By 2050 half the forms of life on earth will be gone

[The Hammer]

Haven't the vast majority of lifeforms in the Earth's history faced extinction though?

Natural disasters have caused extinctions, for example a comet 65 million years ago, and perhaps a supernova 250 million years ago.

But this one is unlike the others: the current extinction event is caused by one species wiping out everything else.

Sharks and horseshoe crabs, which were in the oceans hundreds of million years before the dinosaurs evolved, survived all the major extinctions. Yet both are now in severe decline, with most species of sharks endangered.

[The Hammer]

well be able to reanimate any species from its fossil dna by then.

Haven't you seen Jurassic park.

That's just a silly movie.

They even got the name wrong: the dinosaurs in the movie are from the late Cretaceous (Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor) not the Jurassic.

Reality is very different.

[Hype job]

Natural disasters have caused extinctions, for example a comet 65 million years ago, and perhaps a supernova 250 million years ago.

But this one is unlike the others: the current extinction event is caused by one species wiping out everything else.

Sharks and horseshoe crabs, which were in the oceans hundreds of million years before the dinosaurs evolved, survived all the major extinctions. Yet both are now in severe decline, with most species of sharks endangered.

[The Hammer]

After we ruin the earth and use up all the fossil fuels, there will be a huge crash in human populations.

Only a few of us will survive. There will be no welfare cheques for people like HanzGruber.

[Hype job]

After we ruin the earth and use up all the fossil fuels, there will be a huge crash in human populations.

Only a few of us will survive. There will be no welfare cheques for people like HanzGruber.

What if they find a clean alternative to fossil fuels?

[The Hammer]

What if they find a clean alternative to fossil fuels?

I've been reading a lot about that recently.

There doesn't seem to be an alternative that works, except a very limited way. We use fossil fuels to make the alternatives, for example windmills. In fact, we use fossil fuels for nearly EVERYTHING, even food production. Transportation of food requires fossil fuels.

So even if there is an alternative, it won't be enough to maintain 7 billion people. There is not enough time to make such a huge change.

There will be a crash and mass starvation within a couple of decades.

[Hype job]

I've been reading a lot about that recently.

There doesn't seem to be an alternative that works, except a very limited way. We use fossil fuels to make the alternatives, for example windmills. In fact, we use fossil fuels for nearly EVERYTHING, even food production. Transportation of food requires fossil fuels.

So even if there is an alternative, it won't be enough to maintain 7 billion people. There is not enough time to make such a huge change.

There will be a crash and mass starvation within a couple of decades.

They'll probably have Cultured meat by then, what about solar panels? Doubt there will be mass starvation in decades lol, birth rates are actually declining in most places outside Africa.

[The Hammer]

[BodiesInFlight]

I've been reading a lot about that recently.

There doesn't seem to be an alternative that works, except a very limited way. We use fossil fuels to make the alternatives, for example windmills. In fact, we use fossil fuels for nearly EVERYTHING, even food production. Transportation of food requires fossil fuels.

So even if there is an alternative, it won't be enough to maintain 7 billion people. There is not enough time to make such a huge change.

There will be a crash and mass starvation within a couple of decades.

Jesus christ, what a doom monger.

[The Hammer]

Jesus christ, what a doom monger.

Reality is harsh.

The easy life is almost over. Only the strongest, the brightest and most adaptable will survive. No more welfare.

But a few of us survived 10,000 years ago, and a few of us will survive what's coming. We'll go back to living the way we did before the dependence on oil.

The species that survive the anthropocene extinction will become much more numerous after human populations crash. The forests will be restored, much of the pollution will be gone (except for plastics).