when will people actually wake up and learn that we are killing our planet and humankind daily?
375511
your observation of current conditions go far beyond the political structure that our world suffers from Today.In brief, the answer to the first part of your question is 'Its already too late!" Our Environment is in total upheaval due to the persistent use of FOSSIL FUEL!! Global Warming is UPON us as we sleep, eat and make war....for the very product that will terminate Life as we know it...First of all,once the concept of Greed is comprehended ...We as a race might have a chance to not become exstinct. As it stands now, it doesnt look very good. Understanding the free worlds economy and realizing that it is controlled by the Petro Dollar.and the handful of people that own the Companies that produce Petroleum.Failure to keep the Petro Dollar afloat WILL and WOULD collapse the free world economy,  THIS is the POLITICAL Machine that decides whose Son or Daughter should be sacrificed to maintain a "Freedom" to breath foul air and watch our Planet slowly Die; Being ravaged by Hurricanes,Tornadoes,and Floods caused by the melting of our Polar caps.Once the Salinity content of our oceans deviate much more or the temperature should fluxuate (I believe its 4 Degrees Celsius) disrupting the food chain, we as a race of people should be issued a shovel the next time we fill our gas tanks ....so we can start digging our own graves....We are on the Precipice, and it IS serious,....but we as a people have a tendency to not want to hear this until its knocking at our door...I pray that we as a society will take note and a STAND and commit...your children and your grandchildren have the RIGHT to live in a world free of Toxic Gases we call 'AIR' that is generated by the handful of Petrol Sharks that keep us stuck from utilizing the technology that ALREADY exist to burn clean fuel  ...Sundancer
478887
Take a good look at the world.  100 years ago it was a completely different earth than the one we currently occupy.  Sex and violence have replaced morality, and it's only going to get worse over time.  If I had to live without faith that the earth would be restored and that justice would prevail in the end, I wouldn't want to wake up in the morning.  My faith keeps me going in the face of adversity, and that is enough for me.
807971
What I find funny is that one day we're being given all this advice on how to save the planet for our children.  Then, the next day, we're being told that our children are the worst in Europe!  F.uck 'em, they don't care about society so why should we care about their existence?
986970
*Shrug* Depends on your beliefs. Do you believe in God and an Apococlypse? Do you believe that the current state of affairs in the world is so f^#$ed up that we'll either blow ourselves to pieces, die of disease, over-population, crop failure, or poisoned water before our grandchildren are born? \n\nThe answer is we don't really know. It depends on how wise we become in the next few generations, and whether we (meaning, humanity) can get our enviormental pollution, war-mongering, and population growth under control. Hypothetically speaking our planet won't be destroyed until the sun becomes a red giant in approximately 4.5 to 5 billion years. So humanity, if it never developed space travel, could last that long. But unless major changes are made in the coming fifty to one hundred and fifty years, we may well be facing yet another mass extinction of life on earth (this wouldn't be the first major extinction...).
81690
Sadly, I believe we probably will bring about the end of all things we know and love (or hate!). I think it's high time that we stop trying to "out-succeed" our fellow human beings and remember what life is truly about- treating others the way we ourselves want to be treated. I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY, WE, AS HUMAN BEINGS, WILL FINALLY LEARN TO LOVE, ACCEPT AND RESPECT EACH OTHER-- and to realize that we are really all the same on the inside. Perpetuate the love! (By the way- I'm really not what others would consider "A tree-hugging hippie"! I just want people to spread more kindness & goodness around them.)
863627
yes they are, we need to wake up and soon!
850948
the industrial revolution, global warming will destroy our planet now small wars
1084839
many believe that the advances in weapons technology have created a ticking time bomb that, upon detonation, will ultimately result in the destruction of the earth.\n\nif people don't do something to "end the world," the sun will eventually expand, consuming the planet.\n\nbut perhaps by that point, our world won't be limited to the earth, and we'll be indifferent to the catastrophe.
