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Re:Sea Change – The Pacific's Perilous Turn by JonFish85 on Friday September 13, 2013 @04:47PM (#6383047)
> I don't think humanity will survive into the 22nd century

Well that's a dumb thing to say. Have you been going to barbecues with Harold Camping?

It'll be a different place in 87 years, sure. But humanity will be doing just fine, unless some whackjob launches off some nuclear weapons.

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Re:Sea Change – The Pacific's Perilous Turn by revscat on Friday September 13, 2013 @05:30PM (#6383296)
I don't know who that is.

Insofar as humanity's long-term survival goes, though, no I do not think it is by any means a sure thing. The rate of CO2 emissions increases every year, parallel to the population. The "whackjobs" that are attacking are those who produce and profit from fossil fuels production and consumption. They already exist, and are not some far off, imaginary threat.

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Re:Sea Change – The Pacific's Perilous Turn by baddox on Friday September 13, 2013 @06:20PM (#6383557)
Where are you getting this data?
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Re:Sea Change – The Pacific's Perilous Turn by steveplace on Friday September 13, 2013 @06:40PM (#6383641)
The rate of change is pretty constant

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/02/1166704/-CO2-Emissi...

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Re:Sea Change – The Pacific's Perilous Turn by zevyoura on Friday September 13, 2013 @08:01PM (#6384014)
Even if nuclear winter took place, it seems unlikely to me that humanity would literally go extinct. We're an incredibly resilient species.
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