Climate change, rising seas may lead to extinction of small island nations

[paleotn]

4. NBC need to get a grip on reality and change that title....

It's not "may". It's "will". The only question is when.

We won't change. Not by any appreciable amount. 20% of the richest country on earth refuse to accept the problem is real. Another 25% of Americans at least acknowledge the problem, but don't think it's a significant threat. The developing world correctly blames the industrialized world for causing the problem, but also believe it's not fair that they can no longer follow the same fossil fuel path to economic development. Even among wealthy nations, there's no real stomach for the painful choices necessary to have any significant impact on climate change. Many talk a wonderful game, but grow their CO2 emissions all the same, each and every year. Fossil fuels are like a heroine addiction. Even when faced with the destruction the addiction is causing, we still can't stop it. So, the question isn't "may lead to extinction of small island nations" and much of the planet's flora and fauna. The only real question is when.