Is Earth past the tipping point?

Typical lazy, apathetic, cop out answer.

Technically you're right, but you're just using that as an excuse to do nothing, so you fail.

Belief has nothing to do with this. The only place science is absent is in your logic. It's not about the Earth you moron its about the human race (ie. survival); the Earth is a fucking rock.

But you have hands and a voice, don't you?

It has to be us who decides to take responsibility for what we have done to strip her of life in order to preserve this planet for the future. If you want a planet that is liveable you have to work at it.

http://current.com/news/92363540_soils-emitting-mor...

There is a video at this link that shows just one way we can revitalize soil and bring back carbon to it naturally in order to bring down carbon emissions and increase yields naturally. Industrial fossil fuel intensive agriculture is responsible for much of the degradation this planet currently suffers from, and that was brought on by us. It isn't going to go away by just waiting for it to happen on its own. Humans have trashed this planet and it is our responsibility to fix it.

You get this article's "Smartest Person in the Room" Award.

I also like numbers. It couldn't hurt. Some sort of countdown until our environment really turns on us. But hasn't it already. Why haven't the earthquakes hit in the U.S.A. Has the United States' ties to Christianity saved it from the wrath of the true god question mark

Still, why haven't electric cars become prominent with a power infrastructure built on renewable resources? How is it possible that the profitability of selling petrol is still dominating the earthly need to reduce carbon emissions?
ln a world where it is easy to make money on destruction, money becomes evil, but it controls us. Evil controls us. End the Fed. Default on all debts and tell the Rockechilds to go f themselves. and remember that gold is functionally worthless

I'm going full dork...what you just described is the state of the planet in the Mass Effect series. According to the in-game codex, Earth is now beset by numerous storms due to the environmental damage we doled out.

Just thought I'd mention that.

Back to topic, the planet and it's living denizens are in serious danger. We need to take action and stop denying what's all around us.

Why is it that whenever I picture Earth's future I see Kamino from Attack of the Clones? Yes, I went geek again.

I just wish the water would be as clean, haha.

Kamino did have remarkably clean water, didn't it?

Well, in retrospect it isn't as clean as say the Caribbean, Hawaii, or the Mediterranean. Kamino was akin to the Atlantic ocean. So I guess it could be cleaner. We pollute so much in our oceans that I am concerned about the heap of plastic that floats in the Pacific off the coast of California. It is huge and floats right under the surface for hundreds of miles. It is affecting our ecology at every level. We spill oil in the oceans and nuclear waste and chemicals that I cannot even pronounce. There are not enough regulatory authority. We need more to reign in these companies, not to prevent them from making a profit, but to hold them accountable for their illegal waste practices.

Ugh. I get sick thinking about it.

Me too. We need to do something about the pollution and the denial.

You know what doesn't make me sick, though, O Cap'n my Cap'n? The fact that we're discussing the environmental conditions of not only our planet, but a fictional planet as well. I love being a geek.

I think we are comparing planets, albeit that one of them only exist in our imagination, haha.

Global warming is occurring and it angers me that people deny it. People are completely ignoring the litter that is amassing in the Pacific ocean. There are so many chemicals being dumped into the environment. I think you and I are safe and have a chance of getting cancer. I think cancer will be something that is more prevalent as time goes on. Especially skin cancer from the sun as well as the chemicals we spill and pollute the the earth with.

It saddens me. As much as when Anakin was manipulated by Senator Palpatine (republican), hahaha.

We nerds fear natural light, so the skin cancer thing isn't a problem for me. I get my Vitamin D from Flintstones tablets. lol

Joking aside, the dumping in the oceans is just stupidity on humanity's part, let alone littering anywhere else. The Wal-Mart about five minutes up the street from me has garbage drifting about not only in the parking lot, but strewn all over the surrounding wooded area and for at least half a mile outward in any direction. My friends and I are going guerilla and bringing garbage bags and recycling bins and just cleaning up.

Can't ya just learn to look for a trash bin? Or better yet, just not shop at Wal-Mart?

Amen about not shopping at Walmart. Although, not an easy task. We are boycotting Walmart after seeing several documentaries about the corporation.

I just hope they will be held accountable for their abuse and also to allow unions to actually help the people that work for them.

That will be the day we achieve world peace, Cap'n. Regrettably, not likely to happen. Ugh. Sometimes humanity confuses me.

Don't get me wrong. I'm eternally optimistic about this sorta thing. But humans need a wake-up call, and it will likely have to be something drastic.

I don't think world peace is possible, unless there is one world government that can impose peace. Mention that though and people become unglued.

I see many problems spring from nationalism and different countries being rivals against one another. Religion doesn't help things either. Racial and cultural differences are like adding a match.

No easy answers, wars make money though so peace bears no profit.

I agree with you totally.

Just keep on thinking for yourself...and for the love of the God's, if you happen to end up in the middle of a Tea Party rally, "DO NOT TELL THEM THAT YOU THINK FOR YOURSELF!" ahhahahhaha.

Lawl. I don't think I would EVER be among a group of Tea Party activists, but I'll bear that in mind.

I was in Rome last year and there was a huge peaceful protest, I almost ended up in the middle of a protest that if I would have had my photo taken I would have been in trouble, ahhaha. Fortunately, I talked to the police around the event and asked what it was about.

Can you imagine if tear gas would have broken out and they would have started beating people and arresting people. It is difficult to explain that away to the embassy staff, hahaha. Seriously, I was just walking through this large crowd and all of a sudden...hahaha.

lets destroy those damn humans

lets start with the trolls.

Good idea, then we can start with the n00bs.

Oh wow... did you just use a gamer word on a real problematic issue? real fucking mature, punk.
I have to say we are doomed if we have to deal with shitheads like this.