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dixiegrrrrl

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27. Eons ago, I saw Soylent Green in a theater

Thu May 26, 2016, 06:13 PM

May 2016

and was powerfully struck by Edward G. Robinson's death scene, in a society which encouraged death, so those who volunteered were placed in a bed ( maybe a lab table, I forget) and allowed to watch a wall sized screen of what
"polar bears, oceans with fish, plenty of food to eat, etc. " looked like...in the past.
Blew me away. Still does.

Yet, at the same time, I was taking my school age kids on camping trips and drives all over the state so they could be familiar with the beauty of the place.
Not really thinking that it would be this soon before all of it was seriously threatened.

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But...but...but...the planet has been warmer tonyt53 May 2016 #1

K&R that's what the top 1% are hoping; but they have not built mansions on Mars yet Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #6

We have to get the population numbers down soon. roamer65 May 2016 #10

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China has Trump-trolls working for them... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #24

It's the cold hard truth. roamer65 May 2016 #29

How do you propose to enforce this? former9thward May 2016 #30

By all means, then. roamer65 May 2016 #31

Humans will survive. former9thward May 2016 #33

...and if you want to stick your head in the sand. roamer65 May 2016 #34

First world citizens' carbon footprint is many times that of most third raccoon May 2016 #37

'a person may be five times as likely to die in an extinction event than in a car crash." dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #2

10 years ago they were predicting a 100-year countdown. Now they are in full blown... ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #3

For years now, the mantra has been " more/faster/" than expected. dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #20

And driving west, down I5 from Snoqualmie Pass one now sees Bigmack May 2016 #4

Isn't that pine beetles TrappedInUtah May 2016 #5

You might be right, but that doesn't change the fact... HuckleB May 2016 #16

Pine beetles are a symptom, not the disease itself. hunter May 2016 #17

Not pines in that area... Douglas Fir and Hemlock and Cedar. nt Bigmack May 2016 #35

NO, These are NOT pine trees being killed by the beetle Bigmack May 2016 #39

Oh noes...... dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #21

Sad State Of Affairs cantbeserious May 2016 #7

It's gonna be a surreal experience... roamer65 May 2016 #8

Eons ago, I saw Soylent Green in a theater dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #27

it's quite sad that we live in a world where we see the train approaching and Exilednight May 2016 #38

But, but nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #9

Is my math correct or has this Opening Post attained slightly over 200 readers after 10 replies? Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #11

Don't know. But realize there is a social silence on this nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #12

You are right, Nadin. roamer65 May 2016 #32

Many people who are on higher ground feel they need not worry lunatica May 2016 #40

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They think it doesn't matter TrappedInUtah May 2016 #15

grew up with the concept of christian stewardship dembotoz May 2016 #25

However idiots maintain CO2 is good for plant growth. gordianot May 2016 #18

I recently climbed Mt. Lyell in Yosemite with both my sons. Xithras May 2016 #19

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There should be a global urgency but there isn't. Avalux May 2016 #23

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Both. roamer65 May 2016 #28

NASA climate scientists on the issue. roamer65 May 2016 #36