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I_UndergroundPanther

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36. No water

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:22 PM

Sep 21

No life period

I think a lot of these ceo motherfuckers are at best nihilists at worse psychopaths waiting for a disaster to prove they are superior because they prepared. But eventually they’ll die too.

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Senator Whitehouse: "It May Be Too Late" [View all] Brenda Sep 21 OP

It's already too late. The politicians and corporations know that Autumn Sep 21 #1

A Big Change is Coming MrWowWow Sep 21 #2

Love Neil Young but I don't like the AI crap Brenda Sep 21 #4

That video seemed a mockery - perhaps intentionally detrimental to the reality. erronis Sep 21 #11

It is too late. Xolodno Sep 21 #3

The linked article does discuss that. Brenda Sep 21 #5

Not just flood zones... Xolodno Sep 21 #7

... not just flood zones. Look at Appalachia (North Carolina) and Helene erronis Sep 21 #12

Absolutely! Brenda Sep 21 #14

Historically, insurance has been based on the concept of universal risk pools. sop Monday #55

Sheldon Whitehouse - when he speaks, I listen. yellow dahlia Sep 21 #6

Sen. Whitehouse is our modern-day Cassandra. alwaysinasnit Sep 21 #8

If it is, in fact, too late (and I agree that it is) then that needs to be seen as a start to a serious conversation... 0rganism Sep 21 #9

Yes. Just like what Greta Thunberg and a lot of other people Brenda Sep 21 #16

China produces about as much greenhouse gases as all the other industrialized nations combined Kaleva Monday #45

There are DUers who also haven't seen the light Duppers Monday #53

Global warming will only get worse JoseBalow Sep 21 #10

Yeah, I used to work with Lonnie Thompson, I know. nt Brenda Sep 21 #17

Yes, this is the scenario. But too late for what exactly? Stopping warming from going out of control? LymphocyteLover Sep 21 #28

It would take a world wide effort never before achieved Kaleva Monday #46

So, we just give up? Just burn fossil fuels until we turn into Venus? LymphocyteLover Monday #50

I'm not giving up. I'm working on surviving what is coming Kaleva Monday #58

I think it was too late in 1950 Polybius Sep 21 #13

Can't yet decide if you're a comedian or something else. Brenda Sep 21 #19

The Industrial Age happened, and fossil fuels burned for 200+ years before we even vaguely attempted to reduce it Polybius Sep 21 #31

The US has been reducing the amount of greenhouse gases it has been emitting Kaleva Monday #47

Not really Cirsium Sep 21 #24

My opinion Timewas Sep 21 #15

too late for what exactly? LymphocyteLover Sep 21 #27

To stop Timewas Monday #42

And we won't see people here willing to back to 60 amp service panels Kaleva Monday #48

Probably not Timewas Monday #57

They don't HAVE to be in power though. New leadership is possible that cares about this. LymphocyteLover Monday #51

We were warned long ago, we knew what to do but moniss Sep 21 #18

Al Gore's truth was both true and too inconvenient to accept n/t DFW Sep 21 #33

And Al Gore won the Nobel Prize for saying it Captain Zero Monday #40

And mass starvation 2na fisherman Sep 21 #20

Well said Brenda Sep 21 #23

And even here on DU❗🤬 Duppers Monday #54

Indeed. markodochartaigh Sep 21 #29

We're toast. It was a great planet at the right time, but short term self interest has doomed us. surfered Sep 21 #21

No "maybe" about it. ananda Sep 21 #22

Yes Kaleva Sep 21 #35

I was 15 for Earth Day 1 BidenRocks Sep 21 #25

Too late for what exactly? It's not all or nothing. It's not too late to stop warming that will LymphocyteLover Sep 21 #26

On the other hand, markodochartaigh Sep 21 #30

Sociatal collapse across most of the planet NickB79 Sep 21 #32

It's also harmful to say it's not too late, that there's still a chance Kaleva Sep 21 #37

It's all about water DFW Sep 21 #34

No water I_UndergroundPanther Sep 21 #36

They will find out too late DFW Monday #43

Lack of fresh water is an existential threat 2na fisherman Monday #39

I heard from some Israelis about desalinization DFW Monday #44

Bookmarking liberalla Monday #38

I've said for years. Insurance Companies will know. Captain Zero Monday #41

It has been obvious for years that Morbius Monday #49

It's not too late for governments to do all they can to try to slow warming through mass tree planting and the Doodley Monday #52

I believe every problem created by humans may be solved by humans Torchlight Monday #56