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-misanthroptimist

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9. The kids are right

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2024, 09:43 AM

Oct 2024

The youngest of them will see the collapse undeniably begin in their early 30s. In truth, the climate catastrophe has already begun. There is no avoiding it now. We, the Boomers, abdicated our responsibilities and have doomed our own descendants to very difficult lives. I wish I had done more.

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Lancet - "Overwhelming" Majorities Of Americans 16-25 Fear Climate Collapse; "Your Generation Will Fix It" Not Helping [View all] hatrack Oct 2024 OP

Wait until food is scarce bucolic_frolic Oct 2024 #1

Next generations are told, by humanity's feeble, timid, measured response to climate catastrophe-- Magoo48 Oct 2024 #2

But carbon capture!! Algae biofuels!! Offsets!! AI!! Free-Market Solutions!! Sulfate Aerosols!! Recycling!! hatrack Oct 2024 #3

Ahhh, my own sarcastic response quite often. Magoo48 Oct 2024 #5

In light of nearly complete shutdown of natural land-based CO2 uptake last year . . . hatrack Oct 2024 #6

I often say "History will not forgive us nor should it," but that said... NNadir Oct 2024 #4

I am also quite confident that there is a path to survival. Magoo48 Oct 2024 #7

The world in which I live now is very unlike the one... NNadir Oct 2024 #8

Indeed. Magoo48 Oct 2024 #10

The kids are right -misanthroptimist Oct 2024 #9