We can never predict when and how much time we have till our planet perishes; but frequent natural disasters and our unpreparedness just goes to show you that we can be wiped out at any time and at any place. We tend to eschew the truth because we just like to worry about our own comfort now and what we want for ourselves now. You can debate forever trying to figure out whether or not we should plan ahead (way ahead) or respond as it is needed but the truth is out there and there's no escaping it.
The rule of the dinosaurs lasted for over 100+ million years. Think about that for a second. The human species has been only around for just 1 million years. Our stage in a species is still infantile . The true modernization of humans, the time when civilization came about, were only tens of thousands of years ago. Yet, we have already killed off 99% of our species that have existed since our species came to existance. Granted that some went extinct naturally as they were not able to adapt to natural changes but a lot of those species disapeared from the face of this planet due to our intervening.
I don't know why I'm especially caring today about our planets well being.
But remember this: The world has a countdown.
Alan
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