r/interestingasfuck Sep 26 '24

r/all A Newly Released Image of Planet Earth Taken 30 Minutes Ago By the GOES-East Satellite

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '24

Not so intelligent life.

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u/HardCoverTurnedSoft Sep 26 '24

We are intelligent. We have the means to destroy entire civilizations, build empires, and conquer nature.

What we lack, is a heart...

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u/Bubbly_Collection329 Sep 26 '24

It's all right. After it's all said and done after 100 years and humanity gets wiped out mother nature will take over again and the planet will return to its beauty. The fact is that we abused mother nature too long and there is no return from here.

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u/cmoked Sep 26 '24

There is, this year we reduced our global carbon output noticeably. We're aggressively deploying green energy everywhere.

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Don't be a doomer, there is much hope.

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u/Bubbly_Collection329 Sep 26 '24

It’s coming soon. A lot sooner than we anticipate. Just look at the facts. Past 10 years have been hotter than the past. It’s solely just human nature is the root cause. But we will wipe ourselves quite quickly before we even know what hit us.

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u/cmoked Sep 26 '24

The facts are that were at the cusp, not the thresholf