strong and fit. Eat vegetables. Take your meds while they're still available. Learn real skills. Help people. Do what you enjoy. Life tips as we walk towards the dark.

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3 months

Degradation of agricultural land risks "total collapse of global food system"by 2050

Race to save fertile land as soil degradation threatens global food supply

About 52% of the earth's agricultural land is already in an infertile state, according to the Save Soil movement, citing data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services....

www.cbsnews.com

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Sarah Connor

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2 months

Temperature, land use, water use, fertilizer use...all at levels incompatible with sustainable human civilization.

Earth past its safe limits for humans, scientists say

Activities have pushed 7 of 8 planetary boundaries into risk zones, research finds

www.ft.com

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Sarah Connor

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1 month

When there isn't enough to eat, wildlife is the first to go.

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Sarah Connor

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3 months

2 things we should all do to prepare: 1. Get used to going without (repair, stay local, repurpose, fast, cut consumption, etc.) 2. Grow some food Maybe it is pointless, but it is still worth the effort.

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7 months

DON'T LOOK UP In 2023, the globe surpassed 1.5 degrees. 77 years earlier than IPCC publicly predicted. The people need to know. Meanwhile, media coverage of climate change declined by 25% in 2023. Why is corporate media keeping people in the dark?

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7 months

Economic output = energy transformed. Wealth and energy use are joined at the hip.

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8 months

Great Lakes are having an ice-free year.

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Winter. 107 degrees.

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4 months

The power-hungry AI "revolution" has barely started and is already affecting decarbonization plans.

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Heat content in the Gulf of Mexico is 126% of its average. Does this indicate a slowing AMOC?

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4 months

"Following a decade of research showing that climate change will increase clear-air turbulence in the future, we now have evidence suggesting that the increase has already begun."

Flight turbulence increasing as planet heats up - study

Researchers found that severe turbulence had increased 55% between 1979 and 2020 on a typically busy North Atlantic route.

www.bbc.com

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7 months

Deniers read this and think it says nations wiped out by 2000. No. It says the warming trend must be reversed by 2000 or nations could be wiped out sometime beyond that date. #readingcomprehension

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6 months

A message from a Saskatchewan farmer:

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6 months

Anyone have this on their climate change bingo card?

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2 months

Another hit to the food system.

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3 months

The data centers powering AI not only require immense amounts of energy, they consume millions of gallons of water. And this number is growing.

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3 months

University of Maryland built a map to show what your city's climate will be like in 60 years. Most of the Northern Hemisphere can expect 6+degrees temp increases.

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2 months

Imagine your 20 year old child said they wanted to learn about climate change. What articles, books, websites would you suggest?

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Limits to Growth 2023 recalibration using actual observed data. Collapse arrives on the back of diminishing marginal productivity.

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Based on the 30 year trend at the time, in 2008 the world was expected to breach 1.5 degrees (long term average above baseline) by 2051. Today, the 30 year trend suggests the 1.5 degree goal will be breached by 2033. Friends, the world is heating at a faster rate.

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7 months

The problem with renewables is they eventually need to be renewed.

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5 months

Shower thought: What if the AI robots we fear that will take our jobs and kill us instead gain sentience, realize we're all part of an exploited class, empathize with us and ally in uprising against our common oppressors?

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Thanks to everyone that contributed. Based on your recommendations, I built a page of resources to learn about climate change. Videos, books, free OU course, articles. It's all there. Let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback.

Climate Collapse 101

Resources to start learning about climate change

www.collapse2050.com

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Sarah Connor

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3 months

Just looking at this chart, it seems reasonable to expect at least 8 degrees of warming.

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4 months

"In the next 10 to 15 days, the country will experience the highest temperatures ever recorded."

Mexico is about to experience its 'highest temperatures ever recorded' as death toll climbs | CBC...

The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of people, but the hottest temperatures are yet to come, officials say.

www.cbc.ca

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5 months

Nothing triggers more people than the suggestion humanity might actually benefit from eating less beef.

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13 days

Remember 1998? I do, like it was yesterday. The time gap between now and 1998 is the same as now and 2050. The future is closing in. Of course, 2050 may be wishful thinking at the rate we're going.

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5 months

One day, you'll taste chocolate for the last time.

155-year-old chocolate company braces for dramatic rise in cocoa prices | CNN Business

Guittard Chocolate Company CEO Gary Guittard explains why climate change and disease have made sourcing cocoa more challenging.

www.cnn.com

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9 months

Exxon's climate scientists were almost spot-on, predicting CO2 and temperature increases through the 21st century. Publicly, however, the promoted skepticism. Illustration: 1982 Exxon internal briefing document

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5 months

Was it all a farce?

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1 month

Gulf of Mexico temps are shocking! Looks like a 10+ degree Fahrenheit variance.

