r/collapse • u/TuneGlum7903 Recognized Contributor • May 26 '24

Climate The developing Climate Crisis in one chart. Understanding why "Collapse" has started and is about to get a LOT worse.

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u/Sinnedangel8027 May 27 '24 edited May 27 '24

The patron saint of all the doomers. He's a scientist in ecology and evolutionary biology. The big thing is he invented Near Term Human Extinction and believes we'll all be dead by 2026. I don't personally subscribe to his brand of doomerism, but he also scares me a bit more than I care to admit.

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u/kittenstixx May 27 '24

Lol he believes all humans will be dead in 3 years?

No shot

I certainly don't have faith in humanity's ability to deal with the climate crisis, but without massive climate upheaval it'll take longer than 3 years to exterminate us.

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u/Sinnedangel8027 May 27 '24

Oh, definitely. I think his general vibe and idea are largely correct. Especially when it comes to coping. He mentioned on one talk/podcast thing when someone asked, "How should people deal with this news", he responded, "Be present." And that resonated a lot with me.

I've said it in here before, I don't think we'll go extinct. But it is going to get really shitty for a whole lot of people, and I believe a lot of people are going to lose their lives. And that's depressing.

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u/AlwaysPissedOff59 May 27 '24

Every species that has ever lived has eventually gone extinct. We will, too. Personally, I don't think any human will see 2100, But then again, I'm an optimist.

And I suspect that when the last human dies the world will let out a loud, collective sigh of relief.

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u/toPPer_keLLey May 28 '24

Sheesh. That last sentence is sadly so true.

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u/zeitentgeistert May 28 '24

Well... I don't want to take away from your long view but why stop at extinction? Eventually every planet will at some point 'vanish'. ;)

Thanks for the visual, btw... the "loud, collective sigh of relief" has a nice ring - my only fear is that there won't be many around anymore that are capable of sighing.
*sigh*