818375
It's hard to predict a date that we will all die, but problems are already happening.\n\nCO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.\n\nLook at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest.\n(see links below)\n\nHow's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.\n\nThere has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.\n\nYes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up. \n\nJust to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.\n\nHI CO2: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm\nHOCKEY STICK: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm\nGeneral climate stuff: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm
442459
Well....\nCause We All Know Its Happenin \nAnd Its Gonna Kill Us\nAnd We Need Somethin ELSE To Complain About \nOn The Way Out\n\nI Agree With You, The Human Race Has INFESTED This Planet\nAnd Weve Thrown The Balance Of Nature WAY Off\n\nWere Destroying Our Atmosphere\nAnd Cuttin Down The Rain Forests\nAnd Pollutin Our Oceans And Rivers\n\nWhat Can You Do??? You Cant Fight City Hall\n\nSo We Drive Our Cars (Destroying Our Atmosphere)\nAnd Wipe Our Butts(Cuttin Down The Rain Forests)\nAnd Throw ALL Our Trash (Pollutin Our Oceans And Rivers)\n\nAnd All The While We COMPLAIN About It\n\nAnd Alot Of The Time We PROCREATE\n(overpopulating and destroying this planet faster every day) \n\nIts A Vicious Cycle
263197
humans are reproducing at an exponential rate and its starting to take its toll(specially burgoning economies) on the planet as we knew it but we'll be fine. The earth wont but humans will.
1061727
I had to stop for this one..........what a great question Girl!! When the Scientists, Geologists and all the other "BRAINIACS" figured out that we were,as a planet, destroying everything, what they left out, was the fact that it was already too late. (Alot of evidence, as well as some awful smart people are of this opinion) But as you know, they're still telling us to buy fuel efficient cars, don't use deodorant with aerosol.........you've heard it too. It is food for thought, have we gone to far.......will there be anything left for our Grandchildren? You are a smart Girl!!                      LATER!!!!
411723
Yes and the time is growing near....not by our timezone, but near nevertheless.  The 2nd Coming of Jesus will be Judgement Day and He will judge us then and there.  No time to make amends at that time....so it is always good to be ready now as we don't know when He will return.  He will return after this World of ours continues on the destructive course we are on and totally destroys itself.  The Bible and all of the Prophets have predicted exactly what is happening in our world right now.  Starting with immorality, the present Government situation with Bush as our leader, the Middle East, more and more natural disasters (Hurricanes, Tsunamis, deadly mudslides, etc.)  I wish the world would wake up and see what we are doing to ourselves.  I fear for the people who are in charge of the countries and where their destiny lies!
499658
Human beings are the only species that think that they can 'improve' the environment they live in via 'progress' and 'invention' and 'technology'.\nI suppose this mistaken belief springs from the fact that we believe we are somehow 'superior' and it is our 'responsibility' to re-make the earth according to our stupid specifications.\nUntil we change and begin to understand that the real challenge is to live as much as possible 'in accordance' with nature and in harmony with the environment, we will keep on destroying the world we live in.Then, a time will certainly come when we wont have anyplace to live in anymore and that will be the end of us.
1167812
How would we know? I am not gonna stay alove for a million years, neither will you. I don't mean to be arrogant, but honestly why should we care. I say live by the moment. Focus on what you are doing NOW. But if you really want an answer, I think now. You know what, it won't be the sun or a black hole that destroys us, it will be the human race, and maybe natural disasters. Look at the wars, we are killing eachother! In the past year earthquakes and tsunamis have outbroken wiping out even more of our civilizatiopn. We are only destroying ourselves.
978481
Barring a nuclear winter or other catastrophic event, we'll still be around, polluting, smoking, and drinking.  Humans are pretty hardy creatures, and have lived through plagues, Ice Ages, etc.  While we are using our resources at an exponential rate, I do think this will necessitate some of the newer technologies already in the works.  We'll use fossil fuels until we can't any more, but there's always other forms of energy.  Right now, its too expense to implement mass change across the globe, but soon we won't have a choice, and I can't fathom that we as people (who have been around for hundreds of thousands of years) would suddenly fail to adapt.  That's what we were meant to do- to populate this planet.  \n\nSo no, unless a catastrophe of unheard-of magnitude strikes us, we'll still be around.  People for centuries have said the end times are upon us.  I'm still waiting....
1042160
Seem the clip before. The one thing that will go on ,and it doesn't just happen in this country,is the government of all countrys will cover up things they don't want the people to really know anything about. So don't say when is american people going to wake up, they are all ready awake. You can't fight something that you have no control over. Same goes for the other countrys that experience the same thing but on a larger scale.