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AloeVera

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1. A hothouse earth means extinction.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:15 PM
Friday

Even at 3-4° warming, our economies and societies will break down. Massive loss of life.

But hothouse earth is extinction of most if not all life.

People don't grasp it or pay attention to it because it's too enormous and think it won't touch them. Too far into the future, so they think. But it may be coming soon enough for our grandkids to experience the impact. We have got to hammer that home somehow because caring about generations into the future is not something our species is good at. But our grandkids?



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