Ok, the 'carbon age' is 50 years from extinction (more or less) i.e. oil, gas and coal are running out. From that point and presumably leading up to then, energy usage will be more or less carbon neutral - wind, nuclear, bio-fuel, solar funnel etc etc. So the question is - will it be too late by then, will we all be doomed etc or will the earth kick back the other way ?
In reality, unfettered expansion of humanity, with no natural limiting of numbers having any real effect will finish the planet off on it's own. This will result in war over the scraps of energy production left on the planet (already happening). Strangely the apopcalyptic vision of a deadly disease wiping out huge swathes of the population of the earth might turn out to be the thing that saves the planet rather than destroys it.
All in all, I can't do jack to prevent any of this happening, so it goes on my - 'can't do anything about that, don't worry about it' list and I will carry on regardless.
HTH
In reality, unfettered expansion of humanity, with no natural limiting of numbers having any real effect will finish the planet off on it's own. This will result in war over the scraps of energy production left on the planet (already happening). Strangely the apopcalyptic vision of a deadly disease wiping out huge swathes of the population of the earth might turn out to be the thing that saves the planet rather than destroys it.
All in all, I can't do jack to prevent any of this happening, so it goes on my - 'can't do anything about that, don't worry about it' list and I will carry on regardless.
HTH
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