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Originally Posted by Rathji
I am confused by this. What possible damage could be so bad that there will be nothing we can do to fix what we have done?
That seems like a really definitive statement.
I am totally on board with fixing things now, before it becomes more expensive to fix later, but to categorically state that by some random point that we decide to do something about it, it won't be possible to fix it, seems rather far fetched.
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Have you ever heard of extinction events? We are in the midst of one of the greatest mass extinction events in the history of the planet. And it is primarily driven by human beings.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/p...nction_crisis/
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.o...e-extinctions/
Humans rely heavily on the oceans and seas as a source of food. Those oceans are in peril because of climate change. They are warming and they are acidifying.
http://www.neaq.org/conservation_and...the_oceans.php
This is causing small animals, like plankton, to die off. These small organisms are the biggest link in the ocean's food chain. If the plankton die off, the larger animals will die off. When those larger animals die off we lose our food sources from the oceans. We are already seeing the results of the acidification of the oceans as reef formations continue to die off. The oceans are in an unhealthy state and we need to do something soon.
You may think this is a very small issue, but when a species goes extinct, it isn't coming back. When grandma dies, she ain't coming back. If we lose the plankton in our oceans, the oceans will die. You can imagine what is going to happen to humans and our societies as a result. Does this help you understand the urgency of this issue a little more?