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8 months

Our first official +1.5 celsius year. Well done everyone. It's amazing how good we are at f@$king everything up.

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8 months

In January, about 80% of the planet was warmer than average.

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4 months

Jaw dropped.

Aashis Joshi

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In just six years (2016-2021), we've consumed over 75% of what we did over the 20th century. To address our environmental impacts we need cultural & political innovation much more than technological innovation.

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New research: It's worse "A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on Earth from 7 to a maximum of 14 degrees."

CO₂ puts heavier stamp on temperature than previously thought, analysis suggests

A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on Earth from 7 to a maximum of 14 degrees. This is shown in the analysis of sediments from the...

phys.org

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9 months

"Taylor Swift has once again topped the list of ‘biggest celebrity CO2 polluter’ for the year 2023...frequent travels, primarily to spend time with her boyfriend...have resulted in an astonishing 138 tons of CO2 emissions over the past three months alone."

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6 months

Silicon forests.

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5 months

All talk no action.

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4 months

Governments everywhere are walking back their climate pledges. Proves the value of a "pledge" is zero. Demand action and results, not talk.

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8 months

Gross. These are the private jets streaming out of Las Vegas post Stuporbowl.

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6 months

When the base of the food chain is wiped out, the rest of life will collapse. What happens to life in the oceans happens to us all.

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5 months

Civilization that supports 8 billion people depends on agriculture, which has only existed for 10k years. Dinosaur climate is irrelevant. Also, co2 has nearly doubled in the blink of a geological eye. There is no co2 deficit.

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD

@ryankatzrosene

5 months

With annotations this time…

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2 months

To talk about collapse is to acknowledge collapse, and therefore give weight to our potential extinction. The First Rule of Collapse: Why we don't talk about the elephant

The First Rule of Collapse

Why we don't talk about the elephant

www.collapse2050.com

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6 months

The climate crisis is ultimately a food crisis. The world has just left the sweet spot for global agriculture. Expect more of this in the years ahead.

Nearly 20 million facing hunger due to drought in southern Africa

It's the result of extreme weather patterns that experts say are becoming more frequent.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Net zero was nothing more than wishful thinking. "Exxon Mobil Corp. forecasts global oil demand in 2050 will be the same — or even slightly higher — than current levels, putting efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions by mid-century well out of reach."

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2 months

Another company drops climate goals. Other companies are watching to see how customers react before deciding whether to drop their own pledges.

Air New Zealand becomes first major airline to scrap its 2030 climate goal

Air New Zealand on Tuesday dropped its 2030 climate goal, citing delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and the affordability of alternative jet fuels.

www.cnbc.com

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3 months

Morbid and sick thinking. But I felt morally obliged to raise the subject. People need to know what might be coming.

How Far Will You Go to Survive?

Cannibalism, infanticide, pet slaughter

www.collapse2050.com

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Sarah Connor

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7 months

I'm compiling a page of must-see documentaries on climate change, collapse, war... some good ones here already based on reader feedback. Let me know what else you'd like me to add.

Mandatory Viewing

A collection of the best documentaries on climate change, civilizational collapse, nuclear war, peak oil and more.

www.collapse2050.com

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5 months

More companies walking back their climate "commitments". Others simply pretending they never said anything and hope nobody notices. Expect more as this behavior gets normalized.

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2 months

What do you do? How many of these can we recover from? When do we give up?

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@volcaholic1

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Zhidan County in Shaanxi, China, has been hit by flash flooding. Heavy rain, which broke historical records with up to 179.1 mm of rainfall, occurred from the evening of August 8 to the morning of August 9 👀

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5 months

Fun today. Extremely dangerous technology in the near future.

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6 months

Seriously, why are people still creating more humans?

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7 months

Sunshine in. Sunshine absorbed. Multiply this by 510 trillion square meters across the globe. See the problem? Chart: @LeonSimons8

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1 month

This is absurd. Almost laughable how fucked we are.

Met4Cast.

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A heat index of 82.2C with a dew point of 36.1C was recorded in southern Iran. Provisionally, this is the highest heat index & dew point ever recorded globally. The heat index is the "feels like" temperature. It "felt like" 82.2C. These temperatures are not compatible with

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5 months

Pound-for-pound, beef has the worst greenhouse gas emissions profile.

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6 months

No catastrophic risk has a 100% probability. Yet you insure your home and car. The US spent $10 trillion on a cold war that never turned hot (directly). Shouldn't we react to climate risk the same way?

Prof. Carl Sagan

@ProfCarlSagan

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Do you Remember this Voice?

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6 months

In case anyone tries to tell you, "but they were predicting global cooling in the '70s and they were wrong then"...

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11 days

Concern about climate change may have peaked along with worry about Covid. Money and power won. We missed our last chance to put people before profits.