What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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Post by kawera » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 12:53 PM UTC

What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans
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Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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Post by randycupertino » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 3:05 AM UTC

I don't think it's off base to say that within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed. So many mass-die offs of ocean life lately.

Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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Post by astrodust » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 3:13 AM UTC

randycupertino wrote: post #2

I don't think it's off base to say that within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed. So many mass-die offs of ocean life lately.

They die, we die. It's as simple as that.

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Post by mirimir » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 3:16 AM UTC

randycupertino wrote: post #2

I don't think it's off base to say that within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed. So many mass-die offs of ocean life lately.

They'll be very different, certainly. But not "completely destroyed". There may well be nothing very good to eat there, however. And less oxygen.

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Post by mirimir » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 3:17 AM UTC

astrodust wrote: post #3

randycupertino wrote: post #2

I don't think it's off base to say that within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed. So many mass-die offs of ocean life lately.

They die, we die. It's as simple as that.

Yeah, that's a pretty good bet :(

Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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Post by nickbauman » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 3:33 AM UTC

Oceans? We can't even keep our own drinking water safe.

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Post by rbosinger » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 4:01 AM UTC

If we don't manage to turn this stuff around then all this tech progress we read about all day won't mean very much.

I'm talking about things like VR and new programming languages... Obviously tech that saved the oceans would be a different story...

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Post by refurb » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 4:14 AM UTC

randycupertino wrote: post #2

I don't think it's off base to say that within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed. So many mass-die offs of ocean life lately.

within out lifetime the oceans will be completely destroyed

A bit of an exaggeration, no? There have been several mass extinction events in the past and yet the world exists today.

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Post by calibraxis » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 4:25 AM UTC

nickbauman wrote: post #6

Oceans? We can't even keep our own drinking water safe.

I agree. The only thing I'd change is can't -> won't. We won't do it, we refuse to.

Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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Post by anotherturn » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 4:41 AM UTC

It's not really enough to read and upvote, but I'm at a loss as to what I can personally can do about this.

So in the spirit of the askhn "how would you turn around Twitter" - let's apply the same thinking to this: "how would you fix the oceans "?

There must be some practical steps that one or many of the hn audience can execute?