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Ben See
@ClimateBen
"Life is rare! That's the lesson from exploring space. And the lesson from exploring time, if you look back at the geological record of mass extinctions, is that there is no guaranteed tenure for any species, no matter how self confident, on this planet." #NearTermMassExtinction
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Massimo
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On February 9, 1990, Carl Sagan gave this speech before the 5th Emerging Issues Forum at NCSU, expounding on climate observations and energy strategies for a sustainable future, emphasizing solar [full speech: buff.ly/3RZhLOY]
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Ben See
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Industrial capitalism is taking us very rapidly into a profound extinction disaster, and perhaps fully completed mass extinction within decades not centuries. We can organise together for profound political and economic systems change. Thread:
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Ben See
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People deserve to know that scientists are pointing to economic system change actions which must start happening within the next 6 months because they're detecting more and more danger signs that warn of a fully completed mass extinction on Earth within around 50 to 250 years. 🧵
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Agent Ugly
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Look up in the sky you see the really bright light🌄 well its like a "campfire" and "we" are on "napkin" on a "breeze" "going around that"campfire. One day an "Ember" from that campfire will burn this napkin to "nothing", but it will not be in six months...I hope 🥰got a date🤣
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History also teaches us that empires/civilisations rise and fall. The current civilisation has peaked and is already in regression. The really bad news is that survivors of previous collapses had somewhere to go to recover. Sorry, mars is not an option.
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