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carpediem · 61-69, M
Global climate change became a "thing" around 1975, 48 years ago. So now we have according to some less than 10 years left to reverse course and save the planet. A little math exercise for us.
The earth is 4,543,000,000 years old (4.543 billion) per the American Museum of Natural History. So the time frame we're analyzing the threat is based on .000001056% of the existence of the planet.
A little more math fun. Think about a full week. There's 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day times 7 equals 604,800 seconds in a week. So, if the planet was one week old, we're analyzing the threat based on .0064 of a second. Blinking your eyes takes between .1 and .4 of a second per Healthline.
Still more fun. About 12,000 years ago, where I am sitting was covered in a 1 mile thick glacier of ice.
Is the planet's climate changing? Yes. It has been for 4.5 billion years. Can you change it by paying loads of $$ to the government? What do you think?
The earth is 4,543,000,000 years old (4.543 billion) per the American Museum of Natural History. So the time frame we're analyzing the threat is based on .000001056% of the existence of the planet.
A little more math fun. Think about a full week. There's 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day times 7 equals 604,800 seconds in a week. So, if the planet was one week old, we're analyzing the threat based on .0064 of a second. Blinking your eyes takes between .1 and .4 of a second per Healthline.
Still more fun. About 12,000 years ago, where I am sitting was covered in a 1 mile thick glacier of ice.
Is the planet's climate changing? Yes. It has been for 4.5 billion years. Can you change it by paying loads of $$ to the government? What do you think?
