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How long do you think our planet has left?

So where everyone is going on about plastic and stuff damaging nature and all that. What about the real question. How long do you think our planet has before the ozone layer is destroyed by global warming and our nature killed by man.

Quote: (can't remember who said it but I agree with this so wondered if anyone felt the same)
Our own creation will be our own ending.

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rfhh1959 · 61-69, M

Forgive me if I don't believe all the climate change doomsday prophecies. I remember when we were going to die in the 70s we were only 12 years away then from a global winter the planet was going to freeze over and we weren't going to be able to do anything. The Doomsday Machine always is close enough that to cause fear but far enough away that people forget it didn't happen. We have instruments that can measure anything now and we're comparing it to inaccurate readings of the past. There are satellite photography that shows the planet temperature has gone up no more than Maybe 1/2 to 1 full degrees Fahrenheit. The Earth is going to end because of climate is it fraught with inaccuracies as those who claim Jesus is coming back tomorrow

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@rfhh1959you are misinterpreting the information and warnings. no one has said the earth will cease to exist, but, life on its surface may be unfit for human life.

rfhh1959 · 61-69, M

@samueltyler2 Same stuff said in the 70"s

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@rfhh1959 not really, we have learned a great deal since then, and of course the fear of the atomic winter has nothing to do with the problem of greenhouse gases, it is the problem associated with multiple atomic weapon exposures, those fears still exist. the evidence that there is climate change has in fact existed for several decades and was not disseminated well to the public, hence the jokes about it. It really isn't a laughing matter. The loss of genetic diversity associated with climate change is extensive, we are losing species far more rapidly then ever in the history of the world. This lack of diversity makes evolution more difficult to correct for the problems of climate change, that makes survival of life forms, as we know them, potentially more at risk.

Silentangel · 26-30, F

@rfhh1959 hehehe oh my 😱 yeah that's an interesting one though 🤔 its just interesting seeing what other people think and stuff :) . Its definitely got some life left in it yet if people keep creating ways to care for the animals and nature etc and developing new technologies for getting around etc but who knows what the truth really is though...I mean we could all be test subjects for a higher species stuck in an animus 😱

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Silentangel I respect everyone's right to an opinion. But, it isn't a matter of "right." Science doesn't work that way. Science provides data and allows for hypotheses. It is unusual to prove one theory is "right."

Silentangel · 26-30, F

@samueltyler2 exactly, everyone has a different opinion and views on what should be done and whos to say who's right or wrong really

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Silentangel there you go with right or wrong. I am afraid you missed my point. When science shows such strong data about the causes of climate change and offers suggestions to alter the trajectory, and "we" refuse to take the steps suggested, then we become science detractors and complicent in the trajectory which is causing immense problems for us.